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Cloud computing: Silver lining…

Comment Cloud is a much more marketable term that implies some kind of meaning unlike, for example, web 2.0. Since so many people are talking about cloud computing, it really wouldn't hurt to know what it is.

Tags: saas, data centres, cloud computing

[09 May 2008]

Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket

Comment While worldwide computer unit sales continue to slow - although Macs are bucking the trend - it's in mobiles that growth is predicted as the web moves to handheld devices. As the phone evolves further as a platform, consumers and enterprises alike...

Tags: smart phones, apple, android, iphone

[23 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 18.04.08

Round-Up Just as the democratisation of content is part of the web 2.0 revolution, the democratisation of the IT procurement strategy is part of the brave new world of IT manager 2.0. This week - a chance to help write your own gags for the Round-Up.

Tags: microsoft, windows, google, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities

Comment One new issue high among CIO priorities this year is green IT and the need to reduce the power consumption and carbon footprint of IT operations, while web 2.0, software as a service and service-oriented architecture also make it onto the list.

Tags: cio agenda

[18 Apr 2008]

Recession fears hit IT budgets

Comment Specific tech skills in short supply vary widely and include .Net developers, MCSE/CNE or CNA web developers, VMWare and legacy Novell expertise. The state of the economy and its potential impact on IT budgets will be the key challenge for IT...

Tags: cio agenda

[04 Apr 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Searching for the truth

Comment Web 2.0 is the starting point. Over the past few years I must have seen a dozen new search engines claiming to be the answer to a maiden's prayer. Each has been based on single, or combined, parameter search and techniques involving: bots, crawlers...

Tags: artificial intelligence, search, web 2.0

[31 Mar 2008]

The CIO shopping list

Comment The main prediction by CIOs for the most-hyped technology in 2008 is green IT, followed by web 2.0 and social networking, m-commerce and - look away now Microsoft - Vista yet again. Pressure to justify IT budgets and get better value for money from...

Tags: cio agenda, tech, agenda, list

[26 Mar 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 14.03.08

Round-Up No he didn't, he was far more sensible and explained: "What drew us to Bebo was its substantial and fast-growing worldwide user-base, its vision of a truly social web and the monetisation opportunities.

Tags: web 2.0, iphone, airport, data breach

[14 Mar 2008]

Retail leaders will open up in tough times

Retail leaders will open up in tough times

Comment He recalled less-than-complementary blogs from customers slating his offers and admits that retailers can no longer control the flow of communication about their brands in the web 2.0 age. An icy wind is blowing through the high street.

Tags: recession, john lewis partnership, carphone warehouse, supplier

[13 Mar 2008]

Profile: Nottingham Building Society head of IT Jack Cutts

Comment This experience will prove valuable as he brings the building society into the web 2.0 age. Jack Cutts is a name to conjure with. Reminiscent of a buccaneer perhaps? Possibly one of the legendary accounting pirates from Monty Python's Crimson...

Tags: customer service, change management, building society, society

[11 Mar 2008]

The Naked CIO: Identity crisis

Comment My company has personal data on tens of millions of individuals drawn from business relationships, web activity, membership and a variety of other sources. So why as a consumer does he blithely share his own personal details at the drop of a hat?

Tags: identity, security, data theft, ecommerce

[25 Feb 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 22.02.08

Round-Up Here's hoping web 2.0 doesn’t turn into Bubble 2.0. The social networking phenomenon of 2007 and Web 2.0 poster child has reported the first fall in its traffic in the UK since measuring began in 2006.

Tags: facebook, ebay, sp1, vista

[22 Feb 2008]

Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Wednesday

Comment he says, demonstrating OneConnect's 'one-click' philosophy to this web 2.0 life. Talk about spinning a web of deceit. Welcome to day three - the day of the clammy handshake. You can practically hear the panic: It'll all be over in but a handful of...

Tags: mobile, google, iphone, blackberry

[14 Feb 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 08.02.08

Round-Up Schmidt: "Nobody knows what web 2.0 is all about, Sergey. Web-based spreadsheets, word processors, that kind of thing. Schmidt: "Yes, the main thing Microsoft is gunning for is a big share of the web ad market.

Tags: microsoft, steve ballmer, google, yahoo

[08 Feb 2008]

What is the future for Lotus?

Comment But the underlying - and most exciting - theme is that Lotus sees itself as the main corporate evangelist for social networking and web 2.0 technologies. But can a move into corporate social networking and web 2.0 really pay off, asks Mark...

Tags: lotus, web 2.0, microsoft, sharing

[24 Jan 2008]

Dear silicon.com... More data breaches and Google vs Wikipedia…

Comment Google develops 'web 2.0' encyclopaedia Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. What? More lost data? Data breach hits thousands of motorists

Tags: driver, google, hmrc, encryption

[20 Dec 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 14.12.07

Round-Up While the Round-Up would admit to being at least semi-obsessive about its Facebook account, it is also aware the business is riding the crest of the web 2.0 wave and doesn't want to look as it approaches the rocky shore of reality.

Tags: mobile, dva, facebook, data

[14 Dec 2007]

Just why is Domino's alone in delivering online?

Comment Cheat Sheets  Web 2.0  Mash-ups Last week, fast-food chain Domino's Pizza made £1m from online sales in one week alone. The thinking behind the service is that when people are online and fancy a pizza, rather than switch...

Tags: sales, domino's, online, street

[10 Dec 2007]

Web 2.0 threat looms

Comment The web is already the main target for security attacks. Now the functionality of dynamic web 2.0 applications is providing new ways to compromise machines. Earlier this year, Fortify Software undertook some research into the security implications...

Tags: malware, social networking, security, web 2.0

[26 Nov 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 16.11.07

Round-Up First off, there's the apparently endless rise in the revenues derived from web advertising. Yes, anyone who's anyone is throwing their money behind the renaissance in web ad revenues. Next time around you'd think we'd learn from our mistakes, that...

Tags: microsoft, linux, windows, laptops

[16 Nov 2007]

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