Tech

IT to go “strategic” in 2010

by Erik on December 14, 2009

in Business Logic,Enterprise Systems,ROI,Technology

I’m a bit surprised that this is just beginning to be a trend… but nevertheless… A recent survey of business leaders, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by Accenture, revealed what those IT and business leaders are discussing in their closed-door budget meetings. The results hint at one thing when it comes to [...]

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IT to go "strategic" in 2010

by Erik on December 14, 2009

in Business Logic,Enterprise Systems,ROI,Technology

I’m a bit surprised that this is just beginning to be a trend… but nevertheless… A recent survey of business leaders, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by Accenture, revealed what those IT and business leaders are discussing in their closed-door budget meetings. The results hint at one thing when it comes to [...]

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Calculating Consumer Happiness at Any Price

by Erik on December 13, 2009

in Economy,Interesting,Markets,Philosophy

If technology and systems didn’t come so naturally, I really believe that I would have become an economist. I just find it fascinating. The “business information systems” major was such a perfect fit for my abilities, that I didn’t really think twice about selecting it when I was choosing my major at Lehigh. But, as I [...]

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Green Business is Growing

by Erik on July 28, 2009

in Alternative Energy,Economy,Sustainability,Technology

GREEN BUSINESS – It’s no secret that America is going green. Green jobs are popping up everywhere, whether it’s the technician installing solar panels on a home, the scientist researching ways to build better batteries for electric cars, or the executive looking for ways to reduce waste, eliminate unnecessary packaging, and cut costs. Job growth [...]

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I.B.M. Profit Exceeds Wall Street Forecasts

by Erik on July 18, 2009

in Economy,IBM,Markets

International Business Machines has long been viewed as a barometer for corporate technology spending. And its second-quarter results, announced after the close of the market on Thursday, provided another encouraging sign for the technology sector. Yet I.B.M.’s performance, analysts say, is probably an indication that the company’s strategic steps in recent years are paying off, [...]

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KPMG Weighs in on Green Technology (Sept 2008)

by Erik on July 18, 2009

in Alternative Energy,Green Tech,Sustainability

In a survey released in September 2008 by KPMG, the audit, tax and advisory firm, two-thirds of those polled said that green technology investment is sustainable. Almost all said they expected venture capital for start-ups producing these technologies to continue to increase in 2009. Half predicted an increase of 20 percent or more over 2008 [...]

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Recession sends Americans to the Internet

by Erik on July 16, 2009

in Internet,Recession

It’s not just family and friends that Americans are turning to for advice and support to cope with the prolonged recession; many have found a counselor in the Internet. More than two-thirds of American adults — or 88 percent of U.S. Internet users — went online for help with recession-induced personal economic issues and to [...]

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Google Chrome OS: Be A Part of the Cloud

by Erik on July 11, 2009

in Cloud Computing,Competition,Google,Green Tech,SaaS,Technology

Cloud computing could become mainstream with Google’s annoucement this week to release the Chrome operating system for NetBook PCs. I believe the cloud is the platform of the future, and Google is uniquely poised with their already popular office suite, Google Docs, and their other Google Apps which do just about everything owners of netbooks [...]

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Weekly Round Up

by Erik on July 3, 2009

in Alternative Energy,Asia,Business Logic,Economy,Green Tech,IBM,Jobs,Markets,New Tech,Obama,Recession,Technology,Unemployment,Weekly Roundup

For Modest Earners, Relief Repaying Student Loans – Repaying a student loan could soon be a little less painful. Starting this week, anyone with a federal student loan can apply for a program, run by the Department of Education, that caps monthly payments based on income, and forgives remaining balances after 25 years. Those choosing [...]

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Long-Distance Drops As Wireless Gains

by Erik on July 1, 2009

in Interesting,Technology

NPR has an interesting article on the switch from land-line telephone companies to wireless. This reminds me of the AP piece that talked about how cell-only households now outnumber traditional phone households.That statistic points to problem in our current method of landline national polling for elections, which was brought to everyone’s attention in 2008. As [...]

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