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Curtis Franklin Jr.
Curtis Franklin Jr., Executive Editor
1/27/2012 - How "modern" is your IT organization? If it's an IT organization in the insurance industry, the answer, from a regulatory point of view, might be "not modern enough" as of January 31, ...
Sara Peters
Sara Peters, Editor in Chief
1/27/2012 - I'll never forget the bill: $438. My jaw dropped open when the cashier said it. My dad simply sighed morosely and handed her his credit card. I stumbled out of the bookstore carrying the ...
David Wagner
David Wagner, White Glove Blogger
1/27/2012 - You might want to lower the lights a little bit to read this article. Maybe pour yourself a glass of wine and snuggle up with a tablet or e-reader in bed with this article. It is time to ...
Bruce Rayner
Bruce Rayner, Contributing Editor, Enterprise Efficiency OEM
1/27/2012 - Here's another data point to add to the gloomy picture emerging for the electronics industry in 2012. IHS iSuppli just released its forecast for the EMS and ODM global market, which ...
Steve Antonoff
Steve Antonoff, Contributing Editor, Storage
1/27/2012 - Imagine all the places you store information -- all the drives, magnetic tape, optical media, even your thumb drives. Pile them up in one room, and they'd make quite the pile in your ...
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Bob Ganley
Bob Ganley, Senior Solutions Consultant
1/27/2012 - Part 1 of a four-part series
Shree Dandekar
Shree Dandekar, Director of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Strategy, Dell
1/26/2012 - There is a lot of buzz about Hadoop, NoSQL, NewSQL, and columnar MPP databases. But where is the actual value for businesses? Businesses need to have actionable information derived from ...
Ana Cantu
Ana Cantu, Dell enterprise technology blogger
1/26/2012 - Since Kansas Spine Hospital opened in 2003, it's been dedicated to providing cutting-edge care and using the latest technology to deliver it.
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The_Phil   Geekend: Making Technology More Intimate   1/27/2012 8:19:58 PM
The_Phil
Friday January 27, 2012 4:24:54 PM
well, late to arrive, late to leave. g'nite, everyone (cursing Cablevision as I go).
Friday January 27, 2012 4:10:02 PM
Have a good weekend, @Pablo -- I hope the snow stays far away from New England this weekend!
Friday January 27, 2012 4:08:35 PM
have a good weekend everyone  
Friday January 27, 2012 4:03:17 PM
Have a great weekend, @Marta! We'll be here with super bowl picks next Friday.
Friday January 27, 2012 4:03:05 PM
I should roll, too. Thanks to everyone for coming. Very nice chat.
Friday January 27, 2012 4:02:56 PM
@Marta, I'd also say I think fiction is where authors need the marketing and distribution help the most. Non-fiction is much easier to self-publish in that way.
Friday January 27, 2012 4:02:48 PM
thanks Marta! Have a good day.
Friday January 27, 2012 4:02:14 PM
I have to go back to Contracts Land. Everyone should have a good weekend & bring your SuperBowl picks next Friday!
Friday January 27, 2012 4:01:22 PM
See, fiction is the place I think we need editors most. I only get so much time to read fiction, and I'm a great big fiction snob. I don't want to waste my time on a bad book. I need real, hard core lit editors I can trust to help me figure...
Friday January 27, 2012 4:00:04 PM
@Dave: I think you will always need Publishe'rs for certain types of books, regardless of format.  But fiction? Essays? Seems like that might lend itself to do it yourself.
Friday January 27, 2012 3:59:13 PM
Thanks, @Marta -- I'll look forward to reading that.
Friday January 27, 2012 3:58:28 PM
@Curt Here's a link to the article "Amazon's Hit Man" http://www.businessweek.com/printer/magazine/amazons-hit-man-01252012.html
Friday January 27, 2012 3:58:26 PM
@Marta, I think they may succeed. Traditional publisher give authors production means, distribution and marketing. Amazon or iTunes can easily take care of the first two of those, and publishers are less and less active in the third. If I have...
Friday January 27, 2012 3:57:02 PM
But i'm obviously biased towards editors on this front.
Friday January 27, 2012 3:56:50 PM
Ultimately, i still think we need publishers to vet material for readers. I don't like Amazon skipping this process.
Friday January 27, 2012 3:54:52 PM
@Curt: There was an article early this week re amazon's efforts to steer authors away from traditional publishing houses - apparently they are putting a serious chunk of change into the effort.
Friday January 27, 2012 3:53:21 PM
@Dave: Well unless it's math & the answers are there <g>
Friday January 27, 2012 3:53:17 PM
One thing that has to change is the publisher business model
Friday January 27, 2012 3:53:08 PM
@David, I'm exploring the new ebook creator with an eye toward two books from now. My next one is promised to a "traditional" publisher, but after that, we're looking very seriously at self-publishing in ebook format.
Friday January 27, 2012 3:53:07 PM
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Tom Nolle
Tablet Keyboards & the Enterprise
1|27|12   |   2:13   |   No comments

Adding a keyboard to a tablet might just create the perfect enterprise appliance for worker empowerment.
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What CIOs Can Learn From Fashionistas
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Part shopping site, part social network, part fashion design studio, PlumWillow.com is a site all retail CIOs should get to know.
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1|18|12   |   2:11   |   4 comments

Social media are hot, but should it be a place where apps are hosted in order to boost collaboration?
Sara Peters
Resellers' Impact on Retailers' Reputation
1|13|12   |   3:39   |   4 comments

When resellers charge huge mark-ups and engage in shady business operations, how can it affect the main brand's reputation?
Tom Nolle
Big Data Appliance Is Big News
1|12|12   |   2:18   |   No comments

Oracle's release of a Hadoop appliance for Big Data may be a signal that we're shifting to database appliances.
Tom Nolle
What's the Data Model for the REAL Cloud?
1|4|12   |   1:57   |   No comments

Hadoop's version 1 is just out from Apache, but this might be a good time to ask whether the ideal cloud data model is one where processing is distributed to where the data lives, or where data crawls to the point where it's access has the most overall value.
Tom Nolle
Myopia Can Hurt Storage Policy
12|22|11   |   2:08   |   No comments

We're at the beginning of a cloud-driven revolution in storage, but Oracle's quarter shows that enterprises are hunkering down on old concepts because they're afraid of the costs in the near term.
Sara Peters
An Untrained User & a Mobile Medical Device
12|19|11   |   2:43   |   9 comments

Untrained end users, clueless central IT staff, and expensive mobile devices are a worrisome combination for healthcare CIOs.
Tom Nolle
A Different Cloud Mission?
12|15|11   |   1:49   |   8 comments

The cloud has always been about running our current apps in a different place for less; there are other ways the cloud could improve productivity and create more benefits.
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Moustaches for Everyone
12|12|11   |   05:17   |   10 comments

Google+ Hangouts are quick, informal ways to video conference with colleagues. Here's how to make one work for you.
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Too Many Labels on 'Big Data'?
12|9|11   |   2:12   |   3 comments

However you label it, structured and unstructured information are different and will likely always require different tools.
Sara Peters
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12|8|11   |   1:51   |   No comments

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Sara Peters
Rural Areas Still Short on Internet Infrastructure
12|5|11   |   2:02   |   11 comments

The UK is investing more in super-fast broadband infrastructure in urban areas -- but under-served rural areas will continue to suffer from inadequate Internet infrastructure.
Tom Nolle
Office for iPad: No Revolution Yet
12|2|11   |   2:09   |   10 comments

The rumor that Office might be ported to the iPad raises the question of whether tablets might then be able to really replace PCs.
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11|29|11   |   2:22   |   4 comments

Liberal arts training can give CIOs an advantage in holistic business thinking and communications that are good for both the business and IT.
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A New Platform for Clouds?
11|28|11   |   2:07   |   5 comments

The node.js architecture for real-time application-building with Javascript may be the first platform for cloud PaaS application-building.
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Putting Dell World Lessons to Work
11|30|11   |   3:15   |   No comments

The Dell World conference changed how CIOs and original equipment manufacturers will approach their work, and it changed how people perceive Dell.
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Out of the Box Talk: Jon Ramsey: Proactive Security in a Virtual World
11|11|11   |   8:10   |   1 comment

Learn how to prevent threats and vulnerabilities facing IT organizations in this illustrated whiteboard discussion with Jon Ramsey, executive director for development engineering for Dell SecureWorks.
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Out of the Box Talk: JP Sarkis: IT Transformation
11|11|11   |   5:58   |   No comments

JP Sarkis, Dell Packaged Applications, talks about the steps an organization must take to complete its IT transformation in this Out of the Box whiteboard discussion.
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Out of the Box Talk: John Dietrich: Saving Money Is Too Expensive
11|11|11   |   10:30   |   No comments

Watch as John Dietrich, Dell Corporate Thought Leadership, shows us why saving money is too expensive in the "yes, now" IT environment. An illustrated whiteboard presentation supports this Out of the Box discussion.
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Out of the Box Talk: August Calhoun & Jamie Coffin: Innovation in Healthcare
11|11|11   |   7:31   |   No comments

Jamie Coffin and August Calhoun, Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences, share their vision on innovation within healthcare using an illustrated whiteboard in this Out of the Box discussion.
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Out of the Box Talk: Michael Dell & Marc Benioff at Dell World, Part 4
11|11|11   |   3:03   |   1 comment

What are the biggest problems Michael Dell and Marc Benioff CEO want to solve? Hear what they shared with Dell Services CMO Colette LaForce onstage at Dell World.
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Out of the Box Talk: Michael Dell & Marc Benioff at Dell World, Part 3
11|11|11   |   3:15   |   No comments

Michael Dell and Marc Benioff CEO in a humorous lightning-round Q&A with Dell Services CMO Colette LaForce onstage at Dell World.
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Out of the Box Talk: Michael Dell & Marc Benioff at Dell World, Part 2
11|11|11   |   5:34   |   No comments

Michael Dell and Marc Benioff CEO reflect on their childhoods -- on everything from Atari to programming to taking apart PCs -- and how their adventures shaped their personal career aspirations.
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Out of the Box Talk: Michael Dell & Marc Benioff at Dell World, Part 1
11|11|11   |   4:07   |   No comments

Michael Dell and Marc Benioff CEO share an entertaining exchange on the genesis of cloud computing in an exclusive Dell Services Out of the Box presentation.
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Out of the Box Talk: Steve Schuckenbrock: Cloud & the Future of IT Services
11|11|11   |   11:14   |   No comments

Steve Schuckenbrock, President of Dell Services, chats with Dell Services Vice President and CMO Colette LaForce about the "yes, now" mindset of IT users today and the ways cloud is enabling business transformation.
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Out of the Box Talk: Rick Mears: Innovation at Owens & Minor
11|11|11   |   7:49   |   No comments

See how Rick Mears, CIO of Owens & Minor, is taking an innovative approach to streamlining medical and surgical supply distribution in this illustrated whiteboard discussion.
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10|31|11   |   6:42   |   No comments

A rapid-fire tour of Dell World from top to bottom, beginning to end, attendees to Michael Dell himself, all in six minutes and 42 seconds.
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Dell World: Managing the Enterprise Cloud
10|24|11   |   10:34   |   No comments

Johnny Ola and Roy Ritthaler of BMC Software meet executive editor Curtis Franklin at Dell World to talk about the latest technology for building and managing an enterprise cloud.
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Dell World: VMware Moving to Cloud & Client
10|20|11   |   6:07   |   No comments

VMware is expanding its horizons beyond the datacenter, making a stand in both cloud services and client virtualization.
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Dell World Connects AMD With the Right Customers
10|20|11   |   1:41   |   No comments

Dell partner company AMD made the right connections in Austin.
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Dell World: Healthcare Supplier Uses Dell Strategic Services
10|19|11   |   4:08   |   No comments

The CIO of Owens & Minor says he’s using Dell’s new business strategy services to better serve medical centers and improve the healthcare supply chain.
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Dell World: Benioff on the Future of the ‘Social Enterprise’
10|19|11   |   9:17   |   No comments

The Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com comments on how Salesforce.com’s platform-as-a-service helps companies transform into social enterprises, why multi-tenant cloud security is no worse than single-tenant security, and how social tools impact corporate culture and public opinion.
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Dell World: How Citrix Brings Virtual Desktops to Mobile Devices
10|18|11   |   5:04   |   No comments

Citrix’s new solutions enable greater mobility and let users connect to their desktops from their smartphones.
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Dell World: Food Truck Montage
10|18|11   |   1:00   |   2 comments

Cupcakes, pizza, barbecue, burritos... there was no reason to leave Dell World hungry.
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Dell World: A Tour of a Datacenter in a Box
10|18|11   |   1:40   |   No comments

In lieu of a sprawling sea of servers, consider this air-cooled, self-contained unit that can sit on your roof, use less energy, and provide plenty of places to plug in your hair-dryer.
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Dell World: Dell & Benioff Share Origin Stories & Cloud Visions
10|18|11   |   11:25   |   No comments

The CEOs of Dell and Salesforce.com trade stories of their humble beginnings in Radio Shack and discuss how the cloud will continue to drive IT innovation.
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Dell World: OEM Changes & Challenges
10|17|11   |     |   No comments

Josh Neland, Technology Strategist for Dell OEM Solutions, describes the expanding definition of “OEM” and OEMs’ increasing demands for a sophisticated technological backbone.
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Dell World: Q&A With Dell Social Networking Expert
10|17|11   |   4:26   |   No comments

Rishi Dave explains the crucial roles social networking can play in enterprises, and tells us how Dell gave all employees – even engineers – the permission and the ability to talk directly to customers.
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Dell World: Q&A With Michael Dell
10|14|11   |   3:06   |   No comments

Michael Dell recommits to an end-to-end enterprise IT strategy, underscoring the critical role of client devices.
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Dell World: Steve Ballmer Keynote
10|14|11   |   1:59   |   1 comment

Working in partnership, Microsoft and Dell are delivering agile, powerful interfaces and capabilities to enterprise customers of all sizes.
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Dell World: Vivek Kundra Keynote
10|13|11   |   3:25   |   No comments

Security has grown in complexity and has become the equivalent of a global arms race, according to Vivke Kundra, CIO of the United States.
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Dell World: Michael Dell Keynote
10|13|11   |   3:33   |   No comments

Dell is adding to its servers and storage capabilities to give enterprise customers maximum flexibility and performance.
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10|13|11   |   0:49   |   No comments

Attendees at Dell World get their ACL on.
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Enterprise Efficiency Arrives at Dell World
10|12|11   |   0:54   |   1 comment

E2 editors share what’s in store this week at Dell World. Be sure to stick with us for the latest Dell World updates!
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See VMWare & Dell Team Up to Make Your Job Easier
10|10|11   |   3:06   |   No comments

At DellWorld check out vStart and other Dell-VMWare partnerships that can simplify virtualization rollouts, cloud migration, infrastructure integration, and customer support.
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AMD Wants to Meet You at Dell World
9|30|11   |   3:22   |   No comments

Not only will AMD exec John Byrne happily listen to your business challenges, he'll also tell you where to find a "phenomenal martini" in Austin.
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Swap Success Stories (or Sob Stories) at Dell World
9|7|11   |   1:20   |   2 comments

Idea Exchange sessions give you the opportunity to swap stories with peers and thought-leaders (brain-swapping and mind-reading not required).
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9|1|11   |   1:32   |   No comments

Coming to Austin in October, Dell's new conference will hand CIOs the keys to IT innovation and business growth.
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The Fathers of Austin
9|1|11   |   2:22   |   No comments

The home of Dell World 2011 will be Austin, Texas – a great city named after a peculiar assortment of great men.
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Embrace IT Innovation at Dell World
8|23|11   |   05:11   |   No comments

IT innovation is key to the success of modern business, but embracing new technologies can be an intimidating prospect. Hear the wisdom of some Dell executives who know a thing or two about innovation, and build up the confidence to take the first few steps.