http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:51:00 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-17T20:51:00Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/fostering-innovation-by-defending-against-thousands-of-small-bites/?cs=40135 In a piece on Harvard Business Publishing , Walter Kiechel III compares Microsoft's problems to those in Washington, D.C.   The problem? Bold initiatives niggled away by special interests. In his New York Times piece , former Microsoftie Dick microsoft business_culture innovation business_technology strategic_planning Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:51:00 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/fostering-innovation-by-defending-against-thousands-of-small-bites/?cs=40135 2010-03-17T20:51:00Z 2 days, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/fostering-innovation-by-defending-against-thousands-of-small-bites http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40135 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/hp-ad-campaign-goes-for-amazing/?cs=40032 Hewlett-Packard is trying to rev up its image with the public and even its new employees with an ad campaign with the tagline "Let's Do Amazing."   CNET News reports it will feature business such as UPS and the Venetian Hotel as well as celebs advertising_and_marketing hp zappos microsoft business_technology Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:02:27 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/hp-ad-campaign-goes-for-amazing/?cs=40032 2010-03-12T21:02:27Z 1 week, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/hp-ad-campaign-goes-for-amazing http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40032 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comdex-returning-as-virtual-event/?cs=39816 The down economy put a crimp on corporate travel and some trade shows have lost their focus, dropping attendance further, as I noted in a story last year . But taking on some of the ideas offered by Joe Federbush , vice president of sales and business_technology voice_conferencing business_development trade_shows advertising_and_marketing business_case vendor_relations web_video_and Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:03:21 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comdex-returning-as-virtual-event/?cs=39816 2010-03-04T18:03:21Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/comdex-returning-as-virtual-event http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39816 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/microsoft-budgets-95-billion-for-research/?cs=39814 The heat's been on Microsoft lately for allegedly having a company culture that hampers innovation. Nevertheless, the Redmond software maker says it will spend $9.5 billion on research and development in 2010, reports PCWorld.com .   Kevin innovation microsoft business_technology research_and_development Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:45:12 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/microsoft-budgets-95-billion-for-research/?cs=39814 2010-03-04T17:45:12Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/microsoft-budgets-95-billion-for-research http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39814 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/too-many-features-too-little-innovation/?cs=39584 Much has been made of a New York Times opinion piece written by Dick Brass, a Microsoft VP, who paints a picture of a corporate culture at the company that hampers innovation.   In a piece on Xconomy , Brent Frei, co-founder and executive innovation business_technology microsoft business_culture Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:31:14 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/too-many-features-too-little-innovation/?cs=39584 2010-02-22T19:31:14Z 3 weeks, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/too-many-features-too-little-innovation http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39584 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/report-cites-challenges-for-silicon-valley-recovery/?cs=39357 An influental report, "2010 Index of Silicon Valley," from nonprofits Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation foresees a long climb out of the recession for the valley.   SocketSite quotes the report , strategic_planning silicon_valley innovation business_technology Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:40:58 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/report-cites-challenges-for-silicon-valley-recovery/?cs=39357 2010-02-11T14:40:58Z 1 month, 1 week ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/report-cites-challenges-for-silicon-valley-recovery http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39357 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/building-for-the-future-inside-and-out/?cs=39223 All the layoffs of 2009 -- and continuing into this year -- left many managers asking, "Where do we go from here?"   A piece on Harvard Business Publishing addresses how to build employee confidence in the future, while at the same time business_technology strategic_planning management_philosophies workforce Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:56:32 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/building-for-the-future-inside-and-out/?cs=39223 2010-02-04T20:56:32Z 1 month, 1 week ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/building-for-the-future-inside-and-out http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39223 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/google-boosts-university-research-funding/?cs=39144 Google plans to invest $5.7 million in a dozen university research projects , reports The New York Times . The grants, ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million, will be targeted to four areas: machine learning, the use of cellphones as data-collection research_and_development google innovation business_technology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:06:48 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/google-boosts-university-research-funding/?cs=39144 2010-02-02T15:06:48Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/google-boosts-university-research-funding http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39144 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/will-ipad-transform-mobile-advertising/?cs=39121 Apple's newest gadget, the iPad, has advertisers all in tizzy thinking up new ways to push products. It's a bigger smartphone rather than a smaller laptop, and mobile users are more willing to pay for content and more open to advertising, explains advertising_and_marketing apple ipad business_technology e-commerce Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:57:54 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/will-ipad-transform-mobile-advertising/?cs=39121 2010-02-01T15:57:54Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/will-ipad-transform-mobile-advertising http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39121 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/tight-times-for-venture-capital/?cs=38911 Here's one for the "Well, duh!" file: Venture capital was hard to come by in 2009 . In fact, investments were the lowest they've been in more than a decade, reports The Washington Post .   A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National strategic_planning budgeting venture_capital Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:40:59 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/tight-times-for-venture-capital/?cs=38911 2010-01-22T16:40:59Z 1 month, 3 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/tight-times-for-venture-capital http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38911 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/companies-take-to-service-catalogs/?cs=38909 Axios Systems, a provider of IT service management solutions, released the results of a global survey that revealed that 64 percent of organizations are implementing or are looking to implement a service catalog . Only 3.6 percent of the surveyed firms itil newscale newscale_9 business_technology itsm technology_markets Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:09:53 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/companies-take-to-service-catalogs/?cs=38909 2010-01-22T16:09:53Z 1 month, 3 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/companies-take-to-service-catalogs http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38909 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/stirrings-of-life-in-venture-markets/?cs=38497 The IPO market remains "anemic," but there are signs of life for 2010, reports TechFlash .   Eight venture-backed companies went public in 2009, compared with seven in 2008, according to the Dow Jones VentureSource report. But buyouts picked up startups business_technology strategic_planning business_models Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:56:31 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/stirrings-of-life-in-venture-markets/?cs=38497 2010-01-04T16:56:31Z 2 months, 2 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/stirrings-of-life-in-venture-markets http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38497 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/what-are-key-issues-for-cios-in-2010/?cs=38292 InformationWeek has tried to distill the Top 10 issues that CIOs will face in 2010 and the list looks something like this: "emphases on customers, revenue, external information, and a passion for rapid change."   Writes author Bob Evans: the business_process_management workforce change_management strategic_planning business_technology Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:49:03 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/what-are-key-issues-for-cios-in-2010/?cs=38292 2009-12-21T17:49:03Z 2 months, 4 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/what-are-key-issues-for-cios-in-2010 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38292 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/blackberry-sarbox-named-among-dumbest-ideas-of-decade/?cs=38282 Two topics we routinely cover here at IT Business Edge made The Washington Post's list of the worst ideas of the decade .   Among the list: The BlackBerry : "As hand-held e-mail devices such as the BlackBerry have proliferated, John Freeman legislation_and_regulation business_technology innovation sarbanes_oxley blackberry Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:26:12 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/blackberry-sarbox-named-among-dumbest-ideas-of-decade/?cs=38282 2009-12-21T16:26:12Z 2 months, 4 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/blackberry-sarbox-named-among-dumbest-ideas-of-decade http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38282 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/business-e-mail-dot-your-is-and-cross-your-ts/?cs=38094 E-mail training organization Emailogic is advising organizations to make grammar and spelling a high priority when sending online messages . According to Emailogic trainer Amanda Abbitt, spelling mistakes and the use of text message-like abbreviations business_technology business_communications e-mail_and_e-mail_management Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:51:29 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/business-e-mail-dot-your-is-and-cross-your-ts/?cs=38094 2009-12-11T16:51:29Z 3 months, 1 week ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/comment/business-e-mail-dot-your-is-and-cross-your-ts http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/bam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38094