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Thursday, October 8, 2009
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TODAY'S TOP STORY
Why Hewlett-Packard Must Articulate Its Enterprise Strategy
Mark Hurd has cranked up HP's operational excellence but HP has yet to reveal an equally compelling external strategy to the world: what is HP's core strength? What does HP do best?
MORE NEWS
Global CIO: The Difference Between Strategy And Tactics
So you want to look like a genius? Most often, we stumble our way into the greatest of breakthroughs.
Down To Business: The Tech Economy Data Tells Us Only So Much
Wallets are starting to open, but it's too early to draw definitive conclusions about the prospects for jobs and growth.
Microsoft To Offer Browser Choice In Europe
Redmond agrees to provide Windows users on the continent with "ballot screen" from which rival offerings can be selected.
Emerson To Acquire Avocent For $1.2 Billion
The deal is expected to help Emerson offer total infrastructure management solutions to its data center customers.
Brocade Buy Would Heighten HP, Cisco Rivalry
The companies are already competing to lure customers with data center systems that incorporate storage, computing, and networking in a single unit.
Eolas Patents The Interactive Web, Sues Tech Giants
Developer claims Google, Yahoo, Adobe, Sun and other IT luminaries have purloined its Internet application technology.
Brocade May Be Up For Sale
Potential suitors for the storage-networking vendor include Hewlett-Packard and Oracle, according to reports. Brocade won't comment.
Psystar To Sell 'Secret Sauce' Behind Mac Clones
Reseller isn't letting bankruptcy, Apple lawsuit, and lack of partners stand in way of licensing effort.
Chip Market Turnaround Unlikely In 2009
The semiconductor industry has done a better job managing inventory than in the 2001 economic crisis, said Gartner.
IBM In Software, Services Buys
Big Blue completes SPSS takeover and announces deal for mortgage processor Wilshire.
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InformationWeek Small Business: Data Centers For Growing Companies
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Join bMighty editors, industry experts, and real IT folks from
growing companies for a unique mix of battle-tested best
practices, experience-earned tips from the trenches, and new
ideas and innovations to help you get the most from your data
center investments. Our Virtual Event takes place on Oct. 21, 2009.
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ANALYTIC REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS
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FEATURED BLOG
Global CIO: Will Oracle Or SAP Blink First On 22% Maintenance Fees?
Posted by Bob Evans
As a new investment report and an article in Barron's question the sustainability of the inflexible annual fees, we offer three scenarios for how this extremely important situation will play out.
ALSO SEE
Inside SalesForce IT (Video)
Posted By Fritz Nelson
This won't surprise you: Salesforce.com wants every application it runs to be in the cloud. Now getting there hasn't been easy, but the company's Vice President of Enterprise Strategy (and former CIO), Trae Chancellor, sees all of the upsides (including proving the viability of his own company's business model, one supposes).
Inside SalesForce IT (Video)
Posted By Fritz Nelson
This won't surprise you: Salesforce.com wants every application it runs to be in the cloud. Now getting there hasn't been easy, but the company's Vice President of Enterprise Strategy (and former CIO), Trae Chancellor, sees all of the upsides (including proving the viability of his own company's business model, one supposes).
Can Teza Survive? CIO Says Code Upload Drew Reprimand
Posted By Bob Evans
Startup Teza Technologies is battling for its legal life after one of its programmers was arrested for stealing secrets from Goldman Sachs, its three founders were sued by their former employer for violating non-competes, and, in the latest development, another employee was reprimanded for uploading code that might have come from former employee UBS. As CIO William Sterling says, "A lot has changed."
Salesforce.com Mixed Blessing As Collaborator & Competitor
Posted By Bob Evans
Salesforce.com's new joint venture to create financial apps on its Force.com platform will provide great comfort to C-level prospects evaluating the SaaS model. But for partners already creating financial apps on Force.com, Marc Benioff's company now presents itself as a competitor as much as a collaborator. Insightful analyst Jeffrey Kaplan breaks down this mixed blessing.
CIOs In The Hot Seat
Posted By Fritz Nelson
Anytime you put a "C" in your title, your shadow grows and there's no place to hide. We decided to put three CIOs in the hot seat, in front of their peers, and in front of a board of directors, American Idol-style. The board was tough, but the CIOs were phenomenal.
Shakeout For Top Outsourcers Coming, Gartner Says
Posted By Bob Evans
Twenty-five percent of today's top business-process outsourcers will disappear in the next three years due to economic pressures, poorly conceived contracts, and the inability to adapt to standardized delivery models, says Gartner. Ever the team player, Gartner also offers six suggestions that could indicate your outsourcing partner is not long for this world.
Tenacity Matters In E-Medical Record Projects
Posted By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
E-medical record projects aren't for the faint of heart. The conviction of a strong leadership team and a solid vision of the project's goals are keys to successful deployments. Just ask the folks involved with the EMR rollout at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Vermont.
Can Windows 7 Go Viral?
Posted By Chris Murphy
It seems highly likely that most of your organizations will move to Windows 7 in the coming years, unlike your violent indifference to Vista. Along the way, theres a test of Win 7 to watch for: Will it go viral among employees?
Google Looking To Acquire One Company Per Month
Posted By Bob Evans
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that with the worst of the recession behind us, his company will resume making acquisitions and hopes to complete one deal per month. While Schmidt didn't rule out large acquisitions, he did note, in an equivocation worthy of the Oracle at Delphi (as opposed to the equally acquisitive one at Redwood Shores), that such larger deals are "unpredictable."
Bill Gates Calls Out China On Software Piracy In Business
Posted By Bob Evans
In a Q&A session at Carnegie Mellon University this week, Bill Gates said two of the five most-profitable businesses in China don't pay for the software they use. And he said those are only two examples of a massive trend in that country.
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 SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION
The Progressive Group of Insurance Cos.: "Name Your Price" Hits Home With Customers
Insurer uses Flash-based Web application to invert typical car insurance shopping process.
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