June 18, 2012 5:01 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
big data,
Google,
IT staff development and retention,
Microsoft,
mobile applications,
mobile devices,
Nokia,
Staffing,
tablet PCs,
web censorshipEach week, we scour the Web looking for the choicest bits of blogs and news that midmarket CIOs will find appealing. This week, we're taking a hard look at Web censorship, the Google Nexus release and how big data is fueling smartphone apps in ways you'd never imagine.
Google reports an alarming...
May 23, 2012 1:40 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
Google,
Microsoft,
MozillaBrowser wars? What browser wars? A recent news story reported that Google Chrome has overtaken Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the most used browser on the Internet. My...
February 23, 2012 7:54 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
Amazon,
Apple,
data privacy,
data security,
Google,
Google privacy policy,
Hewlett-Packard,
Microsoft,
mobile applications,
Research In Motion,
Web 2.0,
Web surfingAfter a month fraught with data privacy disasters, the big guns are stepping up to the plate. Yesterday, the White House issued a call for Congress to pass a...
January 20, 2012 3:53 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
BlackBerry,
Microsoft,
Mobile,
mobile applications,
mobile devices,
mobile technology,
mobile tools,
mobile workforce,
mobility,
RIM,
RIM BlackBerry software,
Samsung,
smartphone features,
smartphonesResearch in Motion (RIM) must feel like the belle of the ball this week, especially after a year of major foibles, like the big BlackBerry outage. After
April 5, 2011 7:56 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
Business performance management,
data centers,
desktops and laptops,
Firefox,
Internet Explorer 9,
Microsoft,
Mozilla,
network management,
software,
Windows XPMicrosoft Internet Explorer 9 and
October 26, 2010 5:55 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
CIO,
Leadership,
MicrosoftLast week, I brought up the topic of chief software architect Ray Ozzie leaving Microsoft. Since then, Ozzie, who rarely issues public statements, published a 3,453-word letter as a farewell and a final technology vision for...
October 21, 2010 7:06 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO,
MicrosoftRemember when Microsoft’s marketing machine could make up a word like goodness to describe a new software feature, and people would eat it up like, well, chocolate? The ooohs and aaahs at shows -- and not just Microsoft-sponsored ones -- when the vendor demonstrated products, were a bit...
October 19, 2010 6:05 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
CIO,
MicrosoftIt's been years since the talk to break up Microsoft. When the company was on trial for antitrust violations in 2000, many experts felt that a breakup was just punishment.
But as time went on, many others, from a purely...
May 18, 2010 8:04 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
Business Intelligence,
Microsoft,
Midmarket CIO,
Project ManagementIt's no surprise that many organizations are using Microsoft Excel. Evolving from more than just a simple spreadsheet application, Excel is used for everything from simple project management to
