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The corporate virtual world
There is new emerging job for CIOs and IT departments at many big corporations that have employees scattered across the country as well as around the globe. According to Business Week, IBM has found Read more...
So, where is your main frame?
Sometimes, old technology gets a new life. Even if you are purchasing newer software and hardware, remember that some old tools can have a second life. That's the case with the IBM mainframe. It Read more...
Web 2.0 changes the way we connect
Meanwhile, Rob Carter, CIO of FedEx, told a roomful of technology executives at the SIMposium 2007 that Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way that people view connectedness and networking. Sites Read more...
Survey: Beware social networking sites
According to a recent survey conducted during the recent Storage Networking World Conference, CIOs should be extremely wary of employees using company computers to access social networking sites Read more...
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Online role-playing comes to the boardroom
You may soon find yourself attending a virtual meeting, staring at an avatar representing you on screen. Using state-of-the-art technology from companies such as Second Life, Qwaq, Tixeo and Read more...
ALSO NOTED: No slowdown in outsourcing to India; Why corporations are digging in at the virtual world of Second Life; and much
> No slowdown in outsourcing to India. Article > Why corporations are digging in at the virtual world Read more...
Second Life hack puts users' data at risk
A hole in commercial software used on servers supporting the fantasy multiplayer game site, Second Life, let hackers have access to the confidential data of over 650,000 users. The site has Read more...