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Get The Most From Your Events

By Chris Brogan on 3/18/2008

As a busy professional, taking time out of your work schedule to attend a conference is a decision not to be made lightly. To that end, understanding how to get more from the conferences you attend might be in order. Take our ITEC events. For example, here's what I think you can get done at an ITEC show.

The iPhone SDK: An Enterprise Strategy

By John Mahoney on 3/18/2008

Last week, Apple demonstrated support for Microsoft's ActiveSync, which will give iPhones a dynamic, remote synchronization with the enterprise standard Exchange server. The integration of ActiveSync allows calendar events and contacts to be sync'ed directly over the air without the need to dock. Apple is also delivering remote management of iPhones, allowing a corporate administrator to lock or erase the contents of an iPhone if it should be lost or stolen, or configure groups of iPhones centrally. Most importantly, Apple maintains that these capabilities are real, and that they would be shipping soon.

Cloud Computing and SaaS

By Jimmy Pike on 3/18/2008

Cloud computing is a subset of grid computing (can include utility computing) and as I mentioned in my opening post, is the idea that computing (or storage) is done elsewhere or in the clouds. Now let's add to this discussion the idea of Software as a Service (SaaS). Usually this means a model where diverse applications are hosted by a provider and users pay to use them. So I would say the key distinction of SaaS and cloud computing is the service and business model provided as opposed to the architectural mechanism used to deliver it.

Oracle Ventures Into Web 2.0 Universe With On-Demand v15

By Erika Morphy on 3/18/2008

With Oracle On Demand version 15, users can take objects -- top accounts or contacts or sales leads, for example -- and embed them as gadgets on iGoogle or MyYahoo or on their BlackBerry devices. They can also add relevant content from other applications such as MySpace and RSS feeds.

Yahoo Embraces the Semantic Web - Expect The Internet to Organize Itself in a Hurry

By Michael Arrington on 3/18/2008

With Yahoo's announcement of their support for semantic web standards like RDF and microformats you can expect this will be a great incentive for websites to take the plunge. Now that Yahoo will be pulling all the semantic information together when available, as a search engine should, there will be sufficient reason for websites to fall in line. Previously, there were few applications that demanded properly structured data from third parties. Yahoo changed all that with their announcement.

Cisco Invests in Hybrid Content Delivery Network, Grid Networks

By Mark Hendrickson on 3/18/2008

When GridNetworks announced last October that it had $9.5 million in Series A funding, no one knew Cisco had invested in a very big way. Their support should give GridNetworks the opportunity to integrate its so-called "connector" software into non-computer devices like Linksys entertainment centers.

Dig Deep Into the Semantic Web

By Chris Brogan on 3/1/2008

Looking to better understand how data will work in the coming years? Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who you might remember as the inventor of the World Wide Web, was recently interviewed in a podcast with a leading semantic web company, Talis, in a podcast. In it, Berners-Lee, points out that the value of data is in its freedom to be moved and ported between platforms (in this case, he was talking about social networking information, but we could apply some of this to your enterprise data as well, insofar as it can be used behind the firewall in more than one way).

Upfront With Debbie Hughes

By Debbie Hughes on 3/1/2008

It’s full speed ahead with the first American Idol-style presidential primary election and all that’s missing is text message voting. As I write this column, Obama’s ahead of Hillary and unless McCain pulls a Wilbur Mills or a Gary Hart, he’s the Republican nominee set to fail miserably in the general election.

Sprint Goes All In for $99

By Chris Brogan on 3/1/2008

IT managers seeking ways to tame the mobile budget just got a reason to raise their eyebrows. Both of them. Sprint has announced a new plan called Simply Everything that throws in voice, data, text, web, gps, direct connect, group connect, TV, and music all into one plan. There are three things to consider with this announcement. If you're a Sprint customer already, does your corporate plan match this, or should you shift? If you're NOT a Sprint customer, is this a reason to move? If you're not a Sprint customer, how long before your carrier has to play catch up and match this?

ITEC Spring Melts Your Winter Blues

By Chris Brogan on 3/1/2008

The ITEC events are heating up. We've had lots of great conversations with business technology experts, and we're excited to be offering Second Circle content about virtualization, business intelligence, security, enterprise mashups, unified communication, and more. The amount of FREE education we're providing at the upcoming ITEC shows should give you one more reason to come out to your local ITEC and see what's going on with the Second Circle technologies we've identified as important for 2008. I hope to see you at the upcoming ITEC shows. --Chris Brogan, VP Strategy & Technology, CrossTech Media, producers of ITEC.

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