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Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:42 EDT
Why Microsoft Office Going Free Would Be Good For Business (And Users)
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Posted by: C.G. Lynch in News Topic: Applications Blog: Information Collective
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Microsoft announced that it is working on a lightweight version of its Office productivity software called "Albany," serving as an alternative to the rise of Google Apps, Zoho, and other web-based applications in the consumer space. While this is a good start in Microsoft admitting that software as a service (SaaS) will be the future of computing, they should consider making the service free of charge and fully Web-based. Read more »
Tue, Apr 8, 2008 19:29 EDT
Three Traits the 21st Century Technology Manager Must Have
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Posted by: C.G. Lynch in Best Practices Topic: Personal Management Blog: Information Collective
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Kathy Harris, a Gartner analyst, told a room full of IT managers and CIOs attending the Gartner Symposium in Las Vegas today that 60 percent of them lack the management skills required for a leader
Read more »Wed, Apr 2, 2008 14:28 EDT
Facebook for BlackBerry Hits 1M Downloads; Consumer App Finds Home on Business Phones?
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Posted by: Al Sacco in Questions Topic: Applications Blog: Mobile WorkHorse
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Research In Motion (RIM) on Tuesday announced that the Facebook for BlackBerry application had reached the one million download mark. Though the company recently targeted consumers with its Pearl and Curve smartphones, the BlackBerry is king in the enterprise, and the news suggests a growing percentage of corporate users are poking their Facebook Friends, uploading images and writing on Walls with their business phones.
Read more »Wed, Mar 26, 2008 13:15 EDT
Memo to BlackBerry-Maker RIM: How to Steal Back the Apple iPhone Spotlight
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Posted by: Al Sacco in Soapbox Topic: Infrastructure Blog: Mobile WorkHorse
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By all accounts, the battle in the smartphone space between BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM), the king of the corporate hill, and Apple, the maker of the super-chic, consumer-oriented iPhone, has never been more fierce.
Read more »Wed, Mar 19, 2008 11:49 EDT
Apple iPhone Users Devour Most Mobile Content, Research Shows
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Topic: Infrastructure Blog: Mobile WorkHorse
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About eighty-five percent of Apple iPhone users in the United States browsed the mobile Web for some form of news or information during the month of January, making it the single most popular device for accessing mobile Internet content, according to a recent study by mobile market-watchers M:Metrics.
Read more »Thu, Mar 6, 2008 20:02 EST
3 Things an Enterprise iPhone Means to IT Departments
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Posted by: C.G. Lynch in News Topic: Enterprise Management Blog: Information Collective
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The announcement by Apple today that it will support Microsoft Exchange on the iPhone had all the splashiness of something you’d see in the consumer space.
Read more »Sat, Feb 23, 2008 2:00 EST
Who's Afraid of the "Consumerization of IT"?
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Posted by: Helge Scheil in Best Practices Topic: Enterprise Management
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I've been ruminating lately about the ramifications of the coming "consumerization of IT." And if you're a CIO - you should be as well.
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