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Overnight Success: It Takes YearsOpen in New Window
Paul Buchheit, the original lead developer of GMail, notes that the success of GMail was a long time in coming:We starting working on Gmail in August 2001. For a long time, almost everyone disliked i read more »
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Global CIO: A 10-Point Plan For Success In 2009Open in New Window
Pat the CIO offers his pointed plan to achieve better ways of operating, calling it a comprehensive plan that needs support to succeed. read more »
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Secrets to virtual team successOpen in New Window
The emergence of telepresence and collaborative technologies has made virtual teamwork an increasingly popular option, especially given soaring travel costs. But just as important to virtual teams' success as the technology are the policies and procedures to support them. read more »
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Is There A Recipe For Success In Mobile App Stores?Open in New Window
Don Reisinger offers a fascinating analysis of mobile app stores and what makes them successful. He then compares how the three main competitors at this juncture (Apple, RIM, and Microsoft) compare. read more »
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Microsoft looks to mimic Apple success, says BallmerOpen in New Window
Microsoft has taken note of Apple's growing popularity and has decided use some of Apple's methods to their advantage. Microsoft realizes that due to their focus on providing variety, they have sacrificed in the area of completion. Whereas Apple provides a "narrow but complete experience." read more »
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Students surf their way to successOpen in New Window
Lee Hunter and Jamie Murphy teamed up to create a university course to give students hands-on experience with online marketing. They developed the Google Online Marketing Challenge which challenged students to work with local businesses to structure an online marketing campaign that would result in increased sales. read more »
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A victim of its own success: troubled times ahead for VMwareOpen in New Window
CEO and cofounder Diane Greene was being ousted along with reduced growth forecasts for 2008 resulted in VMware stockholders seeing a 24% loss in value. read more »
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IT governance best practices are critical for business successOpen in New Window
"The Society for Information Management conducts an annual survey to determine what keeps a CIO up at night. In recent years, one of the top 10 causes for worry has been "IT governance." Just what is..." read more »
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