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RSS pollDean for America Campaign Uses Lyris ListManager to Help Build Internet Community
White Paper In November 2003, the Dean campaign decided to conduct a poll, allowing supporters to voice their opinion about whether Dean should accept public campaign funds. As webmaster for the Howard Dean for America campaign, Nicco Mele’s responsibilities... [03 Jul 2008]
Trends in Data Center Operating Systems Standardization
White Paper This paper presents focuses on the issues and comes up with some poll-based conclusions. Industry analysts, consultants, vendors and the press have been advising and reporting widely on why IT standardization should be considered and is, in fact... [03 Jul 2008]
Business Communities: How to Increase Brand Loyalty and Decrease Support Costs
White Paper It might enable community managers to notify community members of upcoming events, and poll members on issues of interest. Online communities enable groups of people on the web to interact with each other in lively and feature-rich ways, and so to... [03 Jul 2008]
Predicting How Moscow Votes
White Paper SAS analyzes opinion-poll data and forecasts election results, enabling Kontour to reach strategic conclusions and make recommendations. A federal agency, Kontour offers services that are used by various ministries, government departments, and the... [03 Jul 2008]
The Love Bug: Few Take an Online Sick Day Due to Virus
White Paper The “Love Bug” virus, which interrupted online life in many places around the world in the first week of May, afflicted a surprisingly small number of American Internet users, according to a poll conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life [03 Jul 2008]
Flexible working still a stigma, say techies
News When looking for a new job, techies cite flexible working as the next most important criteria after salary, according to the poll - with 57.4 per cent citing WFH as 'very important'. Working from home - or when out and about with the help of a... [25 Jun 2008]
Tech workers part of the jet set
News Two out of five (38 per cent) tech professionals travel abroad with their work at least four times per year, with many travelling much more often, according to the latest silicon.com reader poll. International travel is increasingly becoming a part... [23 Jun 2008]
Suppliers move away from licensing crackdowns
News But a spokesman for blue chip IT user group the Corporate IT Forum, said a recent poll of its members found most companies were now well versed on SAM (software asset management) and did not need the help of organisations such as Fast. [09 Jun 2008]
Qwerty beats touch for smart phone fans
News While more than half (59 per cent) of respondents to the latest silicon.com reader poll prefer a traditional keyboard on their smart phone, a touchscreen was still seen as a better bet for a substantial chunk (41 per cent) - suggesting iPhone... [02 Jun 2008]
PCI Compliance Cost Analysis: A Justified Expense
White Paper A recent poll of 201 information technology (IT) and PCI compliance professionals reinforces this point. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) was created by the credit card companies and is intended to protect cardholder data... [31 May 2008]
Mobile fans won't hang up on old handsets
News In the latest silicon.com poll, the majority of the 388 respondents (28 per cent) said they've owned their current mobile phone for one to two years. People aren't getting bored or embarrassed about their ageing mobiles with most keeping their... [23 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment The results of our latest poll attracted some interesting comments… First up this week, readers were engaging in debate over the pros and cons of outsourcing. Then we have silicon.com resident Naked CIO who has been ruffling some feathers again... [08 May 2008]
Workers hit by password overload
News Some silicon.com readers are juggling up to 20 different passwords in order to access their office applications, according to the results of our latest poll. A sizeable proportion of respondents to the poll - 36 per cent - have between two and five... [06 May 2008]
CIOs are driving the green agenda
News In a poll of 200 IT decision makers, almost two-thirds (61 per cent) said sustainability is a key issue for them, while almost half (44 per cent) said it is now a board-level issue in their organisation. [01 May 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...
News ChangeWave Research, which conducted the poll, quotes a BlackBerry user saying: "I like the seamless way my BlackBerry works with corporate email and the way you can call a number from within an email by highlighting it. [30 Apr 2008]
