IT Management
Gartner, 10/29/04: It’s Time for a Revolution in Knowledge Worker Productivity
Traditional measures of productivity don’t optimize the contribution of knowledge workers or maximize the competitiveness of their firms. To compete in the knowledge age, companies must redefine what productivity means.
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SMB CRM
Gartner, 10/29/04: Hosting CRM Applications Gains Popularity With SMBs
More small and midsize businesses will consider using an application service provider to enable customer relationship management strategies. SMBs can achieve quick results through implementations of hosted CRM services.
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Security
Dan Farber Blog, 10/29/04: Consumers, not technology, biggest cybersecurity problem
Home Security
The 2004 Identity Management Survey, commissioned by EDS and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), found that consumers, rather than technology, are the source of many cybersecurity problems.
Among the findings:
70 percent of consumers will share information, such as their name, address, postal code, phone number, account number or give the answer to a security question to an unsolicited call or email.
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Business Outlook
C|net, 10/29/04: Paying a price to be No. 1
By Mike Ricciuti
Intel's plain-spoken CEO has a message for the nation: If you want to stay on top, it's time to rev up your competitive metabolism.
When Craig Barrett bows out as Intel's CEO next May, a piece of Silicon Valley history will go with him.
The San Francisco native helped perfect Intel's microprocessor manufacturing and has since navigated the company into new categories, with the launch of chips for digital home devices and the creation of new wireless technology.
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Political Outlook
William Gibson’s Blog, 10/29/04: Well-Chewed Gum
(Editor’s Note: William Gibson is the author of Mona Lisa Overdrive, Neuromancer and most recently, Patter Recognition. He is consistently credited for coining the word “cyberspace.”)
Yesterday I found myself listening, on my car radio, to someone from Nader's campaign. This person was attempting to refute the various criticisms we've all heard so many times. It made me feel as though someone was trying to work their well-chewed gum ever deeper into my ears, and reminded me all too thoroughly of why I think of myself as centrist.
The idea that Kerry and Bush are merely two sides of the same bad coin is both ludicrous and all too potentially tragic.
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