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bySometimes we forget that the very essence of America is defined by what some people, at times, would label “foreign.” Here. And God Bless for immigrant corporations.
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Sometimes we forget that the very essence of America is defined by what some people, at times, would label “foreign.” Here. And God Bless for immigrant corporations.
Several years ago, when I worked in corporate marketing, my team tackled an information beast. As part of redesigning our intranet (internal) site, we took the virtual brooms to our company’s Outlook public folders. The public folders were filled with long-forgotten spreadsheets, shared calendars and various other files from departments.
2008 certainly gave us not only one of the most memorable presidential campaigns, but one that made the most of the internet. There’s an interesting recap from Podcasting News of how new media played a role in the 2008 election. Not too surprisingly, Obama thumped McCain soundly when it came to the overall success and innovative use of the internet, largely because the Obama camp did a better job of controlling their online message.
Amidst headlines of yet another multi-billion-dollar bank bailout, non-bank competitors appear to be swarming at the proverbial bank-vault door. Consumers now have more choices and new ways to obtain and manage their money, presenting a challenge to banks at a time when financial institutions can ill-afford to lose customers, deposits and fee income.
Software As A Service (SAAS) is a form of Cloud Computing that delivers a single application through the browser to thousands of customers using a multitenant architecture. SAAS has gained in popularity in the past few years, and with it came some dramatic shifts in architecture and design. For instance, restrictions on processor usage and database queries have become common place due to the nature of the distributed environment. However, as developers, we need to be careful to avoid using this paradigm shift as an excuse to deviate from the development practices we know to be successful. Like Test Driven Development…