Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council

Friday, April 30, 2010

CRM - Advice on evaluating CRM platforms in the cloud. However, it's about customer strategy, not the technology. http://ping.fm/MQ8Ds

HP & Palm - Acquisition is more about HP's long term vision of total connectivity than it is about smartphones. http://ping.fm/myOeg

IT Patents - Protecting intellectual property is good business, but may backfire if used too aggressively. http://ping.fm/clSE2

Oracle and Ironman2. Awesome. Can't wait to see the movie! http://ping.fm/wnSeY #Oracle

Thursday, April 29, 2010

IT industry - What does the future look like? Recent report tries to answer the question. http://ping.fm/q41Gi

Blackberry - Smartphone company previews new version 6 OS. Claims it's their biggest step forward yet. http://ping.fm/AzRYP

HP & Palm - HP buys Palm for $1 billion in cash and enters competitive smartphone market. http://ping.fm/wH3Vn

What's Next For Palm Inside Of HP http://bit.ly/cwpq4C #palm #HP

SAP Reports Robust Q1 ERP Software Sales, Profit Growth: SAP reported double digit sales and operating profit grow... http://bit.ly/a0G6s8

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The battle for your mobile device. HP buy's Palm for $1.2 billion. http://ping.fm/aeOde #mobility

Tech's Heroes and Villains - List of prominent people who have shaped the tech world, for better or for worse. http://ping.fm/pmjlI

Chinese startups - Former Google China president talks about existing barriers and what he is doing about it. http://ping.fm/1U2MY

Data security - Existence of breach disclosure laws financially punish companies who are not secure. http://ping.fm/bvmpK

Getting the Most Chat Out of Your Webcam http://ping.fm/13Uib

Staying In Touch With Mobile Workers http://ping.fm/qFOgh

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Solar Charger Juices Your Gadgets, Rain or Shine http://ping.fm/a6WS3

Mobile payments - Zong, startup that does mobile payments for virtual goods, gets $15 million investment. http://ping.fm/DMSfJ

Facebook - New capabilities raises more concerns about privacy. The question is, why doesn't Facebook make it easy? http://ping.fm/qog9l

iPhone & Computer Science - Is the closed nature of the device discouraging to the pursuit of computer science? http://ping.fm/nLWds

BoomTown Tests the Voice-Activated Ford Fiesta http://ping.fm/2vwDO #ford

Perception of Data Security at Odds with Reality, Accenture Study Finds http://ping.fm/Ogl9E

Monday, April 26, 2010

CIO reporting line - One more time...why does the CIO report to the CFO? It's trending away but remnants remain. http://ping.fm/Aioq5

Twitter spring cleaning - Time to clean up that Twitter account. Here's how. http://ping.fm/K4xlj

Apple - Engineer loses iPhone prototype. Another shows new iPad hours before unveiling. Who gets fired? http://ping.fm/nFTgV

Friday, April 23, 2010

Technology disruption - It takes a lot of money to actually make it happen...and it can't be easily explained. http://ping.fm/WPXIY

Cyber Security - White house issues new orders to focus more on monitoring and patching instead of paperwork. http://ping.fm/zSEnN

Tech earnings - Amazon and Microsoft fall after missing earning estimates. http://ping.fm/Qcpbp

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Special Report: The New IT Executive http://ping.fm/LBzOx #Oracle

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Facebook widens reach to tailor broader web http://ping.fm/liqcz #facebook

Online trust - Most consumer Web sites not taking adequate measures to prevent online fraud. http://ping.fm/Ku6fQ

Taxing the web - Debate stirs again as US states see shortfall in services due to declining revenues. http://ping.fm/dgbmv

Smartphones - Apparently very smart but not so good at the phone part. http://ping.fm/RWhvp

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Intel and energy - Chip maker wants to lower energy costs at home...that way they can sell more intelligent chips. http://ping.fm/MmzWW

Online privacy - Young people, contrary to popular belief, do worry about privacy, but from different perspective. http://ping.fm/LupNT

iPhone - Apple engineer loses iPhone. Unit is dissected on the net and may be prototype for the next version. http://ping.fm/4VgeI

Google cyber attacked http://ping.fm/eqy5A

Sunday, April 18, 2010

The Dogs of War: Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft http://ping.fm/CRI98 #google #microsoft #apple

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Google Apps Goes After Microsoft Office http://bit.ly/dvRdfC #Google

Twitter Launches ‘Points of Interest’ Pages for Locations http://ping.fm/hItgX #twitter

Friday, April 16, 2010

Social networking - Location based tools will allow businesses to pitch offers based on the spots users frequent. http://ping.fm/4BmVP

Entrepreneurship - You can build sizable companies by bootstrapping as Software as a Service (Saas) companies show. http://ping.fm/j5wHv

Tech Hiring - Intel and Google are ramping up hiring. Fight for talent at start-ups is also increasing. http://ping.fm/53FbT

Tech Sector in Hiring Drive http://ping.fm/ybh55

HP Closes on 3Com; Plans Bigger Deals
http://ping.fm/2ALt2 #HP #3COM

Twitter Confab...http://ping.fm/yi5w3 #twitter

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Google earnings - Company quarterly earnings in-line with expectations but free cash flow astonishing again. http://ping.fm/3gJF4

Email vs Social Media - It's finally happening. Number of users and time spent on social networks exceeds email. http://ping.fm/eUgst

Tech child labor - Tech companies need aggressive supplier policing policies. Microsoft finds out the hard way. http://ping.fm/pOIjz

Health IT - Health records going on-line. Are yours online and if so, have you talked to your doctor about it? http://ping.fm/laDZa

Cisco CTO: Welcome To The Video Revolution http://ping.fm/ATxZO #cisco

Microsoft NERDs Talk Up Military Robots http://ping.fm/tVpMv

From CIO To CEO http://ping.fm/K4jcI

Google Ads and Phones http://ping.fm/5gbf5 #google

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Intel - Chip maker giant forecasts strong sales and profit margins this year signaling growth in tech spending. http://ping.fm/Ss3Nu

Twitter - New ad platform is trying to be like Google ads but without being too intrusive. Will it work? http://ping.fm/5oqaV

Social platforms - There is a subtle, yet important, difference between social media and social networks. http://ping.fm/v7vfg

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Health Care IT - Can technology help cure the industry? http://ping.fm/bi77d

Google - Search company's applications are re-tooled, making their look and feel more like Microsoft's. http://ping.fm/f5Qwu

CIOs - Five basic questions a CIO should be able to answer. I'll add a sixth: what value do you add? http://ping.fm/8PG1J

10 best Apple iPad apps w video.. http://ping.fm/AlHOC #iPad

Google CEO says newspapers can make money online http://ping.fm/wl0hX #google

Monday, April 12, 2010

Online ads - Founder of Overture, the first search engine ad platform, launches Tweetup, a Twitter ad platform. http://ping.fm/5Kybh

Digital music - Social games may be the long term solution to music woes. http://ping.fm/nbx7D

Palm for sale - The iconic brand that helped pioneer market for personal digital assistants may be up for sale. http://ping.fm/o7rIR

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Latino 'dropout crisis' - 2009 report by Pew Hispanic Center, the Latino high school dropout
rate is 17%s

Zynga's FarmVille game hits 80 mil users. Zynga (also owns Mafia Wars) worth $5Billion. http://ping.fm/7S3Ea

Google move: You make the next Google SuperBowl Commerical: http://ping.fm/TKarM #google #superbowl

Saturday, April 10, 2010

The Four Horsemen of Tech Ride Again http://ping.fm/a97Iu #oracle #microsoft #intel #cisco

Twitter Goes Shopping, Comes Home With Tweetie. Next? http://ping.fm/Almz9 #twitter #tweetie

RT @JordanRaynor For the first time ever, more people would do without television than the Internet - http://bit.ly/crds71 #internet

Friday, April 9, 2010

Intelligence out of data - Companies are plunging into the lucrative business of mining their data. http://ping.fm/IP9Rg

Apple vs Google - Steve Jobs is now going after online ads, stepping into Google's turf. http://ping.fm/EofWr

Open Source - How free is free? The movement has evolved and companies now need to look at the fine print. http://ping.fm/Pscxw

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Tech Jobs, Immigration Reform And The Jobs Bill. http://ping.fm/WGxz5 #immigration

Cooool..7 Disruptive Foods Changing the Way We will Eat:
http://ping.fm/8xl3v

Online ads - Industry seems to be climbing out of recession. http://ping.fm/jnfkB

Security - Private sector still key in warding off attacks such as those targeted at Google. http://ping.fm/bthVY

Copyright in the digital age - UK bill could have chilling effect on startups as well as regular Internet users. http://ping.fm/Ep8tZ

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Apple Declares War on Google Mobile
http://ping.fm/cJjnm #apple #google #mobile

Net neutrality - Court decision to side with Comcast about not following net neutrality rules may backfire. http://ping.fm/e0g1W

Privacy in the workplace - Recent court ruling may put limitations on employer's access to personal email. http://ping.fm/1Lehu

Microsoft vs Google - A Gartner Group analyst analyzed how the companies continue to encroach on each other's turf. http://ping.fm/a7mFd

Apple's Next Big Thing - Mobile Advertising
http://ping.fm/qz3ZK #apple #mobility

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Women in IT - Mid-management levels are shrinking, not boding well for moving more women in senior level IT ranks. http://ping.fm/3i005

Google - search engine's social media platform, Buzz, gives privacy controls back to users. http://ping.fm/Qpu6Y

Security - Uncle Sam wants you...to help fight hackers. http://ping.fm/O65j6

What is The Next Big Technology Thing? http://ping.fm/pmoFx

Can Amazon, Sony, or Google Catch Apple? http://ping.fm/OFbZk #Amazon #sony #google

Mossberg Talks iPad on “The Charlie Rose Show” http://ping.fm/InGEe #Ipad #wsj #tech

Monday, April 5, 2010

Silicon Valley - Companies in the valley may be gearing up for acquisitions in 2011. http://ping.fm/X13zs

Enterprise Computing - HP's CEO Mark Hurd wants to conquer everyone. But at what price? http://ping.fm/pdiR3

iPad - Apple sells 3000,000 units during its first day of release. http://ping.fm/mKfrH

Really Cool Video from TED conf. on "How to start a movement" http://ping.fm/6cXrA #TED

Gartner forecasts worldwide tablet PC sales of 10.5 million units in 2010 http://ping.fm/WymWt #tablet #gartner #ipad

iPad Could Boost Interactive Music http://ping.fm/vhKbp #wired #ipad

5 Secrets of YouTube’s Success http://ping.fm/S34Jf #youtube

10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps, http://ping.fm/dLPcS #Socialmedia

Thursday, April 1, 2010

CIO Challenges: The Best Defense Is a
Good Offense http://ping.fm/QoInz

Ford intends to use Microsoft software to schedule charging http://ping.fm/Cuo3V #Ford #Microsoft

Sight unseen, fans hear 'iPad' and think 'iWant' http://ping.fm/IhxCh #ipad #Apple #mobility #web3.0