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ISO aftermath: IBM adds support to ODF
... ODF,IBM,NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... The open source community is in a celebratory mood. Last month, the ISO (International Organization for Standardization), struck down Microsoft’s efforts to acquire the status of a standard for its Office Open XML document (OOXML). With that, vendors who have long battled the software giant’s ... cause. In a letter dated 14 February 2007 on inter-operability choice and XML, posted on its Web site ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/ISO_aftermath_IBM_adds_support_to_ODF.aspx

Multi-core mania sets in
... NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... The server market in the country has been growing at a healthy rate for the last one year, and, according to analysts, this growth will continue in the next year as well. According to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker 2Q 2007 released last month, the India server market grew by 30 percent year-on-year to touch $169 million. This was the second consecutive quarter when unit shipments grew ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/Multi-core_mania_sets_in.aspx

Storage Optimization
... Optimization,NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... The amount of digital information created and replicated each year will reach 988 billion gigabytes by 2010, according to an IDC report sponsored by EMC. The report said that by 2010, nearly 70 percent of the digital universe information will be created by individuals, and organizations ... -user survey across the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) region in 2007, though there has been a lot ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/Storage_Optimization.aspx

Unified Communications
... NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... The late Peter Drucker invented the term‘knowledge worker’ in 1970. With the pervasive growth environment evident across India today, there is an increasing need for an academically capable workforce because the most important role in business (according to Drucker’s predictions) would be “to make knowledge ... million as in February 2007, and is envisioned to touch 20 million by 2010. According to another ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/Unified_Communications.aspx

“Event Based Marketing is more than just marketing”
... NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... What trends in data warehousing should a CIO watch out for? The most important trend is in the area of what we call active enterprise intelligence. A traditional data warehouse focuses only on reporting, analysis and data mining. However, enterprises are using data warehousing not only for strategic decision-making but also operational decision-making. They have started using data warehousing not only ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/8220_Event_Based_Marketing_is_more_than_just_marketing_8221.aspx

A seduction to be avoided
... NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... Picking up a winner for the most impactful advertisement can be a difficult exercise, what with thousands of creative masterpieces making their appearance in various media every year. Yet it is difficult to better McDonald’s’ ‘I am loving it’ campaign, appealing as it did to a huge swathe of its target customers. Perhaps what is even more striking is how the advertisement, and a revolutionary strategy ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/A_seduction_to_be_avoided.aspx

Outsourcing : moving up the core business value chain
... Outsourcing,NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... The very meaning of outsourcing has changed over the last two decades, and drastically over the last five years. In the late ‘80s, outsourcing was defined as using Indian IT firms to code software. The ‘90s defined it as ‘non-core services’ such as medical transcription, voice and transactional processes. This ‘inception phase’ was primarily governed by the low-cost advantage that India promised ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/Outsourcing_moving_up_the_core_business_value_chain.aspx

ITIL puts data center management
... NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... When Nextel merged with Sprint two years ago, it brought more legacy network management tools and one-of-a-kind data collection systems into the Sprint fold, exactly what John Montross, VP of Sprint’s managed network operations, didn’t need. The telecom marketplace was moving rapidly toward the convergence of voice and data, and Sprint needed to be able to offer its customers customized combined services ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/ITIL_puts_data_center_management.aspx

Transforming the data center through process automation
... NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... CIOs and data center managers have begun to recognize the need to operate IT as a business by maximizing process efficiency, minimizing risk and mandating accountability. As a result, organizations are investing substantial resources to define repeatable processes, integrate point tools, enforce policies and automate IT operations. Most data centers today accept reactionary processes, slow delivery times ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/Transforming_the_data_center_through_process_automation.aspx

(But Mooshik isn’t amused)
... NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... Top 5 PR Propaganda Cell launches PR talk : This is the slimmest, sleekest, PDA ever ! Plain speak : All the earlier version were very fat; this one is, well, just fat. Optimistic jury outcomes PR talk : We expect that a second vote early next year will result in an approval. Plain speak : Didn’t the vendor expect to win this year too? Network outage mysteries PR talk : The company is working closely ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/But_Mooshik_isn_8217_t_amused.aspx