InfoWorld - IBM is shipping upgrades this month to its Web 2.0-based social networking tools for business, adding capabilities in enhanced profiling, data display and collaboration. -- read full article
BusinessWeek Online - One of the leadership development tools that I believe in the most is action learning. I am not an expert at action learning myself (my personal focus is individual or team behavior), but I have seen action learning make a huge positive difference in many of my clients' organizations. Chris Cappy is a good friend of mine, and an expert on this topic. I hope you find value in his reflections on action learning. Edited excerpts of a recent conversation follow: -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - The SAP subsidiary's first predictive analytics module takes direct aim at the market dominated by SAS Institute. -- read full article
InfoWorld - There's little argument that Telligent's Community Server can stand up to the rigors of hosting public-facing communities. -- read full article
BusinessWeek Online - For those seeking sun protection this summer, Peter Thomas Roth has given new meaning to the phrase "take a powder." -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - At first, relational database was a highly mocked product, halting in its performance compared to the programmed-path systems. Now it represents an $18.6 billion a year market. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - CA is focusing its line of management software products on enterprise IT environments, including managing virtualized systems. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The software services, to be previewed at the Enterprise 2.0 conference, are Oracle's first significant plunge into subscription-based SaaS. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Vendors at the Enterprise 2.0 conference tried to convince a group of seasoned IT pros that they should put all their data in the so-called cloud and leave it to outsiders to manage. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The government's private wiki is a solution to the age-old problem of getting important information into the hands of intelligence agency people who can put it to good use. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft expects big growth in server virtualization, application virtualization, presentation virtualization, and desktop virtualization. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - FedEx business customers want the convenience of accessing online tools and services without having to exit their applications and launch a new browser window. -- read full article
PC World - Apple's new server Mac OS X server software, code-named Snow Leopard, has a new file system and new features to deliver... -- read full article
