Kaporpitches low-cost PIM for the masses
Lotus founder seeks open source alternative to Microsoft — Ashlee Vance Mitch Kapor wants to make life easier for small businesses and let geeks have a little fun at the same time. The well-known founder of Lotus Development and designer…
Feds want enterprise IT aligned with the business of government
Managing enterprise IT the government way For some time, the Washington politico tide surrounding technology has risen, resulting in the “all-that’s-digital-is-mine-or-monitored” proposals lofted by Congress and federal agencies in today’s economically dragging security state. What initially led me to believe…
Making a move from CTO to CEO
Former CTOs describe their journey to the top executive position Chief technologists are moving closer to the revenue and into the halls of the enterprise as they adapt to meet corporate needs and take on the CEO’s role Chief technologists…
The phone that knows too much?
The Nokia 3650 is a place in your hand where voice, text, audio, photos, video, and data converge The United States is an odd market for mobile technology. In Asia and Europe, color displays and rich messaging are considered baseline…
Solutions to data overload
When I wrote about the problems of data overload for administrators a few weeks ago, readers reminded me (sometimes constructively) that there are a number of products that might solve the problem (see “Data, data everywhere,” Jan. 6, page…
Global thinking
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young’s chief technologist forges IT strategy worldwide Pushing a global technology consulting strategy involves a lot of travel time. “I don’t even have an office,” jokes John Parkinson, vice president and the chief technologist at IT…
Apple on the cusp
Senior VPs AvieTevanian, Jon Rubinstein discuss the convergence of business and consumer markets in Keynote and iLife Apple made a big splash at the recent Macworld Conference & Expo with the introduction of its new PowerBook G4 notebooks. Avie Tevanian,…
Apple on the cusp
Senior VPs AvieTevanian, Jon Rubinstein discuss the convergence of business and consumer markets in Keynote and iLife Apple made a big splash at the recent Macworld Conference & Expo with the introduction of its new PowerBook G4 notebooks. Avie Tevanian,…
Digital data chases converged reality
Enterprises wrestle with integrated data formats The rising tide of intertwined structured and unstructured data types is threatening to engulf corporations as a multitude of computing devices flourishes in a sea of diverse file formats, protocols, and standards. Chasing user…
IBM moved toward integrated collaboration
Big Blue ties Lotus to WebSphere stack IBM has poured the plaster into its future mold for an integrated product stack. Last week at Lotusphere in Orlando, Fla., the company detailed its J2EE-infused collaboration vision with a new low-cost e-mail…
