The undersea cables that carry the vast majority of Internet data between continents have often been seen as potential weak links in the system; expensive to install, complicated to troubleshoot and...
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In case you're not hopping on the whole SaaS, off-shore, outsource your Web 2.0 social network services bandwagon these days, if you're one of those old-school CIOs with an affinity for...
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Filed in archive SOA
by Scott Wilson on January 29, 2008
First, an aside; do you think that I wind up putting up a bunch of posts about one company within a week because I somehow become attuned to their name particularly, or do you think that there is some...
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I mentioned HPs new "green" business desktop line-up last week, two PC models which cut power consumption by means of enhanced efficiency hardware, power monitoring software, and a...
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As most of you probably know, for a variety of reasons the planned phase-out of Windows XP from Microsoft's distribution channels was pushed back from January of this year until June 30. Now, not...
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Filed in archive Security
by Scott Wilson on January 25, 2008
I haven't seen a lot of detail about this yet, but fellow CW blogger Sue Walsh reports some additional information about the supposed Linux/Apache based exploit that may be infecting a surprising...
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Hewlett-Packard announced the introduction this week of two new business-oriented PC desktops with ultra-energy efficient designs, one of them including a solid-state hard drive to completely...
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Although most people tend to relate off-shore IT outsourcing market growth to Stateside staff reductions, the latest suggestion is that the growth is being driven more by demand from other off-shore...
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Filed in archive CIO
by Scott Wilson on January 24, 2008
One might imagine (at least, I have certainly always imagined) that being CIO for a professional sports team, particularly one of the most successful teams in the NFL, might be a pretty exciting job....
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IBM had been hinting at some expanded Web 2.0 capabilities being added to its Lotus line of mail and collaboration software and unveiled it today at Lotusphere in Florida (and you thought that the...
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I just saw an excellent post from Todd Bishop at the Seattle P-I analyzing the speech patterns of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates during their respective keynote speeches this past week. It seems like a...
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AT&T has unveiled new business pricing plans for Apple's iPhone today, furthering the cause of those who are attempting to bring the stylish smartphone further into the corporate fold....
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Perhaps spurred by VMware's acquisition last week of application virtualization company Thinstall, Microsoft has whipped out the checkbook and kicked its own virtualization strategy into high...
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Filed in archive Security
by Scott Wilson on January 21, 2008
I suppose that it was just a matter of time, but there is finally the first official word of Internet based attacks disrupting major public utility services. Unlike the shadowy attacks on Estonia...
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Well, I have finally worked my way through last week's 37 page report released by the Burton Group recommending Microsoft's Office Open eXtended markup language (OOXML) over the Open Document...
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Filed in archive CIO
by Scott Wilson on January 17, 2008
You can stop holding your breath. Microsoft has selected former Disney CIO Tony Scott as the new head of their internal IT organization. The rest of you are no longer in the running. Sorry. Scott...
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Analyst firm IDC is spreading the love with their most recent report on PC sales data. "Dell Tops HP as Largest PC Supplier in US" trumpets CIO Magazine over the numbers, while HP modestly...
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VMWare has announced the acquisition of application virtualization provider Thinstall, adding considerable flexibility to their virtual systems portfolio and buying their way in to the next big...
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The big news this morning is Sun's one billion dollar acquisition of MySQL AB, the German company behind the popular open-source database of the same name, which also may be one of the most...
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Or it will, anyway, on February 12th as Microsoft pushes out a patch via Windows Software Updates Services that is absent the increasingly omnipresent Window Genuine Advantage validation checks for...
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If you're not yet entirely bored with the subject, and want to see what may be up with the next version beyond Vista (tentatively referred to as "Windows 7"... let's see, is 7 before...
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It is starting to verge on redundant to point out some other agency or company taking a pass on Vista, but Becta, the organization responsible for IT strategy for the UK public school system and...
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Filed in archive CIO
by Scott Wilson on January 12, 2008
Bryan Crynes, Chief Information Officer for Starbucks, the multi-national coffee giant based out of Seattle, Washington, finds himself out on the street today as part of a general corporate shake-up...
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Filed in archive Events
by Scott Wilson on January 10, 2008
Microsoft has announced today that long-time employee and current president of their Business Division Jeff Raikes will retire from the company in September. Raikes, who currently presides over one...
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