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AUGUST 26, 2012

I would love to write a case study on the security scenarios that are being played out in Tampa over the next few days a) The RNC convention was already making the city a focus of the Secret Service, Coast.

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Security Tampa 239

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AUGUST 29, 2012

An executive who was honored at the recent annual CIO 100 event was describing the privilege of being with rock stars like Rob Carter, CIO of Fedex. He then observed “I was surprised how few CIOs at the event used.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

on the innovation blog Traveling at the speed of Hertz We’ll leave the light on for you 10 Regular Use Green Innovations Consumer Ingenuity Riverside, CA: Government, Business, Academic Innovation Intel and Click & Mortar Retail Bill Gates on India’s.

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Green Government Technology 230

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AUGUST 19, 2012

On the New Florence blog Smart – and rich- homes How sustainability transformed all aspects of Puma Sony’s alternate reality without Apple Google Now Higgs for the rest of us Consumerization and the NFL SPE: “sanitas per escam” – health.

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Restful Technology 230

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AUGUST 14, 2012

I was raised in a PwC culture where even an hour’s meeting was a justification for a flight. I left PwC for Gartner hoping my travel would drop. It actually increased. I left Gartner to do a start-up hoping to.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

My friend, Jim Spath is one of the best book draft reviewers there is. Eagle eyes, encyclopedic knowledge, English mastery – great combination. While reviewing one of my drafts he suggested I was using the word “hacking” pejoratively. He is.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Usually organizers will ask you to fill surveys after you attend an event. I thought it was pleasant that Oracle’s PR firm, Blanc and Otus asked me for input 6 weeks before the event. Other Oracle folks have also reached.

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PR Software 225

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AUGUST 14, 2012

InformationWeek summarizes the IT brand challenge of a 150 year old railroad based in Omaha, Neb. When Union Pacific IT recruiters attend job fairs on college campuses nationwide, they typically look on enviously as long lines queue at the booths.

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Omaha Technology 225

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AUGUST 5, 2012

This continues a series of columns from practitioners I respect. The category "Real Deal" describes them well. This time it is Matt Haller, a Senior Principal at Baker Tilly, who leads the Enterprise Solutions group in its Management Consulting practice.

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Cloud Management 225

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AUGUST 29, 2012

on the innovation blog Dude, you are getting an Ultrabook! The “Big Data” of Drought Analysis Stars 2.0 Blueseed: “The Googleplex of the Sea” The Garmin G1000 Glass Cockpit Police Robots Swedish Medical Center and Aurora shooting More HaHa than.

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Technology 220

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AUGUST 12, 2012

on the innovation blog The Concorde View was Ho-Hum Lasers and home runs GoInstant: Like a good neighbor here when you need it The Wired Ocean Reboot the school An “Ultra-Green” Building Mosquitoes, Shall we play a game? The Great.

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Green Technology 220

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Henry Blodget gets some snide comments for just waking to the large software revenue that defines IBM. Actually you cannot fault him. If you see IBM’s TV commercials, or their social marketing or their pitches to media and investors, they.

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Software Revenue Media Marketing 210

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AUGUST 13, 2012

In our industry we tend to celebrate products and product designers. We don’t hear much about innovative decisions during the product design, during the product rollout, during applications at customer sites. Frankly, that is what gets me salivating. So, Apple’s.

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Design Product Customer 210

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AUGUST 8, 2012

I recently read Chris Pappas, CEO of Styron, a plastics and other specialty materials spinoff from Dow Chemical say in his chemist view of the world “People think of innovation as the creation of brand-new things. But if you take.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

This continues a series of columns from practitioners I respect. The category "Real Deal" describes them well. This time it is Bob Ferrari, a top notch supply chain and enterprise software industry analyst. He is the Founder and Executive Editor.

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Technology Software Founder 210

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AUGUST 30, 2012

Thanks to the bonus posts related to technology and innovation at the London Olympics and the Presidential Race/GOP convention in Tampa, the New Florence blog will have its most voluminous month ever – 80 entries in August.

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Tampa Technology 207

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AUGUST 29, 2012

One of the really nice things about an assignment in Saudi Arabia is its proximity to Egypt (or Misr in the Arabic/Semitic vernacular). It was a convenient weekend destination and I got to visit some of the pyramids. You quickly.

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Saudi Arabia Egypt Software 207

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AUGUST 8, 2012

on the New Florence blog BELVIQ – anti-obesity pill Wimbledon in 2036 The Gamification of Captchas Most Creative People Austin, TX Mobile Food Capital Extreme Tech at X Games.

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Austin Mobile Technology 207

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AUGUST 3, 2012

The first set was here. More posts starting with the Opening Ceremony last Friday. The biomechanics of Usain Bolt NBC Olympics – by the numbers The “Fast Pool” at the London Aquatic Centre The Amazing Olympic Cauldron 64,000,000 Points of.

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Technology 207

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AUGUST 1, 2012

on the innovation blog Junaio – Augmented Reality Browser A young Polymath The Orbitz recommendation engine The iBathroom Next-gen wildfire fighting Google Glass at I/O.

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Engineer Technology 207

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AUGUST 23, 2012

I read this Wall Street Journal article on “Five Ways CIOs let vendors outsmart them” and wished the author had joined me at a meeting this week with a CIO whose IT backbone has components from each of the MISO.

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Software 199

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AUGUST 21, 2012

apologies to Fleetwood Mac, but as Dennis Howlett writes, Workday goes its own way. Over and over again. Parker Harrison, co-founder of Salesforce.com told us a few years ago he missed not having bigger vendors like SAP and Oracle in.

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Cofounder Founder Cloud Software 199

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AUGUST 15, 2012

on the innovation blog CNN’s Chief Innovation Correspondent 5 Geek Family Trips Citi at 200 Theme Parks – a global growth industry The Ultimate Repair Shop Serious? Mobile Payments in Afghanistan Amazon’s continued logistical excellence Comic-Con: Nerd-Fest.

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Afghanistan Global Mobile Technology 191

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AUGUST 3, 2012

Last week I wrote I was going to de-emphasize some “Drama Queen” vendors going forward because they “are enormous time sinks for the blog or book content they provide. They over promise in their marketing and under deliver over and.

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Marketing 186

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AUGUST 27, 2012

I spent a few hours today at the downtown studios of Front Row Tampa Bay, a stone’s throw from the Republican convention. It is bringing together an impressive set of panelists from technology and political arenas. I had a chance.

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Tampa Technology 220

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AUGUST 24, 2012

On the eve of the Republicans coming to my hometown, Tampa a series of non-partisan posts from the New Florence blog on technology and innovations inspired by the Presidential Race Welcome to The Big Guava Tech-savvy Republicans Obama’s Video Legacy.

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Tampa Video Technology 220