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  • 10 questions for Imperva CTO Amichai Shulman

    Name: Amichai Shulman

    Written by Nancy Weil • 24 May 12 14:11

  • HP is ready to get back to business

    After a crazy year for HP that included a failed tablet, a hasty decision to abandon the PC business (a decision now abandoned), and a CEO shakeup, the company seems eager to get back to business as usual.

    Written by Jared Newman • 29 Oct. 11 08:12

  • CIOs can use the Cloud to become more strategic: Amazon Web Services

    When Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief technology officer, Werner Vogels, joined the organisation in 2004, the focus was very much on servicing customers in a retail environment. The concept of commercially available, robust, scalable infrastructure was just that — a concept. The organisation was working big name retailers such as Marks & Spencer and Target but it was the online retailer’s own operations that drove the technology agenda. Amazon Web Services was really borne out of the business requirements of its retail operations.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 15 July 11 17:27

  • Google: Concerns over Instant unwarranted

    Google shook the search market last week with the launch of Instant, a new feature that lets the company's search engine refresh results on the fly as people type their queries.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 14 Sept. 10 03:20

  • SAP co-CEO talking innovation

    Jim Hagemann Snabe was appointed SAP co-CEO in February 2010. Jim Joined the organisation in 1990 and has been a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG since 2008. He spoke with CIO about how he helps foster innovation.

    Written by Trevor Clarke • 01 July 10 15:38

  • Weinman: Biz, ecosystem are keys to cloud evolution

    These days, cloud computing may be the hottest topic in IT industry as many firms are planning to unleash cloud service or already starting to deploy cloud service.

    Written by Hyuna Kim • 17 March 10 04:43

  • Aussie entrepreneur: John Allsopp

    I feel a bit like the kid from Cameron Crowe's film, Almost Famous. I'm at Web Directions South in Sydney, satchel and recorder in hand, trying to pin down the conference co-founder and CSS development leading light, John Allsopp for an interview. The scene is not dissimilar to backstage at a rock concert. Even in the rare moments Allsopp stands still, he's everywhere and everybody wants him. He walks - and talks - at 100 miles an hour and multitasks a dozen different things at once.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 12 Nov. 09 15:49

  • Google VP Mayer describes the perfect search engine

    Last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during the company's earnings call that Google had implemented about 120 search quality improvements during the third quarter as it moves toward its ultimate goal: "We want to get to the perfect search engine."

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 11 Nov. 09 08:44

  • SaaS, not shopping, is focus of Symantec's new CEO

    CIOs think of Symantec as a company that buys its way into new markets. Over the past decade the Cupertino, California, vendor has snatched up about 30 companies as it's evolved from an antivirus and tools seller to an aspiring enterprise infrastructure vendor.

    Written by Robert McMillan • 26 June 09 09:32
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    Oracle, SAP are roadkill: Technology One chairman

    The business model used by Oracle and SAP is fundamentally flawed and will lead to their downfall within the next decade, said Technology One chairman Adrian Di Marco.

    Written by Joshua Gliddon • 27 May 09 16:23

  • Akamai CEO sees opportunity in economic downturn

    With many companies cutting headcount and costs to weather the economic downturn, Akamai Technologies President and CEO Paul Sagan wants his sales team to spend more time with customers, part of a bid to make sure that its content delivery and edge-hosting services don't end up on the list of expenses they consider cutting. At the same time, he said the recession will push some companies, particularly those in the retail space, to accelerate their shift to the Internet.

    Written by Sumner Lemon • 10 March 09 10:34

  • Where today's datacenters have gone wrong

    Today's datacenters are downright cramped, yet forced to continue absorbing more technologies and tapping into the latest trends, all while maximizing efficiency and reducing costs. The current recession makes now the time to glance back for a historical perspective to better understand how to not only survive in this different world but also to best prepare for the future.

    Written by Tom Sullivan • 10 March 09 09:25

  • SaaS realities

    What's holding users back? Potential security risks and a loss of IT control topped the list of perceived barriers to SaaS adoption. With so much trepidation in the air, Computerworld decided to get the real scoop, so we interviewed six executives who have tackled SaaS projects.

    Written by Gary Anthes • 05 Jan. 09 10:35

  • Google cries foul over coverage of Apps outages

    Recent outages affecting Google Apps have received a disproportionately large amount of coverage from the technology press, resulting in a misperception about the stability of this hosted collaboration and communication suite.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 13 Nov. 08 08:09

  • Ray Ozzie steers Microsoft into the cloud

    Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie has officially filled the shoes previously worn by founder and Chairman Bill Gates, stepping in as leader of the company's vast developer network, which is its lifeblood and crucial to the enormous success of Windows. Ozzie delivered Monday's keynote speech at the company's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, introducing Windows Azure, a cloud-computing development and hosting environment that integrates Ozzie's vision for the future of the Web, which he began building at his company Groove Networks before he joined Microsoft.

    Written by Elizabeth Montalbano • 29 Oct. 08 08:40

  • Ballmer On The Cloud, Google, Data Centers, Apple

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered the keynote speech at his company's London conference "Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow's Strategies Today".

    Written by Martin Veitch • 03 Oct. 08 14:22

  • 'Valley Girl' loves to live in a Web 2.0 world

    With the recent rise of Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace, it's hard to believe that just a few years ago, the tech industry, along with many investors, were taken for a loop when the dot-com bubble burst and many companies went under.

    Written by Maxine Cheung • 26 Sept. 08 09:59

  • Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud

    Microsoft has been busy this year, rolling out Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 in a push to expand its presence in the corporate data center. To be successful, the company must overcome an economic environment that appears increasingly difficult as well as tough competition from rivals Oracle and VMware, among others

    Written by Sumner Lemon • 25 Sept. 08 09:44

  • How Businesses Can Get More from Social Networking

    For all the talk of businesses embracing Web 2.0 and social software tools, most companies are still at the very early stages of adoption, says Jonathan Yarmis, an analyst at AMR Research who focuses on emerging technologies. In his latest research note on companies taking their first step into social media, he says that companies must avoid the "Kumbaya Zone" - the place where social media is ultimately a time-waster and has little business value.

    Written by C.G. Lynch • 19 Sept. 08 11:12

  • At 10, Google reiterates commitment to CIOs

    Google, which celebrates 10 years of its incorporation this month, remains strongly committed to its Enterprise unit and to the customers it serves, including IT and business managers and CIOs, although most of the company's revenue comes from online advertising.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 08 Sept. 08 08:36
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