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The Weekly Round-Up: 27.11.09
Round-Up Sorry gran, I think I must have been text-jacked. We've all made embarrassing mobile phone blunders as part of our busy modern lives. We've all done something with a mobile that has led to fingers pointed in mirth and... [27 Nov 2009]
Beware the turf wars when merging comms
News ABI Research practice director Stan Schatt said at the moment companies are only buying the unified communications components they think will deliver immediate value. Enterprise take-up of unified communications - the... [25 Nov 2009]
Users tell SAP "we need to talk more"
News Neil Crew, IT director at food company Prince's, told silicon.com: "I think I'd like to see them communicate with their user base more, particularly in the UK. He said: "[SAP] could extend that and I... [25 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How the telcos could save themselves
Comment They continue to think and operate as 1960s-era telcos with copper mindsets. Compiled at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi network in a London coffee shop four days later. [23 Nov 2009]
Doing business with citizen developers: Beware the legal pitfalls
Comment Going forward, businesses will need to think about how they might enforce any contract with a citizen developer and whether that individual would be worth pursuing if anything went wrong. Beyond these IT-specific points,... [23 Nov 2009]
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment I think there is a little bit more thought going into it now and so it takes a little bit more time. But I think there has been a dampening of enthusiasm around virtualisation and consolidation projects... [20 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Android smartbook fired up by Qualcomm's Snapdragon
Photo Both, according to Gilbert: "If you start to think about cloud computing, you marry that with an app store in a large form factor you've actually got a great utility device, as well as a great consumer device," he said. [20 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News I think you will see the software companies face big new competitors, such as Salesforce.com, these are the companies that have been built in the cloud and are already beginning to challenge the Oracles of the world. [19 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment I can't really explain why I believe so but I think it somehow is inevitable," he said. You may think that they are somehow completely contrary to open source but the only thing differing between... [19 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment It involves a complex mix of technical and business skills - and I think most organisations will have little choice but to rely on vendors and particularly their channels to help tie everything together. [17 Nov 2009]
Smart Work for a smarter planet: Empower people and embrace change
White Paper The world is getting smarter, providing an opportunity to think and act in new ways—economically, socially and technically. IBM can help you harness the power of new insights to gain the efficiency and agility that's... [16 Nov 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should your business be on Twitter?
Comment Think of it as an audible stream-of-consciousness broken into bite-size chunks. Don't think you can get away with having some tokenistic presence on Twitter either: the truth that you JUST DON'T CARE... [16 Nov 2009]
PCI Compliance: Cut Costs, Not Corners With Third Brigade
White Paper But doing it right doesn't have to be as difficult or expensive as one may think. Building PCI compliant systems that protect assets and customer cardholder data isn't easy. Enterprises that manage cardholder data are... [13 Nov 2009]
Why Financial Reporting Valuation Matters on Private Equity Deals
White Paper But those who have sustained a surprise hit to earnings or EBITDA, or had a closing or exit delayed because of financial reporting issues may think differently. Because private equity investors do not always incorporate... [13 Nov 2009]
Strategic Business Risk: Biotechnology 2008
White Paper While emerging companies may think that many of these challenges currently do not apply to them, the truth is that addressing these and related issues proactively in a robust cross-functional manner can reduce expensive... [13 Nov 2009]
