Published by admin on 17 Apr 2009
Just last week, IT Business Edge ran a short item highlighting Hackett Group research that urges organizations to balance their short- and long-term planning objectives to ensure that they leave room for innovation in their budgets. But in this
Published by admin on 17 Apr 2009
Saugatuck Technology VP Mark Koenig made an interesting point in our recent interview about Web 2.0 technologies, that companies may need to take a “playground approach,” in which employees are encouraged to experiment with multiple uses for social
Published by admin on 17 Apr 2009
Much of the “Google vs. Microsoft” noise, a perenially popular story line in the technology press, has died down in recent months. Maybe people just got tired of it. Maybe folks are too focused on broader economic woes. Maybe the companies’ own efforts
Published by admin on 17 Apr 2009
Software-as-a-service vendors like to compare their solutions to traditional on-premise software, stressing how much easier and less expensive it is to deploy SaaS. And who can blame them? This is a reasonable approach to a point, and in at least some
Published by admin on 17 Apr 2009
There are lots of litmus tests used to determine the severity and probable length of the recession, most of them related to spending and/or employment. One being watched with interest by the tech industry is the number of applications received for H-1B
Published by admin on 17 Apr 2009
As someone who just went through a sweeping redesign of a corporate Web site, I know firsthand that technology can be frustrating. We found lots of bugs during testing. But you know what? Most of them could be fixed, and workarounds could be created for
Published by admin on 17 Apr 2009
With texting, Twitter, Facebook and other emerging channels for communication entering our lives, it’s not surprising that many of us are abandoning some existing channels to make room for them. And voice mail is increasingly the odd man out ,
Published by admin on 17 Apr 2009
I am fascinated by research that attempts to prove just how productive people are on the job. I think it’s notoriously difficult to attach numbers to this. Most studies focus on how much time people spend in employment-related activities at the office,
Published by admin on 16 Apr 2009
Amazon found itself in a firestorm of unwanted publicity after gay and lesbian-themed books suddenly dropped from its sales charts over the weekend. Much of the coverage took a moral angle, with many writers accusing Amazon of censorship and/or
Published by admin on 01 Apr 2009
Back in September, I wrote a post wondering whether India was on the verge of becoming a hotbed of innovation, as consulting company Zinnov contended it was. According to Zinnov, a quarter-million Indian engineers are involved with R&D activities, a