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Sun, Apr 20, 2008 18:09 EDT

Innovation, Disruption and Riding the Waves of Change: CIO's New Partnership with LinkedIn

Topic: Applications

Blog: Difference Engine

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 2

When we announced our new partnership with LinkedIn last week, it provoked a flurry of controversy within the B2B media space (you can see the highlights of the partnership in a

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Tue, Apr 8, 2008 19:19 EDT

Enterprise Innovation with Open Source

Topic: Development

Blog: Difference Engine

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 2

Open source provides a way for CIOs to invest in new system development without coding themselves into a corner.

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Wed, Apr 2, 2008 15:07 EDT

The Business Value of Twitter

Topic: Applications

Blog: Difference Engine

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 2

I am enthralled by Twitter. That's cause for both joy and concern.

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Sun, Mar 2, 2008 9:44 EST

The CIO's Choice

Topic: Enterprise Management

Blog: Difference Engine

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 2

I miss Peter Drucker. He was both visionary and pragmatist: a Wise Man for the dawn of the information age. Read more »

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Mon, Jan 7, 2008 22:21 EST

CIO Forum on Facebook, part 2

Topic: Applications

Blog: Difference Engine

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 8

We launched the CIO Forum on Facebook late last week, and we pretty quickly got a lot of requests from people wanting to join.

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Fri, Jan 4, 2008 16:00 EST

Confessions of a Facebook Addict

Topic: Applications

Blog: Difference Engine

Current Rating: 4 Comments: 6

To find our Facebook group, go to Facebook and search for CIO Forum.

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Mon, Dec 17, 2007 9:33 EST

Google and Microsoft's Epic Battle, CIO Bloggers and more

Topic: Applications

Blog: Difference Engine

Current Rating: 4 Comments: 2

Here are some posts that caught my attention this morning.

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