From the Mobile Edge, by Galen Gruman “This time, the mania got nuclear, if such a metaphor can exist. And during the iPhone 4S reveal, I could hear my fellow journalists — and the not-journalist bloggers — mutter in our various electronic forums that the event was a letdown, boring even. Well, we let down [...]
Apple’s decision to release an iPhone 4S, instead of a redesigned iPhone 5, will not have an impact on sales, says Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. He’s sticking with his sales estimates of 25 million iPhones for the December quarter, and 111 million units for all of 2012. Despite an initial let down to the [...]
Michael J. Naatz was the chief information officer at transportation company USF Corp. in 2005, when it was acquired by what is now YRC Worldwide, (a $4.3 billion, Kansas-based global transportation and logistics services company). Within four years he was promoted to that same title at the new company. But he found out that at [...]
Ex-Googler Jake Quist is debuting a new stealthy startup, called Zillabyte, that aims to disrupt the data analysis space. Quist explains that while he and his co-founder were engineers at Google, they were able to access a number of internal, extremely in-depth data analysis tools. But aside from being powerful, these tools were convenient for [...]
Anyone authoring a perspective on the topic of Meg Whitman’s appointment as CEO of HP is faced with a dilemma: observe the obvious wins and losses of her career and repeat what has been said hundreds (if not thousands) of times, speculate wildly about what she will mean to HP’s direction, value and viability, or [...]
by Michael Voellinger, EVP, The CIO Global Forum This morning, Amazon launched a refreshed portfolio of Kindle products. The Kindle Fire – Amazon’s long awaited Android-based tablet, will feature a 7-inch IPS panel, WiFi, a dual-core CPU and a chassis that weighs 14.6 ounces. The device will have access to the Android Appstore, Kindle books, [...]
Mark your calendars now for both the educational sessions and regional thought leadership dinners for 2012. Details and the agenda for each event will be published roughly 90 days prior to each date. CIO Global Forum Sessions October 12-13 2011, Fall Session, Washington D.C. April 25-26 2012, Spring Session, Napa California October 3-4 2012, Fall [...]
Isaac Sacolick, CIO at McGraw-Hill Construction and veteran participant of the CIO Global Forum, has authored a fantastic series of blog entries on shifting from projects to programs. “Projects kill product development organizations. By definition, a project assumes a beginning and an end. The beginning requires deigning, justifying, and planning the project. The end assumes [...]
From TechCrunch: Last week, Google posted an awesome teaser video for Google Wallet featuring George Costanza. The implication: Google Wallet would finally be launching soon. Now we think we know when: tomorrow. Read the article here: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/18/google-wallet-launch/
On this 10th anniversary of September 11 2001 please join us in remembering all of those who died, those who did everything possible to save lives, and all of the families who continue to grieve for lost loved ones. From the Bixby letter by President Abraham Lincoln: I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage [...]
