Space on my bookshelf is limited to books of importance to me, books that I reference often, and a few special books like first editions. Still, I have boxes and boxes of books that could be more useful if they were on my PC or tablet. While I would be happy to subscribe to [...]
With hundreds of thousands of mobile apps only compelling 47% of North American cell phone users to use them, are we missing something so obvious? I wonder what it will it take to get 100%. More
Intel has announced their AppUp Hybrid Cloud for Small Business program. When I read the headline, I thought “ok, Intel is making a cloud storage gateway for small business.” Then I read the press release, and the product has little to do with cloud computing. It is an on premise, remotely-managed leased hardware and software [...]
One of the projects I’m working on at my job is implementing an electronic document and collaboration solution for my company’s Board of Directors. It has been a neat journey into a niche market, and little has been written about the technology from an IT perspective. If your company is considering an implementation of a [...]
Forrester analyst Nigel Fenwick asks, “When Did Marketing Become A Dirty Word?” “…today’s marketers focus on creating an effective process to identify changing customer needs and deliver customer value (in most cases at a profit). That’s something CIOs have been trying to do since the first data processing groups were established in the 70’s. “ I [...]
A recent crop of offerings from Square and Google for retail payments has caught my attention.