IBM: Worlds within worlds
Some people think the virtual world Second Life has no real relevance to the world of business -- at least Second Life as it currently exists, a version described as "far too fat and clumsy to be taken ser....
Some people think the virtual world Second Life has no real relevance to the world of business -- at least Second Life as it currently exists, a version described as "far too fat and clumsy to be taken ser....
We recently posted a Q&A with Forrester's CIO honcho Bobby Cameron, who talked about the problems CIOs face--and, in some cases, create--when it comes to driving IT innovation. Readers responded promptly....
The New York Times front-pages Steve Lohr's version of the Video Will Clog The Net story, in which Lohr quickly backs down from more sensational claims (he cites a conference session entitled "The End of t....
Late last month, we posted an excerpt from Nicholas Carr's new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google. In it, Carr, an influential author and blogger, says traditional IT departm....
Dave Winer writes Steve Jobs, and it's not a holiday card. More here: "It's a security issue, folks." I wouldn't want my old hard drive -- or my company's -- floating around. Commenters on the last post sa....
Turns out the Facebook generation does have concerns about privacy. But only certain kinds of privacy. Those photographs that would have allowed earlier generations of blackmailers to retire rich? No probl....
The future of commercial aviation will have to wait a little longer, as Boeing announced a delay in the roll-out of its revolutionary 787 line of passenger jets. A game-changing, software-enabled manufact....
I've been spending a lot of time on Facebook of late, trying to understand the relevance of social networks to the enterprise. The obvious payoff for workers -- a new and better way of looking busy while g....
Nick Carr reports on two studies of Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. The preference for established vendors expressed by business leaders was foreshadowed by PodShow CEO Ron Bloom in a recent CIO In....