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Google presses play on video ads
News It can charge either by the click through to the advertiser's website or by the play of the video, therefore adding a revenue stream that didn't exist before. Google sought to remind financial analysts on Wednesday that... [10 Sep 2009]
Trillion Dollar Meltdown
White Paper According to acclaimed financial writer Charles R.Morris, we are living in the most reckless financial environment in recent history.Morris warns that the sub-prime mortgage crisis is only a preview of the havoc that will... [09 Sep 2009]
Dell's secret to riding out the recession
Comment I have seen that play out in multiple companies in my career," Robin Johnson tells silicon.com. The Dell CIO is seeing it play out right now - with revenues dropping $3.7bn year on year... [04 Sep 2009]
Are your software licences up to date - and does your CFO know?
News Ultimately, from a governance perspective the tone and the culture is set from the CFO and they have a role to play in ensuring that the organisation - and that includes the IT function - are aware how seriously the... [04 Sep 2009]
Minority Report: Why Apple was smart to OK 'iTunes killer'
Comment It would also lead to a new model for mobile media devices needing to play the streamed music, lessening the reliance on device storage. Though Apple has rejected many iPhone apps that may threaten its business, it's... [03 Sep 2009]
Apple tablet, Windows 7, Nokia mini laptop, 3D printers and future mobiles
Photo The device is able to surf the web, play high definition movies, and tune in to digital radio. Last month saw silicon.com get to grips with a printer that takes printing to the next dimension. Photo... [02 Sep 2009]
Managing Operational Business Intelligence Workloads
White Paper As data warehouses grow in size to petabytes and complex analytic queries play a greater role in day-to-day business operations, factors such as inaccurate cardinality estimates, data skew, and resource contention all... [02 Sep 2009]
Clinical Trial Management: Enabling Operational Efficiency
White Paper Coupled with this much needed evolution are new challenges specific to the increasing role that information technology will play to enable the new clinical development landscape. The way the biopharmaceutical industry... [02 Sep 2009]
Common Sense About Green IT and Sustainability: Harnessing the Power of Data to Optimize Results
White Paper By deploying the right technologies, IT can play a crucial role in furthering a company's ability to monitor, analyze and implement more sustainable, or "Green," business practices, defined as those that meet the needs... [02 Sep 2009]
Dynamic Business Intelligence: Leveraging Mainframe Assets to Help Steer the Business
White Paper This paper looks at how the latest IBM System z capabilities could allow the mainframe to play a more central role in a coordinated business intelligence strategy. One of the most versatile assets many organizations have... [02 Sep 2009]
Cloud vendor shakeup on the horizon
Comment Force.com may have started things off a few years ago but today there are at least 40 companies, and probably more than that, who play in the space. The cloud applications space is on the verge of major... [01 Sep 2009]
BI in a Recession: How to Gain Marketshare
White Paper In a recession, many companies tend to play defensive, slash investment and hope for the good times to come back. Others realize that while their competitors are hurting may be the perfect time to go on the offense and... [31 Aug 2009]
Worst Practices in Business Intelligence: Why BI Applications Succeed Where BI Tools Fail
White Paper But, as with any technology, the implementation, roll out, and usage practices play a critical role in the success of BI. Business Intelligence (BI) software emerged in response to the need for accurate and timely... [31 Aug 2009]
What Determines Your Report Response Time and Performance?
White Paper While these factors undoubtedly play a rule in system performance, they are typically outside of the report developers' control. What determines a reporting system's speed and performance? The first things that always... [31 Aug 2009]
Connection-Oriented Ethernet - Completing the Ethernet Revolution
White Paper Ethernet enterprise services are forecasted to grow at a compound annual rate of over 25% per year and first-generation triple play networks are all based on Ethernet. Ethernet is the hottest thing going in metro... [30 Aug 2009]
