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Ticked Off at Tick the Box Mentality 04/02/2008 13:01:15
Does your executive search firm know the difference between an MIS manager and a CIO, and if it does, can it explain that difference to its corporate clients?Does your executive search firm know its MIS managers from its elbow? Does it even know the difference between an MIS manager and a CIO, and if it does, can it explain that difference to its corporate clients? - +
Strategies for Dealing With IT Complexity 24/12/2007 10:30:47
Every innovation, every business process improvement, comes with an IT complexity tax that must be paid by CIOs in time, money and sweat. Here are strategies to mitigate the increasing complexity of IT as it enables new business.Every innovation, every business process improvement, comes with an IT complexity tax that must be paid by CIOs in time, money and sweat. Here are strategies to mitigate the increasing complexity of IT as it enables new business. - +
9 Paths to Higher Performance 10/12/2007 14:09:23
When an organization brings together talented people in a creative, collaborative environment it fosters a culture of high performance, which in turn leads to superior business resultsLike high-achieving individuals, some organizations seem to have the Midas touch. Virtually every initiative they touch earns them gold and even those that fail never seem to cost them much of anything at all - +
How to Get Real About Strategic Planning 04/02/2008 12:50:59
Everyone agrees that having a strategic plan for IT is a good thing but most CIOs approach the process with fear and loathing. In fact, the majority of CIOs (and the enterprises they work for) are faking it when it comes to strategic planning. Isn't it time we all got real?Oh, it must be nice to be the CIO of a FedEx or a GE or a Credit Suisse. Places where IT and the business are so tightly aligned you can barely tell the two apart. Where corporate leaders understand that IT is a strategic asset and support it as such
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Earlier this year SourceForge embedded Krugle's search mechanism, which is designed to specifically search for code, into its site to make for easier developers searching for similar projects. Has this been successful?
Adding search code search functionalities was a response to user requests, and I think it's been quite successful. It's quite a job to have to look for specific snippets of code within a certain language or set of documentation. General text search doesn't always get the right answers, due to syntax or embedded loops or other things specific to code. The easier and more efficient the search mechanism on the site becomes, the more efficient the open source developers can be.
Is this SourceForge/Krugle partnership indicative of a broader phenomenon in search, where it is getting increasingly specialised in order to deal with the growing amount of information online?
Yes, absolutely. There is so much data out there and search is the natural entry point. Generalized search misses a lot of what's important or ranks it poorly. Krugle is one great example of focusing on a core type of data and providing extremely useful results. I think this trend will continue into the future.
Have you seen a change in the type of projects hosted on SourceForge?
We are seeing more commercial open source applications, absolutely. It's been quite noticeable. Part of the reason is definitely that open source is now being more widely adopted in enterprise environments. This is a major movement within open source software.
Zimbra, which was acquired by Yahoo for US$350 million and JBoss now owned by RedHat both started out on SourceForge. What are some other examples of SourceForge hosted projects that have made it into the big league, and how many of these "success" stories have you seen?
It is a point of pride for us that a lot of alumni have done very well for themselves as commercial companies built around open source products that originated on SourceForge. We think this is a fabulous model of development and are proud to play a part. Others include SugarCRM, Zenoss, JasperSoft, Hyperic, Alfresco, SourceFire, dimdim, OpenNMS and more.
What drives SourceForge's success?
We exist to enable the community to be successful, whether that is developing, distributing, or using OSS. Our position as a platform allows the OSS community to interact and be successful, and we stay out of the way as much as possible. This may be what makes us popular.
Will SourceForge.net utilise Web.2.0?
We've added wiki capabilities this year and we'll continue to improve functionality of the site over time based on user demand.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
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Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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