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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST

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iPhone Tips, Tricks & Apps for Business Executives

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

In iPhone Tips, Tricks & Apps for Business Executives, the analyst shares quick and easy ways to truly capitalize on all that an iPhone has to offer for an executive. Take the 91 minutes to view this webinar (on your computer, mobile phone, iPod or printed out) to update your knowledge on how other executives are getting the most out of their iPhones, as many features, settings and new applications are not used by executives that can significantly improve it's value to you as a resource, as long as you know how to use them.

Ulitzer Live! New Media Power Panel at Santa Clara Convention Center

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:45:00 EST

The first "Ulitzer New Media Power Panel" took place today at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Streamed live to 60,000 viewers via SYS-CON.TV, the panel was moderated by Jeremy Geelan. Geelan's guests in the first power panel were Ian Thain and Tim Crawford. The first "Ulitzer Live! - New Media Conference & Expo " will take place on June 14, 2010 in New York City. Ulitzer Live! West will take place on December 6, 2010, in San Jose, California. Call for Papers for both events are now open.

14 More Charged in Insider Trading Scandal

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST

An SEC lawyer told a federal court yesterday that more people could be charged in the insider trading scandal that has so far brought down senior IBM executive Robert Moffat and former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz and as good as her word 14 more were charged Thursday morning with conspiracy to defraud, engaging in fraudulent activities and making untrue statements. Those arrested include an analyst for Moody’s and an M&A attorney with Ropes & Gray, the law firm that advised 3Com and Avaya when they were acquired by private equity houses. Those stocks have now been added to the expanding list of tech stocks that were allegedly traded based on insider information. That list now includes AMD, Sun, Intel, IBM, Google, Akamai, Atheros and Kronos. Zvi Goffer, one of the former Galleon employees picked up on Thursday reportedly supplied tipsters with pre-paid cell phones to avoid detection by investigators and paid them in cash. Galleon CEO Raj Rajaratnam is supposed to be the kingpin behind mischief. Besides Moffat, an executive at Intel and another at McKinsey were among the six people previously charged. The government claims the latest round of charges represents illegal gains of $20 million on top of the $20 million allegedly in the first set of indictments. Out of the 20 people charged so far, five have pleaded guilty.

Combining Twitter With Site Monitoring

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:15:00 EST

When Google's Gmail is down, thousands complain on Twitter. If Amazon has problems with its cloud services, you hear about it on Twitter. If a web hosting company has issues, you hear about it on Twitter. Twitter has given consumers a voice, and companies are listening. In other words, Twitter has become a discovery engine for service issues. But only if people effectively let the world know about those issues in the first place. Pingdom, a service that monitors the reliability of websites and services on the Internet, has now made it possible to automate this process. Pingdom users can choose to automatically send Twitter status messages when their monitored sites have downtime, notifying not just themselves, but the world.

Our Social Network Just Got Bigger

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:15:00 EST

LG Electronics Canada and Rogers Wireless today announced a world first: the LG Eve, a new Android OS-based smartphone designed specifically for social networking, is now available exclusively at Rogers. The LG Eve provides customers with the freedom of mobile social networking, making it easier to stay connected anytime, anywhere.

Netbiscuits Awarded “Best Mobile Publishing Platform”

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST

Netbiscuits, a leading B2B web software platform for the creation, operation and monetization of mobile websites, was honored as the “Best Mobile Publishing Platform 2009”. Over 400 industry execs made their choice for the prestigious ME Awards and handpicked Netbiscuits from a short list of six finalists from all over the world. Netbiscuits won the prize for the first time and thereby demonstrates the ongoing exceptional success of its software platform globally.

MassTLC and MassNetComms Combine

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST

The combined organization, which will be known as the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC), will bring some of the world’s top global technology brands – including AT&T, Cisco, Comcast, Google, IBM, Microsoft and Verizon – under one tent with some of the region’s fastest growing mid-sized companies and high impact, growth oriented entrepreneurs. Together, the membership represents the entire technology landscape from infrastructure to application and is responsible some of the most remarkable innovations taking place in the Commonwealth.

Cloud Computing Expo 2010 East to Attract More Than 5,000 Delegates in New York City

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:30:00 EST

SYS-CON Events announced today that the 5th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo will take place April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. The three-day event will offer a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers about the business and technical value of cloud computing with more than 80 sponsors and exhibitors on the 70,000 sq. ft. show floor and over 5,000 estimated delegates from well over 48 different countries.

4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Starts Today

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:10:00 EST

A round-up of the wide range of important issues and timely topics due to be discussed by over 130 industry experts at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, opening today at the Santa Clara Convention Center, November 2-4, 2009. From Building Scalable and Extensible RIAs in the Cloud to Yahoo! Cloud @ Internet Scale.

Cloud Computing on Gartner's Top 10 List and SYS-CON Events' 2010 Calendar

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt. These technologies impact the organization's long-term plans, programs and initiatives. They may be strategic because they have matured to broad market use or because they enable strategic advantage from early adoption. “Companies should factor the top 10 technologies into their strategic planning process by asking key questions and making deliberate decisions about them during the next two years,” said David Cearley, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. “However, this does not necessarily mean adoption and investment in all of the technologies. They should determine which technologies will help and transform their individual business initiatives.”

Beyond Social Business Software

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:30:00 EDT

One of the most hotly debated questions among marketers and company executives is “What does it mean to be a social business?”Today Acquia, Inc., the enterprise guide to the Drupal social publishing system provides the answer and also reveals what Social Business Software vendors aren’t telling you: your investment in Social Business Software is at risk because it is only a one-sided approach to social business. Social publishing is the technology platform for true social businesses.

The Top 150 Players in Cloud Computing

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:45:00 EDT

A robust ecosystem of solutions providers is emerging around cloud computing.Here, SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal expands its popular list of most active players in the fast-emerging Cloud Ecosystem, from the 'mere' 100 we identified back in January of this year, to half as many again - testimony, if any further were needed, to the fierce and continuing growth of the "Elastic IT" paradigm throughout the world of enterprise computing.

LookStat Announces Free Trial of its Back Office Services for Stock Photographers

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EDT

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Jive Announces Jive Social Business Software 4.0

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:32:00 EDT

Jive, the Social Business Software provider, today announced the general availability of Jive Social Business Software (SBS) 4.0. The new offering is the largest, most ambitious release Jive Software has brought to market since the company first introduced its integrated SBS platform for enterprises.

Ulitzer.com Named Exclusive "New Media" Sponsor of Cloud Expo

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Ulitzer was named exclusive "new media" sponsor of the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place November 2 - 3 - 4, 2009, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo is the leading global Cloud event in its third year. Over 200 corporate sponsors and 10,000 industry professionals participated in Cloud Computing Expo during the past two years, more than all other Cloud-related events put together.

Baidu Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Baidu, Inc. ("Baidu" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009(1).

Ph.D. in Twitter Anyone?

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:30:00 EDT

Colorado Technical University (CTU), a leading provider of education to career-motivated students, has launched six graduate degree programs designed to help prepare professionals to use technology and social media to meet changing business demands. The new programs include two doctor of management degrees - one in emerging media and another in environmental and social sustainability; two doctor of computer science degrees - one in digital systems security and another in emerging media; and two master of science degrees - one in systems engineering and another in enterprise information systems.

Disaster Management: Managing Emergency Communications with Marc Ladin

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:00:00 EDT

When the city of Glendale needed to quickly alert residents to lower their water and power use to enable fire fighters to gain access to critical resources, they turned to a local company, Everbridge, to reach citizens with real-time notifications alerting them to the emergency.

Microsoft to Data-Mine Facebook & Twitter

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EDT

Microsoft has cut non-exclusive deals with both Facebook and Twitter for Bing to search their real-time data feeds. Google has followed suit at least with Twitter, but Facebook is the prize because it has like 40 million updates a day from its 300 million users. Not all Facebook updates will be searched by Bing, however, only the ones made available to the wider public. Facebook, where Microsoft has an equity stake, will apparently provide users with a numbers of new tools to do so.

Introducing Kindle for PC

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:15:00 EDT

Kindle for PC features Amazon’s Whispersync technology that automatically saves and synchronizes bookmarks and last page read across devices. Whether you read Kindle books on a Kindle, Kindle DX, or one of the free Kindle applications, you can always have your reading with you and never lose your place. With Kindle for PC, you can read some on your PC, read some on your Kindle, and always pick up right where you left off. Whispersync helped make the Kindle for iPhone application the most popular books app in the Apple App Store.

HP Brings Magazine Publishing to Wikia

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EDT

HP announced that Wikia, the company that brings together millions of people to create and discover engaging content on every topic, will offer print-on-demand services to its communities through MagCloud, an HP cloud service that automates magazine publishing. The collaboration between HP and Wikia will allow fans, aspiring publishers and writers of all types to create magazines based on the high-quality content and images created by Wikia’s more than 50,000 communities.

Bottomline Introduces Advanced Capabilities for Web 2.0 and SOA

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:00:00 EDT

Bottomline Technologies has expanded support for Web 2.0 and service oriented architecture (SOA) within its WebSeries Global Cash Management platform. Designed to capitalize on the benefits of SOA and Web 2.0, WebSeries provides banks and financial institutions with the flexibility required to take greater ownership of the end user experience. By leveraging Bottomline’s SOA-enabled building blocks, banks can construct a highly-interactive user experience utilizing state-of-the-art AJAX controls. At the same time, banks with existing front-end user interfaces can significantly enhance the user experience by ‘calling’ Bottomline’s Web services to support business rules, transaction processing and information queries. Through either approach, banks can continue to dictate the specific elements of functionality for client-facing solutions.

Ulitzer Named "New Media" Partner of Greatly Anticipated iStrategy Event in Berlin

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:15:00 EDT

A new ‘internet’ has been born which can flatten the market place if not managed correctly. New opportunities create greater challenges for any company to stay ahead. Thanks to sites like Ulitzer the corporate world has finally embraced online social media as a real competitive advantage, and the tier ones are now incorporating such initiatives in their 2010 business plans – but who will be left behind?

Online Advertising on New Media Platforms

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:45:00 EDT

The French subsidiary of Condé Nast S.A., one of the world's largest private communications groups (Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.), has selected Ingres, the leading open source database management company and pioneer of The New Economics of IT, to develop a critical application to manage advertising space for its publications. Condé Nast Publications is home to many of the world’s celebrated magazines and websites and is committed to journalistic integrity, influential reporters, and superior design. Just a few of the publication titles within the Condé Nast family published worldwide include Vogue, Glamour, The New Yorker, Details, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, and Golf Digest. Condé Nast France relies on Ingres Database, the leading open source database for business critical applications, for its advertising space management system. The system helps the French subsidiary of Condé Nast Publications develop the rates it charges advertisers and is a key component in the revenue generation stream.

Pharmaceutical Industry Set to Emerge as winners in the Healthcare Reform

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:15:00 EDT

Once a powerful profit-machine, big pharma is stumbling ,the threat of further government intervention, drying product pipelines, fierce competition from generic manufacturers, consumer concerns about safety, and false marketing claims is forcing leaders to revisit operations to secure top line Growth. So leaders such as Judith Marquis, Group VP Genzyme, Jeffrey Nye, Chief Medical Officer J&J Pharmaceuticals and James Kirwin VP Global Clinical Operation Wyeth Pharmaceuticals are uniting with over 50 other figureheads at the renowned NGP US Summit next week in Florida to discuss future technology investments to strengthen the industry and improve efficiency to "weather the Healthcare Reform".

Ulitzer.com Named Exclusive "New Media" Sponsor of Cloud Computing Conference & Expo

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Google's Data Liberation Front

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:45:00 EDT

In what can be seen as a major win for users of Google's various cloud services, the company has announced a new website called "The Data Liberation Front" dedicated to be the central location for information on how to move your data in and out of Google products.

According to the site, The Data Liberation Front is an engineering team at Google whose singular goal is to make it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products. We do this because we believe that you should be able to export any data that you create in (or import into) a product. We help and consult other engineering teams within Google on how to "liberate" their products.

Their mission statement: Users should be able to control the data they store in any of Google's products. Our team's goal is to make it easier for them to move data in and out.

The site's creators point out that project was started as an internal engineering team back in 2007. When the team couldn't agree on the name, they came up with "Data Liberation Front" as a homage to The Judean People's Front, the splinter group in Monty Python's Life of Brian that spends most of its time bickering. In addition, the team indicated that they see themselves as being somewhat subversive, not so much within Google, but insofar as it's unusual for a big company to work to make it easier for their customers to leave them.

The site also points out that there shouldn't be an additional charge to export your data. Beyond that, if it takes you many hours to get your data out, it's almost as bad as not being able to get your data out at all. I would also add if your data isn't usable. For example a 1tb text file is (almost) just as bad as not getting your data at all.

The FAQ answers some interesting questions including that of Data Standards saying "We're working to use existing open standards formats wherever possible, and to document how we use those formats in a clear simple manner."

Personally, I applaud this move by Google, lets hope others in the cloud space follow Google's lead.

Google Goes on Offense against Office

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Google is doing something very un-Google. It's stooping to advertise. What started a few months ago with "Go Google" billboards on 101 in Silicon Valley, the West Side Highway in New York, the Mass Pike in Boston and the Ike in Chicago touting Google Apps went international Monday in France, Japan, the UK, Canada, Australia and Singapore at train stations and airports as well as print ads in the Economist, the New York Time, Forbes and the Daily Telegraph and web sites like FT.com and Times Online. Google's trolling for frustrated, cash-strapped Microsoft and IBM business users and claims to have converted two million businesses - up from 1.75 million in June - and 20 million people - up from 15 million - in over 100 countries and over 40 languages to its cloud-based applications.

New Media on Ulitzer: 50 Million Go Mobile on Chinese Social Network

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:15:00 EDT

Launched in March 2008, Kaixin001 already has more than 50 million subscribers in China and among Chinese speakers across the world, and is attracting about 200,000 new registrations a day. With subscribers now mainly accessing the website via their PCs, the cooperation between Ericsson and Kaixin001 will bring new applications that will allow users to manage their virtual space, interact with friends and stay updated on their online communities, all via their mobile devices - anytime, anywhere. Future services could include real-time uploading of photos and videos from mobile phones, SMS alerts on a favorite celebrity's activities, and location-based services, such as checking if friends are nearby.

Cloud Computing Journal Continues To Publish World's Best Cloud Analysts

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Only one publication in the world has been tracking Cloud Computing 24x7 since December 6, 2006, when we first mentioned the concept in an article: Cloud Computing Journal. Since then worldwide interest in the Cloud paradigm of massively scalable IT resources and capabilities delivered as a service using Internet technologies has been mushrooming at a breakneck pace.

IBM Hardware Chief, Intel VC Exec Arrested in Insider Trading Scam

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:30:00 EDT

IBM senior VP Robert Moffat, the head of IBM's Systems and Technology Group - in other words the guy who runs all of its hardware as well its microelectronics unit - and Intel Capital's director of strategic investment Rajiv Goel, one of its VC people, were arrested Friday morning on insider trading charges. They were alleged tipsters. The $20 million scam, involving AMD, Intel, IBM, Akamai, Clearwire and Google stock as well as Polycom's and Hilton Hotels', is said to be the biggest ever pulled off by a hedge fund and had the US Attorney, the FBI and the SEC doing a televised press conference on CNBC this afternoon.

Yahoo! to Keynote 4th Cloud Expo: Accelerating Innovation with Cloud Computing

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:25:00 EDT

Yahoo! is investing significantly in Cloud Computing to support the company's global applications and audience of more than 500 million users. Yahoo!'s cloud confronts technical challenges at an almost unprecedented scale - requiring tens of petabytes of storage, tens of thousands of machines, and synchronization across multiple data centers around the globe.

CA World 2010 Returns to Las Vegas

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EDT

At this year's event, CA will present a thought-provoking program which includes exclusive keynote addresses, a dynamic Partner Symposium as well as new customer forums, demonstrations, content-rich education classes and a showcase of SaaS-delivered IT services for infrastructure management, security and project & portfolio management. Budnik continued, "At CA World 2010, we'll share our latest thinking and cutting-edge technology in exciting presentations, lively round-table discussions and candid conversations with our valued customers

Internet Evolution Launches New Midmarket Clan

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:55:00 EDT

TechWeb's Internet Evolution social network unveiled its Midmarket Clan, the latest in a series of specialty user groups designed to serve unique technology and industry segments. The Midmarket Clan is intended for IT professionals and executive management from companies with revenues in the $10 million to $100 million range that have 100 to 1,000 employees.

Virtualization Journal "Readers' Choice Awards" Voting Is Now Open

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON's Virtualization Journal announced today that the voting in its second annual Virtualization Readers' Choice Awards is now open. Voting will end October 23, 2009, and winners will be announced the week of November 2-4, 2009, at the 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo. To vote for your favorite Cloud products and services today - don't put it off, voting takes just a few seconds.

Social Action Network is iMac and iPhone Compatible

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

"So Act is now highly compatible with iMac in a four column format allowing the maximum amount of hi-res, web multi-tasking that our members can handle in one screen," said Greg Halpern, President, So Act Network. "This breakthrough allows members using iMac to interact with up to eight windows on one screen without scrolling at all. For Mac lovers who also have iPhones, they can access their private network on So Act while on the go. This provides many huge advantages. For example, while having a multi-person conference in Conversations, you can leave to go out to lunch or shopping but you can stay in the meeting remotely on your iPhone even receiving files to review and continuing communication without missing a beat. The possibilities are endless and of course the Apple experience makes it remarkable."

Cloud Computing Journal "Readers' Choice Awards" Voting Is Now Open

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal announced today that the voting in its first annual Cloud Computing Readers' Choice Awards is now open. Voting will end October 23, 2009, and winners will be announced the week of November 2-4, 2009. To vote for your favorite Cloud products and services today, don't put it off, voting takes just a few seconds.

100 Hottest Skills in Today’s Online Labor Market

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:21:00 EDT

While recent industry reports indicate that technology job losses rose in the last quarter to five percent, Elance reveals a more promising outlook showing that hiring tech contractors online is growing, with overall hiring on Elance in October up 46% compared to a year ago. The company released its October “Elance Work Index” ranking the hottest 100 skills in today’s online labor market

New Study Finds Shift In Advertising Dollars in 2010

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EDT

A new study released today by King Fish Media finds that a structural change in the world of media is driving marketers to rethink the business of reaching customers and prospects. The King Fish Media 2009 Survey on Marketing, Media and Measurement, conducted in partnership with HubSpot, Junta42 and the Upshot Institute, reveals that where traditional advertising was once a foregone conclusion and a focal point of all marketing efforts, companies are now revising old formulas and creating new ones. Above all, their ability to use new media channels to reach audiences directly and to measure the value of their response and interaction is advancing a trend: companies are abandoning other's media platforms in favor of creating their own original channels and content. To download the complete King Fish Media 2009 Survey on Marketing, Media and Measurement ebook, visit www.kingfishmedia.com/2009research.