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Google Earth and Keyhole Markup Language

Google Earth isn't brand new, so it may be just a little under-appreciated. When you combine Google Earth and Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files you get a powerful tool that lets you display earth maps overlaid with rich geographically anchored information...

Published 07-26-2007 10:35 PM by Randy Mears

Google Apps Goes Commercial

I have learned not to be surprised by Google. When I first looked at Google Apps , about five months ago, I wondered if there would ultimately be a bigger play in the offing. But big plays for the corporate office application space would have to be run...

Published 02-23-2007 9:23 PM by Randy Mears

Windows 7 - Make sure you have a plan

It's clear that we're going to be in for a crescendo of wailing and praise around Windows 7 over the next few weeks. Articles are coming out in the Wall Street Journal - by the time it gets to that stage, the release is imminent and your access...

Published 07-23-2009 6:08 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Consumerization , Emerging technologies , Technology adoption, Change management

Multi-touch embedded in Windows 7

One of my predictions for 2008 was that it would be the year of changes in Computer User interaction . With a multi-touch interface capability being integrated into Windows 7, we should be seeing a significant shift in application interfaces. I'll...

Published 05-30-2008 12:03 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Applications, Emerging Technologies

YouTube a la Google

So, Google has purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion; big deal. Since the introduction of the Internet and the World Wide Web, we have seen many similar transactions with higher price tags. But this deal has generated so much buzz, one wonders what all...

Published 10-12-2006 8:38 PM by Randy Mears

Value Chain Analysis for Healthcare Reform

The SOA in Healthcare Conference was held in Chicago, June 4-6. In Shahid Shah's SOA in Healthcare blog, outlined the topics presented and noted that the need for SOA in healthcare is stronger than ever, and I agree. However, he focused on SOA as...

Published 07-07-2009 8:28 PM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Business value generation , Healthcare , SOA , Value chain

Case Management: The Missing Link in BPM

At its June meeting, the Object Management Group has considered the issue of a draft RFP of case management modeling. The pending vote sparked considerable discussions and proposals of changes to the draft RFP resullting in postponement of action until...

Published 07-07-2009 8:30 PM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Applications, Change management, BPM

Cloud Computing – Will History Teach Us Nothing – Yet Again?

We have seen the early versions of Cloud Computing models, with the promise of rapid service invocation, pay-per-use, ease of scaling, and simplified service-to-service interaction, and one can only help but think back to the mid-‘90s when the Internet...

Published 05-15-2009 11:30 PM by Darrel Thomas

Filed under: Applications, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, infrastructure, IT Services, SaaS, Cloud Computing , Emerging technologies , Infrastructure , SaaS, Applications, IT Services

Innovation Models - part four

This article concludes my series of posts on innovation models (" Innovation Models - part one ", " Innovation Models - part two ", and " Innovation Models - part three "). Geoffrey Moore Geoffrey Moore 's revolutionary...

Published 03-06-2009 12:45 AM by Joe Hill

Filed under: Geoffrey Moore, Innovation, Innovation , Geoffrey Moore

A new type of power grid from "plug" computers

I'd like to take consumerization of computing a bit further than I did in the previous post , There are now very low end computers like the SheevaPlug ($99) and the Pogoplug (also $99) coming into the low end of the market. These devices are almost...

Published 06-08-2009 8:09 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Applications, Edge computing, Emerging Technologies, Vision, Edge computing , Emerging technologies , Green IT, Vision , Applications

Interesting articles on eds.com about innovation

On www.eds.com , there is an article titled " Accelerating Success Through Innovation ." It discusses EDS’ position on innovation and spotlight how our government segment is delivering innovation. One of the items mentioned in the story...

Published 06-15-2009 9:58 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Collaboration, Government , attention engineering, HP labs

HP's Personal Video Mailbox - Gabble

Back in March, I looked at a beta project HP had underway called Gabble . Since then it has improved tremendously. This site allows for individuals to create Twitter -ish small (2 minutes to so) video entries that others can subscribe to. You can define...

Published 06-09-2009 1:49 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Collaboration, Emerging technologies

Modeling Specification for Enterprise Architecture - ArchiMate®

Last month The Open Group formally announced that it had adopted ArchiMate® Version 1 as a standard for modeling Enterprise Architecture (EA). In the press release The Open Group calls ArchiMate® a "new language" but it is hardly new...

Published 06-05-2009 9:29 PM by Terry__White

Filed under: Architecture, Architecture

Enterprise Architecture is not the same for everyone

One of the concerns that organizations have about defining their enterprise architecture (EA) is that it takes foundational understanding of the business and its objectives. The Infromation Technology Enterprise Architecture team may take as much investment...

Published 07-05-2009 3:34 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Business value generation , Architecture, Change management

60 symbols from physics – and how collaboration can change your thinking

Every so often you come across a web site that causes you to think about things you've forgotten about or in ways you've never thought about before. Here is one of those. This site explains 60 symbols from physics using video in a way that is...

Published 07-05-2009 7:51 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Collaboration

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