Obama's Spending Policy
How the most web-savvy campaign to date spends its online ad money: mostly on Google. "Like countless commercial advertisers, the Obama camp has gravitated towards performance-based ad buys, and not only....
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 14:05 PM
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:05 AM
Hotrod hardware
HP introduces a souped-up new blade: "The new HP offering highlights the intensifying battle among major server vendors for high-volume deals with customers building cloud computing and HPC infrastructure.....
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 15:05 PM
McCain and JDate: Targeted Ads Online
The web allows advertisers to target audiences with more precision than ever before, so it's interesting to work back from the appearance of an ad to deduce the intentions of the folks who placed it. Take....
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:05 PM
China, or Not
McKinsey says China could emerge as a major player in the offshoring of services, including engineering and R&D...unless it doesn't. "China faces formidable challenges but can also draw on unique strength....
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 09:05 AM
Data Center Arms Race
Just because hardware is moving offsite doesn't mean the hardware wars are over. In fact, they're being fought at epic scale: In the coming months, a little known technology giant called Switch Communica....
Friday, May 23, 2008 11:05 AM
The computing atmosphere
Economist on the geography of cloud computing. "One day soon, these 'virtual machines' may migrate to wherever computing power is cheapest, or energy is greenest. Then computing will have become a true uti....
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 17:05 PM
Caution: Black Swans Crossing
Your company probably is not well-prepared for an IT disaster. Your company probably doesn't understand IT disasters as business continuity crises. Your CEO and board probably don't give these subjects eno....
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 18:05 PM
Survey says: Software users want usability
From a study of enterprise software usability conducted by IFS: * A full 60 percent of respondents said their enterprise software was somewhat difficult, very difficult or almost impossible to use. Only 9 ....
Monday, May 19, 2008 15:05 PM
Microsoft looks toward the cloud
"In five years, 50 percent of our Exchange mailboxes will be Exchange Online," said [Microsoft exec Chris] Capossela, who expects a portion of Exchange Online customers to come from customers switching fro....
Monday, May 19, 2008 10:05 AM
Broadband as a public works project
Municipal broadband: rural electrification for the the internet age? "Some 60 towns and small cities, including Bristol, Va., Barnsville, Minn., and Sallisaw, Okla., have built state-of-the-art fiber netw....
Thursday, May 15, 2008 18:05 PM
Serving Up Loyalty Programs
"It's going to be a huge war. It'll be strictly IT versus IT." No, that's not a quote from the futurist masterminds at the Pentagon or from the latest sci-fi space-battle flick; it's the way Ruby Tuesday....
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:05 AM
Social Nets in the Enterprise:Choosing a Vendor
Mark Andreesen discusses social networking tools, including the one he's selling. My son's AP English class used a site built on Ning to talk about A Farewell to Arms. It worked well, and I could see a pr....
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 13:05 PM
Big deal: HP buys EDS
What's the HP acquisition of EDS about, and what does it mean for CIOs? Nick Carr says, "[HP CEO Mark] Hurd doesn't have his head in the clouds. His concerns are altogether earthly." That is, it's not abo....
Monday, May 12, 2008 16:05 PM
CIO Summit: The Recap
It's tough to summarize the 2008 CIO Summit, because the program was diverse and the conversations in the hallways, fairways, and social venues went in a lot of directions. But I'll throw out a few things ....
Monday, May 12, 2008 10:05 AM
Obama's online organization
Political blogger Matt Stoller has an interesting post about Obama's campaign organization, which has a significant online component. The Obama campaign seems to have cracked the code on a lot of the org....