ANALYSIS – A great article in CIO magazine that highlights nine consumer technologies that CIOs should be scared of (VoIP clients, web-based productivity tools, digital cameras, remote online storage, smart-phones, and social networking, IM, consumer email, Portable storage). With six out of nine technologies being applications, the article highlights the fact that CIOs are [...]

ANALYSIS – Just in case you did not have a good reason to stay away from social networking sites, this article from the NY Times should provide one for you. Or at least it will make you think twice about joining and what gets posted. The article outlines the (difficult) process that users [...]

ANALYSIS – While not quite as blunt as earlier articles (InfoWorld), the message that Google is relaying to IT departments in this WSJ Online article is this—resistance is futile—our applications will be on your network whether you like it or not. The latest salvo comes in the form of a new version of Google Apps [...]