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June, 2009


June 11, 2009  8:36 PM

PPM projects: If portfolio management works, why is it so rare?



Posted by: rlebeaux
PPM

My story this week on the University of Utah's project and portfolio management (PPM) program stood out from other PPM pieces I've reported because, in this case, the portfolio piece of the program got top...

June 10, 2009  7:14 PM

Massachusetts launches MassChallenge Venture Funds Competition



Posted by: AlexanderHoward
#innovationMAtech, Deval Patrick, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Facebook, innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Microsoft, Monster.com, Venture capital

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced a new initiative today to attract and develop tech entrepreneurs to the Commonwealth, the

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June 8, 2009  2:40 PM

CIO weekly wrap-up: BI software, BI strategy, Verizon’s cloud pricing



Posted by: rlebeaux
CIO weekly wrap-up

We went on a roll with business intelligence on SearchCIO.com last week, delving into BI interfaces and steps to unfreeze a BI strategy in an organization. We also kept things lively on the blog, with posts on the


June 5, 2009  4:05 PM

Economic recession driving desktop replacements?



Posted by: Christina Torode
desktop management, legacy systems, mainframes

It appears that the economic recession is driving some companies to look for desktop replacements. Sure, desktop prices have come down significantly, and plenty of people argue it would take years for a large enterprise to phase out desktops, if it chooses to at all, but the cost of desktop...


June 5, 2009  3:17 PM

Verizon bets reliability beats price in cloud computing



Posted by: mschlack
Amazon, Cloud computing, Verizon

Verizon unveiled their cloud computing offering this week and introduced a new question into the debate over cloud: Which is more important, price or reliability? Carl Brooks runs down Verizon's...

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June 5, 2009  2:22 PM

Massachusetts bribery scandal over Cognos BI is sad commentary on IT



Posted by: EditorAnne
government, vendor management

Talk about a lack of business intelligence: A former Cognos BI sales rep has been indicted, along with some former top Massachusetts...


June 1, 2009  3:47 PM

CIO weekly wrap-up: Outsourcing, BPM quiz, ITIL and IT jobs



Posted by: rlebeaux
CIO weekly wrap-up

June is here! This past week, SearchCIO.com delved into outsourcing and offshoring in a recession, launched a business process management (BPM) quiz, discussed the range of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) training tools and techniques, and provided some tips...