Thursday, September 10, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 10/09/2009



Global CIO: IBM's Massive Study Says Future Belongs To High-Growth CIOs
Column about huge new study from IBM showing difference between performance of and value created by high-growth CIOs versus low-growth CIOs.
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Gov. 2.0 Coverage; Valley View TV Live
At the Gov 2.0 Summit, federal CTO Aneesh Chopra said the order, due soon, will outline steps agencies can take to be 'hardwired' for transparency, collaboration, and participatory government.
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Dell Offers Peek At Notebook Thinner Than Apple Air
The "design concept" is half the thickness of the existsing Dell Adamo and Apple MacBook Air.
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Business Intelligence Beckons CIOs, IBM Study Finds
To make their organizations leaner and meaner, CIOs are looking to data mining and data analysis.
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Alex Sion Exits Citi; Joins Sapient to Run Digital Strategy
Alex Sion exits Citi; Joins Sapient to Run Digital Strategy
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Google Plans Micropayments To Save Newspapers
The company isn't ready to announce anything, but it has told a newspaper industry group that micropayments are coming.
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SugarCRM Opens Up To Amazon EC2
Sugar Community Edition 5.2 gives developers a central location to produce and assemble custom Sugar apps.
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Aviva Appoints Chris Littlefield to U.S. CEO Post
Former COO helped manage 2006 acquisition of AmerUs
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Apple's Jobs Unveils iPod Updates
The Apple CEO showed off a minor refresh to the iPod Touch and an added video camera to the company's popular Nano.
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Zurich Canada Selects Guidewire Claims System
Zurich expects the system to deliver greater operational efficiency, improved service, and the ability to attract top talent to the company's claims team.
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Gov 2.0: Open Government Directive Nearly Ready
At the Gov 2.0 Summit, federal CTO Aneesh Chopra says forthcoming directive will outline steps agencies can take to be 'hardwired' for open government.
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Gov 2.0: FBI Official Fills In As Acting Cybersecurity Chief
The FBI's Chris Painter steps in temporarily as federal CTO Aneesh Chopra expects a permanent appointee to be named in the "not too distant future."
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Palm 'Pixi' Extends WebOS Lineup
The second webOS handset will be thinner and cheaper than the Pre, and will be exclusive to Sprint until at least the end of the year.
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Atheros Acquires Intellon For $244 Million
Intellon's power-line networking technology is targeted at handling the growing use of streaming music, video, and telephony over home networks.
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Gov 2.0: Ten Companies Bring Open Identity To Government
Moving to make make online government resources both more social and more private, a coalition of companies has committed to supporting OpenID and Information Cards at federal Web sites.
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Beacon Capital Markets Hires Two Wall Street Veterans
Watch Hill hedge fund founder David Weisberger to become co-CEO; former Bear Stearns executive John Knox to head sales and marketing.
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Facebook, Pandora Apps Hit Android
The popular free programs may help the Google-backed Android gain better traction with the mass market.
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Kalido Bows Application-Ready Data Warehouse Appliance
Information management vendor pre-integrates ETL, master data management, reporting and dashboarding software on Netezza's TwinFin appliance.
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IBM Financing BPL Smart Boxes
A $2 million infusion from Big Blue will help broadband over power line technology expand in rural areas of the U.S.
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AT&T Details 3G Upgrade Plans
AT&T says it will upgrade its 3G networks in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami by the end of the year.
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Apple, Google, Hulu Show Online Video Gains
The online video businesses is growing, but viewers want to watch Internet video on their TVs.
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Healthcare Bills Deal With Similar Points
The wrangling in U.S. Congress over healthcare reform focuses on several key points, including insurance costs, the uninsured and protecting the insured.
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Salesforce.com, RightNow Embrace Social Networking
Cloud computing-based customer relationship management software is particularly suitable for integrating with social networking sites.
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Anthem Embraces Social Networking
In Wisconsin, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is leveraging a variety of social networking tools to interact with its members.
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iPipeline Releases Enhanced Illustration Suite
Among the new concepts and enhancements incorporated into Illustration Suite 7.1 are the expansion of Advanced Sales to 30 concepts including Split-Dollar Comparison, Term versus Permanent, and Mortgage Acceleration; and two new Needs Analysis concepts, Key Person Valuation and Pension Maximization.
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