BBC News writes that “businesses are missing out on the huge potential that social networks present, a leading information technology company has warned. Researchers for Gartner found that huge opportunities for improving the management of large firms exist. ‘Businesses which harness how employees use these sites stand to increase savings, [...]
ZDNet writes that “[v]enture capitalists are having a confidence crisis as dwindling exit opportunities and a weak economy conspire to put the kibosh on returns. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence Index the second quarter registered a reading of 3.07 on a 5 point scale, down from the [...]
Today's story about Google building a better XML, or at least a specific data interchange format for certain uses, is the pitch perfect story to illustrate why governments must not mandate specific standards, and instead focus on a goals based approach.
The Register reports that “[s]mall computer outfits could see VAT rates slashed to as low as five per cent under new proposals put forward by the European Commission yesterday. The EC, which is the executive arm of the European Union, said it wants to relax value added tax and state [...]
The International Herald Tribune has an interesting article today on the negative consequences of Internet outages in an age when “[c]ompanies like Google want us to store not just e-mail online but also spreadsheets, photo albums, sales data and nearly every other piece of personal and professional information.” The Seattle [...]