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I.B.M. agreed to buy Netezza, a Massachusetts data warehouse company, for $1.7 billion in cash.

IBM is purchasing MA-based, Netezza. Justin Lindsey, CTO Netezza was the 2009 Winner of the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership.

Are CIOs prepared for the emerging shift towards infrastructure standarization?

Outsourcing: Standardization is the new black by By Christina Torode, News Director 08 Sep 2010 “The world is moving away from custom solutions and a high level of customization, to standardization. That is a huge change-management issue for organizations, but the fact of the matter is that it is happening. CIOs are being very strategic, […]

Leveraging software to tap workers’ collective intelligence to solve problems, reduce costs, and find new markets

BusinessWeek’s new post “Workers of the World, Innovate” e.g. AT&T, Pitney Bowles, Electronic Arts etc Workers of the World, Innovate Pitney Bowes, AT&T, and Electronic Arts are among the companies using software to tap workers’ collective intelligence to solve problems, reduce costs, and find new markets By Rachael King Long-Term Innovation Even ideas that result […]