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Cloud Confusion Amongst IT Professionals

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Cloud Computing, Infrastructure, Software, UK, software as a service

The findings of a survey by document management software company, Version One (www.versionone.co.uk), has revealed that 41% of senior IT professionals admit that they “don’t know” what cloud computing is. Version One carried out the research with 60 senior IT professionals (IT directors and managers) across a range of UK public and private sector organisations. [...]

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An executive guide to social media

May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Collaboration, Knowledge Management, Net-Gen, Society, Software, Web 2.0

I just came across this useful collection of articles on Social Media on Business week – ‘An executive guide to social media’
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Quebec government sued for buying Microsoft software

September 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Canada, Government Policy, Legal Issues, Open Source, Software

From an article by Peter Nowak from CBC News Canada.
Quebec’s open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company’s products rather than using free alternatives.
The lawsuit by Facil was lodged with the Quebec Superior Court on July 15 and made public on Wednesday. [...]

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EU Competition Commissioner endorses use of Open Source Software

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Europe, Legal Issues, Open Source, Software, Standards

The EU Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, publicly supported the use of open source software in eGovernment, in a public speech at a seminar hosted by OpenForum Europe in Brussels on 10 June 2008.
The Commission must do its part. It must not rely on one vendor, it must not accept closed standards, and it must refuse [...]

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Secure Web 2.0 Mashups possible with new software from IBM who Contributes it to the OpenAjax Alliance.

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Mashups, Open Source, Software, Web 2.0

IBM announced new technology to secure “mashups,” web applications that pull information from multiple sources, such as Web sites, enterprise databases or emails, to create one unified view. Mashups are attractive for business use, as they allow non-technical users to gain insight on complex situations in minutes, but as with all Web-based initiatives, security has [...]

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The G.ho.st in the machine…

February 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Infrastructure, Shared Services, Software, Web 2.0, software as a service

A taste of things to come… a web based virtual PC with 3GB email storage, 3GB file storage and access to a variety of productivity apps including a word-processor and spreadsheet and all for FREE…

This is an early example of Cloud Computing, an entire web based operating system. I’d guess that within 10 years most [...]

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Fast Forward Blog Article on US Software company that has adopted Facebook as their Intranet

January 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Mashups, Software, USA, Web 2.0

US Software Company Serena wanted to promote a greater connection between people. Facebook, which is both free and a great example of web 2.0, seemed to be the right answer. They established a private Facebook group for Serena employees and they built a few simple custom Facebook apps to better enable intranet functions. Now [...]

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MySociety.org

January 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Charity, Government 2.0, Local Government, Open Source, Software, UK

My Society.org is a UK Charitable organisation with two missions. The first is to be a charitable project which builds websites that give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives. The second is to teach the public and voluntary sectors, through demonstration, how to most efficiently use the internet [...]

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