Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Are you aware of the technology trends that can disrupt your business? http://ping.fm/eFZ54 #technology #disruption

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Proud to have been featured on p. 34 of the Board Issue of Latino Leaders' Magazine http://ping.fm/lB1cB #Latism #Latinoleaders #NACD

Security - U of Maryland claims companies need to only spend one third of expected losses to protect information. http://ping.fm/ONjWj

Video USA - Growth in number of people viewing online video doubles in last 5 years, cutting across all demographics. http://ping.fm/ZrGlI

Monday, September 26, 2011

Mobile Payments - Google launches its wallet app which together with a scanner app may eventually change retail jobs. http://ping.fm/C5EjN

IT & Healthcare - Data mining uncovering unknown side effects when taking multiple drugs. What took you so long? http://ping.fm/kiRWE

Is Facebook's Timeline app a hint of the next generation of social media? http://ping.fm/fRNwJ #Latism #facebook #google #mobility

Can tractors be powered/driven by robots? http://ping.fm/xhaFh #robot #m2m #tech

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Will Google+ catch facebook? http://ping.fm/JRJWE #google #facebook #socialmedia #internet #latism

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Is facebook always watching you? http://ping.fm/3xdCG #facebook

Had an awesome Fios Friday Family movie night watching Disney's Bridge to Terabithia. http://ping.fm/xNxsG #Disney #Fios #verizon #family

Friday, September 23, 2011

Trends - From business models, to labor force, to technology, 10 business trends that are transforming our world. http://ping.fm/hV5jg

Outsourcing - 18% of H-1B visa holders may have abused the system. http://www.cio.com/article/690278/H_1B_B_1_Visa_Scrutiny_Threatens_IT_Outsourcing_Providers

Thursday, September 22, 2011

HP - Board of Directors to announce Meg Whitman as new CEO. Not getting warm & fuzzy feeling about this one either. http://ping.fm/tuA7E

Analytics - New startups are expanding the use of sophisticated analysis on complex and large amounts of data. http://ping.fm/YnqEJ

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Social media - FB, Twitter, smartphones. Environment creates more interruptions, challenging our notion of "work". http://ping.fm/4pYZ1

Oracle - Company beats wall street expectations driven by higher corporate sales. http://ping.fm/QNTom

Tech Patents - Billions spent by tech companies to defend against legal challenges. So where's the innovation? http://ping.fm/6mobL

Is the US Hispanic Vote up for grabs? http://ping.fm/jYcLd #Latism #nshmba #hitec #perry #romney #obama

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Blogosphere - How big is it? See this infograph. 164 million blogs. Biggest topic? Personal musings. Get back to work! http://ping.fm/n2aP5

HP - Yes, again. Now it turns out an executive inadvertently spilled corporate secrets on his LinkedIn page. http://ping.fm/B2qwL

Startups - 7 cool ones you haven't heard about....yet. From texting, to collaboration, to health care, to security. http://ping.fm/mpgYJ

How much privacy (vs. personalization) do you want on your smart phone? http://ping.fm/wbhP5 #Alfranken #privacy #mobility #smartphone

How high can Apple's stock price & market capitalization go(current $360B)? http://ping.fm/CLzek #apple

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Can advances in technology(Thermal imaging of the face) do a better job of catching liars? http://ping.fm/HFqPS #tech #cnn

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Will Apple TV be the first big hit for Apple's new CEO Tim Cook? http://ping.fm/HT7HB #apple #appletv #newproduct

Friday, September 16, 2011

Analytics - Procter & Gamble takes business intelligence to a higher level...and it's real. http://ping.fm/7MgW8

Telecom - Consumers starting to see the benefits of fast connections and tech companies are pushing for higher speeds. http://ping.fm/eFIBv

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Tech industry - Semiconductor sales slow as global production for PCs drop significantly. http://ping.fm/fqOkY

Women in tech - Facebook's first female engineer talks about the challenges she faced. http://ping.fm/0vOzw

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Social Media - Nielsen says US people spent 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook in May. Read the full report. http://ping.fm/u3P0D

IT Industry- Social media, smart phones, tablets. Glitzy stuff. Meanwhile boring IBM is making tons of money. http://ping.fm/eWu8C

Monday, September 12, 2011

Security - 10 years after 9/11, cyber terrorism still a national security issue. http://ping.fm/jdgy5

STEM Education - Microsoft releases national survey about what motivates students to pursue science education. http://ping.fm/n9rei

Collaboration - An attempt to change the way researchers collaborate in health care using untrained online gamers. http://ping.fm/u7maC

Sunday, September 11, 2011

What is the estimated % of global internet users who visited facebook.com yesterday? http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/facebook.com #43% #facebook

In 2010 the digital universe of data reached 1.2Million Pedabytes, it's predicted to surge to 35 zetabytes by 2020. http://ping.fm/Eg7Kc #data #cloud

Saturday, September 10, 2011

How connected are US Hispanics to the internet? http://ping.fm/uUMrL #Latism #mobility #nshmba #internet

How long should hackers be put in prison for endangering US National Security? http://ping.fm/EU4ph #security

Friday, September 9, 2011

Startups - How do some of these new companies wind up with billion dollar valuations? Check it out. http://ping.fm/ShScZ

Tech Titans - A review of some current and former tech CEOs we would miss or not. http://ping.fm/Hdmvd

Can Amazon make a run at Apple in the Tablet Market? http://ping.fm/bhqfl #Apple #tablet #ipad #mobility

How active are twitter's millions of users on twitter? http://ping.fm/eLBIm #twitter #socialmedia

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Privacy - Patient data posted online in major security breach. http://ping.fm/8UgmF

Yahoo - Company hiring advisory firms to “explore strategic options" (ie: "we want to sell") but founder denies sale. http://ping.fm/86NKs

Outsourcing - Vietnam trying to break into offshore outsourcing through CMMI certification. It will help but... http://ping.fm/zX7n2

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Cisco - Networking company makes another acquisition strengthening its ability to leverage the cloud. http://ping.fm/4hLUr

Yahoo - Once dominant search company fires CEO after 2 years on the job. Chairman fired her over the phone. Classy. http://ping.fm/Vgbgq

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Tablets - Amazon coming out with a 7" Kindle tablet that is very company centric. We'll see how they compete. http://ping.fm/cZWxL

IT Workforce - Is there age discrimination in IT? Not sure but it's key to upgrade skills and move up the value chain. http://ping.fm/PAjPx

Monday, September 5, 2011

Leveraging technology and crowdsourcing to lower US multi-trillion dollar growing debt. http://ping.fm/01anZ #crowdsourcing #stanford

Friday, September 2, 2011

Always On - Connectivity is everywhere including, soon, in the great outdoors. What to do? Simple. Don't connect. http://ping.fm/eGiGW

Online Finance - Consumer one-stop finance and payment sites are making great strides. Will they last? Let's hope so. http://ping.fm/IKejk

STEM - Is software damaging science? An interesting perspective. http://ping.fm/cWaTf

Thursday, September 1, 2011

HP - Former board director speaks out and thinks the company is committing corporate suicide. http://ping.fm/QCePo

Telecom - Dept of Justice files suit to block AT&T and T-Mobile merger citing risk of hurting consumers. http://ping.fm/9lRpm

Stronger advances in 3D Technology are coming.. http://ping.fm/jJjIH #3D #sony

How is technology advancing to allow robots to talk to each other? http://ping.fm/rUYvD #robots

Guess what % of US Smartphones are powered by Android? http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/08/survey-android-continues-surge-in-smartphone-market/1 #verizon #android #droid #mobility