Many emerging technologies have smoothly evolved from the consumer to the business space. But what of virtual worlds such as Second Life? Is there a business case for doing business in the virtual world? Following are some examples of potential workspaces in the metaverse.
By Dave Greenfield
The analysts over at Gartner recently said now is the time to cut the IT budget, and they provided six steps for getting the job done. The six steps play off advice offered by the company last fall that said CIOs should prepare two budgets...read more
In October 2006, Google quietly acquired hosted wiki provider JotSpot. Rumors abounded that the JotSpot assets had been devoured and that the team had been blown up and moved around Google. In November, Google Product M...read more
Several technologies are poised to shake up the data center. Gartner Research
Vice President Carl Claunch provided eWEEK with a list of 10 technologies to
watch. They are all relatively immature today, Claunch said, b...read more
Windows Live SkyDrive,
Microsoft's free online file management and sharing service, offers 5GB
of storage. Users get password-protected "anywhere access" to their
information, which can be shared with others. This anywhere, anytime
acce...read more
Since the ink dried on Microsoft's original $44.6 billion purchase offer for Yahoo on Jan. 31, Yahoo has been turning every which way for help, wheeling and dealing to avoid becoming the rival software giant's lunch. Here are some scenarios-