Just as Web 2.0 seems to be falling into place in terms of the collection of technologies and how to use them, up pops the next ‘big thing’; Cloud Computing, complete with all the hype. Actually there is a certain linkage going on here and it's...
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By P. Evansgr
Another week and another collection of interesting ideas from around the Internet. As always, thoughts and/or comments are greatly appreciated. This issue: IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield [The Industry...
Read moreI need to start with a word of explanation; Intel has been a pretty large Venture Capital provider supporting technology start ups for a good few years now. Most importantly it has been very good at creating clusters of technology companies to ensure...
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By C. Bate
Last week, Manchester, UK saw the 60th anniversary celebrations of BABY - the first stored program machine – or in plain English the first example of the type of computer in everyday use today. It’s an interesting time for reflection about how...
Read moreMy interest in the convergence of the mobile device (smart phone style) and the fixed device (PC style) was reawakened by the announcement of the W3C that they are looking to establish a new group called ‘The Mobile Web for Social Development’ or...
Read moreI was very interested by the views of a younger colleague – who therefore is more representative of the mainstream social networking – and I asked him if he would write a guest Blog piece. This is the result and I think it ought to encourage some...
Read moreAnother week and another collection of interesting ideas from around the Internet. As always, thoughts and/or comments are greatly appreciated. This issue: How Crocs rakes in the revenue from ugly shoes [Business Pundit] Sometimes your...
Read moreIt is reported that the CEO of IBM after the second world war stated that the market for computers would be five, whilst the CEO of Digital Equipment Company, (once the second largest computer manufacturer), stated he could see no reason for anyone...
Read moreAs is often the way, or so it seems in the connected world we live in today, a string of threads joined up last week. Across the Blogsphere I got to see some really interesting stuff under the heading of ‘Government 2.0; The Government as a...
Read moreWhat exactly does the term ‘enterprise quality’ mean in this context? Moving past the obvious answer of reliability to manageability then clearly this is an attribute that is required, but in our new world of personalisation and frequent change...
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