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Ideas on the Desktop of the Future

By Chris Brogan on 8/19/2008
Nova Spivack has a bold vision of where he sees desktop computing going. He says that desktops will become a hosted web service. Given our own Nick Saber's recent issues with cloud computing, maybe you'll be skeptical. And yet, there's something to Spivack's assertions.

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Jive Software Gets Closer to the Enterprise With Clearspace 2.5

By Chris Brogan on 8/19/2008
It's rare that I get to write a post for this newsletter that might appeal to both the ITEC community as well as the people interested in New Marketing Summit, but this story has both. Oregon-based Jive Software has announced Clearspace 2.5, and CMO Sam Lawrence spoke with me on Monday to give me the scoop.

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How is Email Overload Affecting Your Company?

By Chris Brogan on 8/19/2008
Ross Mayfield from SocialText recently blogged about how broken business practices are the cause of email overload. Ross says: "Most people don't dispute that they suffer from email overload. A recent report from Basex in the NYTimes revealed that people spend 28% of their day interrupted by things like unnecessary email. However, what we do about our overload is a source of much debate."

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IBM Launches Green Data Center in Second Life

By Chris Brogan on 8/19/2008
On the heels of its announcement to build a $360 Million USD data center, IBM has built a virtual version for Second Life. In an article by Paul McDougall at Information Week, Big Blue plans to unveil the data center on a webinar later this week. Beyond this, IBM is working to create standards for creation of objects and avatars in virtual worlds.

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Is Cloud Computing Really Ready for the Enterprise?

By CrossTech Media on 8/12/2008
Network World has a report about online storage site, The Linkup, losing customer data and then the company shut down in the aftermath. A wave of finger pointing follows, but if you're thinking about moving your data to the cloud (offsite platforms hosted and managed by a third party), this should make you think.

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The Technology of Online Marketing

By CrossTech Media on 8/12/2008
In preparation for the New Marketing Summit, I've been looking at the technology companies are using to build new digital relationships and translate these into sales. Certainly, social media takes a strong headline in all this, but there are all kinds of interesting technologies being used to deliver business value to organizations. Here are a few I've come across (note: most of these are also sponsors of the New Marketing Summit. I'll also cover some non-NMS companies, too).

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Fall ITEC Is about Change

By CrossTech Media on 8/12/2008
This fall, our ITEC shows will focus on the changes impacting the IT space. We've done a lot of changing, ourselves, on the way to these events. Highlights of these changes include a focus on meeting your local technology leaders, education about emerging technologies, and a vision of what you can do next to implement.

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Project Dogfood Launches

By CrossTech Media on 8/12/2008
The term "eating your own dog food" means using your company's own products and services. At CrossTech Media, we just took that to heart by launching Project Dogfood, a conversation with our community about what you want from our online presence. So far, it's been interesting.

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