How MIT won me over
On a visit to MIT, ZDNet UK columnist Jane Wakefield discovers not a bunch of machine-obsessed geeks but a group of people dedicated to making technology human.
On a visit to MIT, ZDNet UK columnist Jane Wakefield discovers not a bunch of machine-obsessed geeks but a group of people dedicated to making technology human.
The nation's largest telco today claimed success for delivering a key part of its internal technology transformation -- a new AU$1.5 billion Internet Protocol-based (IP) network core dubbed "Next IP".
The consolidation of back-end billing systems at the nation's largest telco Telstra is starting to show results, with the telco notifying customers it could now issue them a single bill covering all of their broadband and telephony services.Telstra has since November 2005 been involved in an AU$1 billion transformation of its IT capability under its chief operating officer Greg Winn, including a 75 percent reduction of its business and operational support systems from the previous high of 1,200.
I'm in Reno, Nevada, preparing to do some poll watching for the Obama campaign. We went to a training last night where they explained what seems like a convoluted reporting system, but organizers promise it actually works well.
Telstra will be under pressure to ensure it launches its fixed-line SMS service due early next year, as handset suppliers give their equipment a generous head-start to greet the service.It is understood that Telstra's fixed-line division is introducing the new messaging service in an attempt to protect its revenue streams as its rivals in mobile space step-up efforts to lure customers away from conventional land line services.
Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association.Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office setup - a desk out in a corner of the garage where there's a printer, a phone, some speakers (for my background tunes) and even a small TV with CNN on in the background.
A narrow product focus has isolated IT asset management from business goals and other company assets for too long. Find out how the industry is redefining the asset management value proposition.
The headlines across the blogosphere make it sound like the Recording Industry Association of America has thrown in the towel and decided to stop going after music pirates on the Internet. That's not exactly the case.
The 21st Century Tech President said Saturday morning that the U.S.
The Acuson SC2000 ultrasound lets a doctor watch your heart beat, in real-time, from outside your chest.