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DataWeek 2013 Conference + Festival is the second annual six-day event in downtown San Francisco. The conference’s goal is to organize the largest data-centric event in the nation; 3,000 attendees already have registered. Each day of DataWeek has a different business and technology focus, ranging from the Saturday/Sunday hackathon activities, the Monday/Tuesday technical workshops and […]

Thanks to the current recession, IT managers are facing a dilemma: Despite budget cuts, enterprises do not expect reductions in service levels provided by IT shops to their customers. OK, so how do you maintain or improve service levels, yet continue to run the business efficiently? IT decision-makers are seeking out help in this area: […]

Steve Case announced on Sunday that he will step down from AOL Time Warner effective in May, Reuters reported. Case, a pioneer of the online communications industry co-founded America Online Inc. in 1985, will remain at the company as a board member. In 2001, AOL, along with countless other online companies, was riding high on […]

Mischel Kwon Mischel Kwon analyzed vulnerabilities in federal networks and cyber-threats as both a director for the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team and as the deputy director for IT Security Staff at the Justice Department. She is currently president and CEO of security consulting firm Mischel Kwon and Associates, specializing in technical defensive security, security […]

10 Myths of Telework: Why You Arent Working from Home by eWEEK Staff Myth: Virtual Work Will Reduce Control and Productivity A report commissioned by City & Guilds and the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) showed that 75 percent of managers believe remote workers are more productive. Research by Brigham Young University showed that […]

No doubt this will be a small comfort to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and friends, but IBM’s doubling of money paid to partners for displacing Oracle products is not about just swapping competitive products, says Sandy Carter, vice president, IBM Software Group Business Partners.“This is more about delivering more value to the client,” she told […]

IDC released its 2010 predictions for the PC market, and the analyst firm says virtual desktops, WiMax and a return to desktops are in the forecast. Last year’s economic lag directly caused PC prices to take a nosedive. However, IDC thinks the average selling price of PCs will stay put in 2010 thanks to stronger […]

Texas Instruments will unveil custom hardware and software Jan. 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that it claims will reduce the footprint of e-readers by 200 square millimeters and extend their battery life by 50 percent. TI’s TPS6518x EPD (electronic paper display) power management chip replaces about 40 discrete components that are […]

The Most Popular eWEEK Features of 2009 by eWEEK Staff 1: 25 Things You Might Not Know About IBM Everybody knows how big, rich and influential IBM is. It has the power to shape just about any segment of the global IT industry and it has done just that at one time or another. Everybody […]

Microsoft Demos Digital Camera, Laptop, Netbook Ecosystem at Windows 7 Launch No Title Ballmer looks at a demo of a new monitor running Windows 7. No Title A selection of Windows 7-compatible devices, including the Canon MP990 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-In-One Printer and a Canon digital camera. No Title The Nikon Coolpix S230 digital camera. […]