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January 2010 Archives

Monday, 25th January 2010

Internet of Things

Using Your Mobile Phone as a Proximity Sensor

Earlier today we noted that the era of location-as-platform has arrived in 2010, care of mobile services such as Foursquare and Brightkite. In the latest in our series exploring the integration of mobile phones with Internet of Things, we look at what kinds of things you can do using your phone as a proximity sensor. Right now most of the use cases…

Richard MacManus comments

Cloudkick: Helping Customers Get the Most Out of the Cloud

The optimism for cloud computing is ebullient. But a problem is brewing in the fevered boil. Customers need better ways to monitor performance. Deploying to the cloud is one matter. Monitoring in a way that optimizes deployment is a whole other issue. Every cloud service provider has a different dashboard. Deploying to multiple cloud service…

Enterprise Alex Williams comments

How Prizes Can Finance Core Technology

As we've covered in the past, the cost of engaging and keeping great employees can be high. You can pay an intelligent employee to stay late, or placate them with a posh office environment, but one way to keep an innovator in their chair is to challenge their problem solving skills. Instead of hiring sub-par developers or trusting code to rogue…

Dana Oshiro comments

Hot Jobs: Virtualization Pros are in Big Demand

Driving the enterprise this year is a quest for efficiency and flexibility. To determine the actual direction, one needs quantifiable information that proves certain trends have merit. The want ads are a great resource for seeing what types of investments are being made by companies. This year, people with virtualization skills are in big…

Alex Williams comments

4 Tech Trends You Must Understand to be an Effective Marketer

The days of SEO as the primary traffic driver to your website are over. Don't get us wrong, organic search engine optimization isn't about to disappear as a key traffic driver. And thankfully, Google AdWords is still going strong. However, recent technology trends enable a brave new world of marketing. Ignore them at your peril. Take real-time…

Elyssa Pallai comments

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