Last week’s major disruption to world wide Internet services was reported to be the result of cuts / breaks in underwater cables. With two cables damaged last week, Egypt, India and parts of the Middle East were affected, this reminds us of the dependence we have built up in business and community on the Internet. [...]
Entries from February 2008
Think we are not all connected?
February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Categories: Information Technology
Tags: Internet, IT, Outsourcing
Semantic web comes to life
February 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Scientific American had a great article in the December issue on the Semantic Web (see: The Semantic Web in Action for a preview of this article – or perhaps you can find a copy at a library). This article describes a number of real life exemplars of the semantic web in action. Of particular interest, [...]
Categories: information Management · KM
Tags: Semantic Web
A look at gaming and the enterprise
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
In January, Business Week ran an article about how cosmetics group L’Oréal uses an online strategy game to position itself as a “savvy recruiter”. This is part of a bigger strategy to develop relationships early with marketing students. The article says: “In addition to the games, which attract more than 50,000 students each year, the [...]