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Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News Salesforce.com has unveiled a technology that it says will bring the functionality of consumer technologies such as Facebook and Twitter to the business world. He suggested that, in the business world,... [19 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News Demand for corporate systems integration work - the bread and butter of some outsourcing companies - will dwindle in a world dominated by cloud computing Carr told the Google Atmosphere event in London last month. [19 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment The fact that Oracle sees it as a strategic acquisition - a company that is the biggest producer of open source software in the world - that's a very significant and very positive change. You may think that they are... [19 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought?
Comment I am very troubled by a new trend that is impacting IT departments across the country and around the world. It's not just the technology that's important - how you account for its cost can also have a huge impact on your... [19 Nov 2009]
How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment Do you have any more tips for how CIOs and the IT department can succeed in this new world? In an exclusive interview, silicon.com reporter Tim Ferguson spoke to Chui about the report he co-authored on how CIOs can... [18 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment So what should organisations be doing now if they want to be best placed to take advantage of this increasingly converged world? Unified comms holds plenty of promise but businesses hoping to use it must first consider... [17 Nov 2009]
Jaguar races to fastest supercomputer glory with AMD's juice
News AMD processors power the top three fatest supercomputers in the world, according to a new list published late last week. The list names the fastest supercomputer as the Jaguar - otherwise known as the Cray XT5... [17 Nov 2009]
Does your business really need an office?
Comment He told me to expect some dissent: "You've thrown them into an alien world and worse, they know they're being experimented on. I've long advocated that the corporate world needs to open up to outside... [17 Nov 2009]
Microsoft Online Services Business Value
White Paper This white paper describes the value of world-class, on-demand services that are provided by an industry leader, includes example cost savings for a typical deployment, and provides information about how you can sign up... [16 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]
2009 Smartphone and Carrier Buying Guide
White Paper The real innovation in the mobile phone world is in the area of smartphones where we see the Apple iPhone, Palm WebOS, Google Android, RIM BlackBerry, and Microsoft Windows Mobile devices taking us to places we have... [16 Nov 2009]
Work smarter. Not harder.
White Paper This brochure from IBM® will show you how to join the smart revolution and create a more productive, efficient and sustainable world. Today we share information faster and farther than ever before. Despite this, 42% of... [16 Nov 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should your business be on Twitter?
Comment Or the digested read, digested - and then flung out into the ether for all the world to read (or ignore). silicon.com's Natasha Lomas deconstructs this Digital Dilemma. So you've heard about Twitter. You might even know... [16 Nov 2009]
Turning Risk Into Reward: Gearing Up for a New World Order in Financial Reporting, Risk Management, and Capital Management
White Paper Many analysts, investors, and other observers view financial reporting within the insurance industry as baffling, opaque, and ineffective at providing information about the underlying financial condition of a given business. [13 Nov 2009]
Economic Capital (EC) Meets the Real World
White Paper In the last several months, all have witnessed financial market turmoil at a level unprecedented in the post-Depression era. At the same time, many North American life and non life insurers have been implementing EC methods designed to... [13 Nov 2009]