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There is no getting around the fact that when the IPad hit the market a few weeks ago, it was a genuine phenomenon. It has to drive the powers that be at Google and Microsoft crazy how easily Steve Jobs at Apple seems to be able to put their fingers on what “the next big thing” is and get that to the market. What remains for the other giants of the computer industry to do is to play catch up
A runaway project is a development effort that, for various reasons loses all sense of control and management and exceeds any reasonable cost or time frame for completion of the project.
If you have enjoyed the hit comedy series, “The Big Bang Theory”, you probably could relate to how strange very brilliant technical people can be. If you are a CEO or in a position of authority in a business, trying to manage the “geeks” in the IT department can be frustrating at best. Of course, the first thing that should be recognized since we used the term in the title of this piece is that the word “geek” is not derogatory to computer experts.
We all like to know what we are getting into. Whether you are buying the latest and most sophisticated hardware product on the market, a new phone or a new laptop, the last thing you want to have to deal with is buying a lemon. When you see advertisements for a new gadget that has just hit the market, you would think that new technology was the beginning of the Star Wars age and that you just have to have it right now! But anyone who has been buying into new technology knows that the promises of the marketing of new technology often does not live up to what the gizmo will actually do once you get it home
When it comes to the interent, it is a constant job for parents to keep an eye on what your kids are up to. Sure, there are a lot of great things about the internet. But there are bad people in cyberspace too and it is the job of parents to protect their kids from bad people.
In a conversation with a friend about the ongoing sophistication of television, he once remarked to me, “It won’t belong before all TV will be done with holograms so the characters will be right in your living room interacting with your family.”
It almost seems like the world of social networks exploded into full maturity in the last few years. In fact, social networks have been around for some time. Probably the one that began to really get a lot of media attention was MySpace. One reason for the tremendous popularity of MySpace was the feature [...]
There is something unique a peculiar about the place in the hierarchy of a business that an IT project manager occupies. In many ways, both IT professionals and the business tier or management see project managers as the “guy behind the curtain” in the Wizard of Oz. To upper management, IT management is able [...]
The justification and pay offs for business and for employees for promoting more telecommuting are well known. That is why it is so surprising that employers seem to be dragging their feet on offering work at home programs for their employees so that they can sponsor a strong telecommuting program for their staff. But a recent study that was sponsored by Microsoft using an online survey reflects that the percentage of companies offering this option is far below the level of interest in employees to participate in such a program
It was just a matter of time. It seems anytime a technology company demonstrates tremendous success, the government gets their nose out of joint about it. Last December it was Intel’s turn to see the FTC file a lawsuit against them for anticompetitive practices. Now an FTC investigation is nothing to sneeze at. And to say that Intel does not dominate the computer processor chip market would be silly. In fact, if you ask just about anyone on the street to name a company that makes computer chips, the only company they will be able to name will probably be Intel.
