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<title>Apple announces the iPad</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:29:06 -0400</pubDate>
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On Wednesday, January 27, Apple announced the Apple iPad. While much of the focus of the announcement was given to the consumer, little attention was given to enterprise user. However, this is typical for Apple products. At IBM, my focus is on the internal IT deployment. My first thought afte ...
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<title>IBM Releases its first iPhone Application in the Apple App Store - Lotus Traveler Companion</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:51:25 -0400</pubDate>
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IBM has released its first iPhone application in the Apple App Store - Lotus Traveler Companion. This free application allows users to read Domino encrypted mail. Details from the Apple App Store can be found below. In a related item, Lotus Traveler 8.5.1 Fix Pack 1 is now available and a new f ...
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<dc:creator>Christopher Pepin</dc:creator>
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<title>Sametime 8.5</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:45:55 -0400</pubDate>
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Lotus Sametime 8.5 has been announced and will go GA on 22nd December. Details are in the announcement letter, and Sametime blog. IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5 represents the next generation of unified communications and collaboration software. It incorporates: A new online meeting experience that is i ...
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<title>Microsoft Office 2010 Betas</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:28:01 -0400</pubDate>
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Microsoft Office 2010 is currently in beta and is scheduled for a June, 2010 release. Details are on Microsoft's website. I'm trying a two of the betas - the standard Microsoft Office as well the the new "starter" edition which will be available on new PCs and replaces the aging Microsoft Works ...
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<title>BlackBerry Bold 9700</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:38:24 -0400</pubDate>
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I upgraded to BlackBerry Bold 9700 (AT&amp;T). Previously, I had been using the original Bold 9000 and Javelin 8900. From my perspective, the 9700 is the best of both worlds with a smaller form factor, 3G, beautiful screen and great performance. That said, the 9700 is more evolutionary than revol ...
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<dc:creator>Christopher Pepin</dc:creator>
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<title>Windows 7 Power Management</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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A helpful whitepaper from Microsoft on the new power management features in Windows 7. While many of these features and capabilities are an evolution from the features in Windows Vista, many enterprise customers, including IBM, passed on Windows Vista. With the end of Windows XP extended suppor ...
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<title>It&#8217;s a Free Country... ...So why can&#8217;t I pick the technology I use in the office? </title>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Great article from the Wall Street Journal on employee choice of hardware devices (e.g. laptop, smartphone, etc.) At the office, you've got a sluggish computer running aging software, and the email system routinely badgers you to delete messages after you blow through the storage limits set by your ...
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<title>AT&amp;T Announces BlackBerry Bold 9700</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:06:01 -0400</pubDate>
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Earlier today, AT&amp;T announced the Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Bold 9700. Key features: Sleek, full QWERTY, 3G BlackBerry smartphone Brilliant half VGA resolution 480 x 320 pixel color display Powerful 624 MHz processor and 256 MB flash memory Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) for automatic access t ...
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<title>The Appeal of Cloud-Based E-Mail</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:48:31 -0400</pubDate>
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Another great article from the November 9 issue of Information Week on "The Appeal of Cloud-Based E-Mail." IBM is mentioned in the article: IBM is also charging hard on cloud e-mail. In addition to its hosted Lotus Notes offering, last month it unveiled LotusLive iNotes, an online e-mail platform ...
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<dc:creator>Christopher Pepin</dc:creator>
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<title>All the flavors of cloud computing</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:15:48 -0400</pubDate>
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Information Week had a great article in the November 9 issue on the definition as cloud. As the hot buzzword of the moment (replacing Web 2.0) I've heard many definitions but none as good as the ones provided below. SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE Salesforce automation was one of the first areas where deli ...
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<dc:creator>Christopher Pepin</dc:creator>
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<title>IBM CEO Sam Palmisano Talks with Information Week</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:58:49 -0400</pubDate>
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IBM CIO Sam Palmisano was interviewed by InformationWeek last week. I've included a few of the pertinent quotes below as well as a link to the entire article. "We've been very conscious of the value of information, and we knew the market behavior was going to shift from the bad economy and budget ...
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<dc:creator>Christopher Pepin</dc:creator>
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<title>Smarter Cities on CNBC</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:34:57 -0400</pubDate>
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A great video with Sam Palmisano and Maria Bartiromo on Smarter Cities from CNBC. ...
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<dc:creator>Christopher Pepin</dc:creator>
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<title>IBM named to Information Week 500 Most Innovative Business Technology Organizations for 2009</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:39:14 -0400</pubDate>
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In 2008, IBM was number 205 on the Information Week 500 list of The Most Innovative Business Technology Organizations. Based on the success of key initiatives last year and earlier this year, IBM has made a significant jump to the number 40 slot. This is a significant accomplishment for the IBM CI ...
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<title>IBM Annual CIO Study Published</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:24:54 -0400</pubDate>
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IBM has published its annual CIO study with input from 2,500 CIO's worldwide. Business intelligence was named as top proirity. More than four out of five (83 percent) survey respondents identified business intelligence and analytics &#8211; the ability to see patterns in vast amounts of data and ex ...
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<category>CIO</category>
<dc:creator>Christopher Pepin</dc:creator>
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<title>IBM&#8217;s Desktop Cloud</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:42:08 -0400</pubDate>
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IBM has announced a subscription-based public desktop cloud service for customers. The service delivers virtualized desktops to customers and leverages technologies from Desktone, VMWare and Citrix. Inside IBM, employees in our labs and call centers are using this service to reduce costs and prov ...
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