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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? - +
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 - +
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. - +
Hiring Manager: Emphasize Integrity, Attitude 14/12/2007 11:18:07
William Howell shares his hiring mistakes and his secrets for selecting the best job candidates, finding objective references and using LinkedIn as a recruiting tool.William Howell shares his hiring mistakes and his secrets for selecting the best job candidates, finding objective references and using LinkedIn as a recruiting tool. - +
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
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How does GeoNames fund itself?
GeoNames is funded by donations, sponsors and most importantly by contributions in the form of data, know how and time.
The Google maps mashup, ongmap.com, which uses GeoNames technology, recently won first place in a competition organised by Sun Microsystems, Japan and donated some of its prize money to GeoNames. How much was this donation?
Yuki Naotori, the developer of ongmap.com, was so kind to contribute part of the prize money to open source projects he was using for the project. (GeoNames received a three digit Euro donation.)
Where have GeoNames largest financial contributions come from?
All contributions are from applications using the GeoNames data or web services ranging from smaller contributions of a couple of Euros by students to larger contributions of some hundred Euros by startups and established enterprises.
What is driving the interest in GeoNames?
The current interest in geo data is often driven by online mapping having become a commodity and part of every developers skill set. It no longer requires a GIS specialist to implement online mapping for an application. The ubiquity of GPS enabled devices is also engendering a new generation of applications in need of geo data. Another important factor is that most applications are now targeting a larger market and need data to geographically organize their site and content.
What other social networking sites or Web 2.0 sites in addition to Slide.com
Well, I have troubles nowadays to find a site that does not claim to have at least some social networking web2.0ish features or aspects ;-). Others include popfly, tagzania, dopplr, tripit, or globalmotion.
What is the biggest technical challenge involved in running GeoNames?
The main challenge is to deal with a huge number of data providers and the absence of gazetteer standards. In Australia for instance, we cannot use the place name data provided by the Australian Government as it is not freely available. Instead we have to contact the authorities of the states to ask for their data. Three states VIC, SA and NSW have so far offered their data to GeoNames. All of them are using different data formats and feature types and we have to process each source differently, also making sure we do not insert duplicates to the already existing locations.
It is interesting that we have more liberal access to US Army data than to European or Australian "public" data.
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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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CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
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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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Database systems have always been at the core of the IT landscape. Not only is storage an increasingly large cost component of database investments, but storage architecture can significantly and directly impact the performance, availability, and recovery of data. Read on to explore the interaction between Oracle databases and EMC and Network Appliance storage architectures.
