Pushing the Envelope - a 15 Petabyte Network
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Let's admit it to our geekier selves: hearing about really cool big monster computing platforms is fun. It's like hearing about Big Blue beating Kasparov. You suddenly start wondering when all that power will trickle down to YOUR enterprise platform. A great article over at CNET by Nick Heath reports on the world's largest particle accelerator.

Capturing Customer Intent - A New Marketing Strategy
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Recently, John Stone, president of CrossTech Partners and I conducted a webinar about marketing technology and strategy. You can view the archive for free here (after registering). During the creation of the presentation, I found myself realizing the gap between where traditional marketing has taken online digital marketing efforts, and where the potential to build stronger relationships for business could truly take one's business.

Upgrading to Exchange 2007? Consider This Guide
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

ZDNet posted a white paper that should help you understand what happens when you're ready to move to Microsoft Exchange 2007. It's estimated that 50% of companies using Exchange will be at 2007 by the end of the year. Will yours be one?

Open Web Foundation Announced at OSCON
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Open source types take heed: The Open Web Foundation has been announced at OSCON, reports Brady Forrest from O'Reilly. The goal is to extend out the work being done in groups like OpenID, OAuth, and several emerging opportunities.

A Definition of Cloud Computing
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

We talk from time to time here about cloud computing, but I don't know that I've ever stopped to define it. Now, thanks to Irving Wladawsky-Berger, I won't have to do so. He covers it quite soundly in his post, "What is Cloud Computing, Anyway?"