May 10, 2013 9:20 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIOJennie Lamere did something pretty cool. The 17-year-old high school senior beat out 80 competitors to win a recent hackathon. The prize-winning innovation is an app that called Twivo that can be used to block TV spoilers from Twitter feeds. And I just did something pretty cool, too. I managed to...
May 3, 2013 4:33 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIOTry to contain your surprise. The lead item in this week's SearchCIO.com Searchlight asserts that Amazon is poised to conquer the enterprise cloud services market. Writer Christopher Mims lays out the argument, and darn if it doesn't seem plausible. What's more, IMHO, it just might be a good thing...
April 26, 2013 6:23 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIOOK, it may not technically be true, but semantically -- the end is near! This week's SearchCIO.com Searchlight leads off with the opinion of an esteemed federal CIO (and several of his peers) who believes the days of separating "cloud computing" from "computing" have are nearly over. Remember,...
April 22, 2013 7:55 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIOThese days, I often find myself among those who are tiring of the way social media has inserted itself into just about every part of our lives. But with the terror attack at the Boston Marathon and the subsequent frighteningly chaotic search for suspects that followed, I found myself grateful for...
April 12, 2013 4:27 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIOThe people on your team seemed to be brimming with creativity when you hired them. So why aren't all these great ideas translating to innovation in your organization? Perhaps it's because you've overlooked the importance of a strategy for managing innovation. As the author of this week's lead...
April 10, 2013 4:38 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIOWhat do Albert Pujols and Pablo Picasso have in common? Well, they both feature prominently in this week’s SearchCIO.com Searchlight which questions the idea of applying Moneyball –style analytics to non-ball-related occupations. Also this week: Amazon may may end Dropbox dominance,...
March 29, 2013 7:34 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIOThe old saying goes that you can't be all things to all people. But Amazon is sure as heck gonna try. In this week's SearchCIO.com Searchlight, the king of digital disruption shows how it's done. With the acquisition of social networking site Goodreads Amazon is not only bolstering its tried and...
March 22, 2013 4:56 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIOJust about everyone who has a computer has, at one time or another, left a comment online. Be it a simple "congrats!" under a wedding snapshot or an angry mini-rant about poor restaurant service, for some this opinion sharing has become second nature. For the most part it's harmless -- sometimes...
March 15, 2013 8:15 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIOWhen it comes to making big business decisions, data analytics tools are great to have in your arsenal. But as the lead item in this week's Searchlight reminds us there is one tool IT leaders shouldn't overlook amid the big data hype -- their own guts. There are many reasons one becomes a leader...
