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Xceedium a “Cool Vendor” for Innovative Solutions to Control and Track High-Risk Users

Company Recognized for Highly Efficient Vendor Access Control and Secure Remote AdministrationREAD»

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We're With the Band

The new cultural tastemakers: you--and everyone else.READ»

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Business Cost Controls Increase Revenues

By using the virtual enterprise model that increases work-flow efficiency reducing client costs by over 45% and workforce carbon footprint by more than 25% resulting in sustainable clean technology for cleaner air and reduced commuter oil consumption.READ»

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Is Your Slow Website Losing You Customers?

Waiting for a web page to load online is equivalent to the real world experience of waiting in a queue. Except online you can opt-out and go somewhere else incredibly easily. Forrester Research and Gartner Group report that ...READ»

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Hey, Big Spender

Will the glory days of tech spending ever return? The CEO of Gartner Inc. -- one of the few tech-research firms to forecast the economic downturn -- says companies will spend again, but more wisely than before.READ»

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Nokia Rocks the World: The Phone King's Plan to Redefine Its Business

Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»

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Analyze This

Many tech-analyst blogs read like a symposium of you most boring college engineering and economics professors. Here are three exceptions.READ»

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" Please Stay on the Line"

What do call-center companies tell each other? Press 1 to find out.READ»

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Learn More Now

Picture a company cafeteria with overhead projectors, pads of paper, and pencils on all the tables. Is this the sign of an organization in desperate need of more conference rooms? No, it's the cafeteria at Siemens Power Transmission ...READ»

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Advertisers - Issue 52

Interact with the companies whose products and services are advertised in Fast Company.READ»

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Into Thin Air

Maybe offshoring is good for the economy in the long run. Maybe it will boost productivity and save companies. But it's causing real pain to real people. And they never thought it would happen to them.READ»

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Why Content Curation Is Here to Stay

For website content publishers and content creators, there’s a debate raging as to the rights and wrongs of curation. While content aggregation has been around for a while with sites using algorithms to find and link to content, ...READ»

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Web 2.0 University

IBM and The University of Arizona are developing a course that will teach Management Information Systems and Marketing students to build online communities and social network systems using Web 2.0 technologies. The IBM/University of ...READ»

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IT's Not about the Technology

Fast Interview: Gartner researcher Tom Austin on why your head of IT should be a cultural anthropologist and why you should think twice before you block YouTube.READ»

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Innovation Infrastructure

This is installment four in my series on building a sustainable innovation culture. In installment one, I outlined the Five Pillars of Sustainable Innovation Culture. Installment two examined Executive Leadership, the first ...READ»

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Turbo-Charge Your Product Launch To Optimize Buzz

When launching a new product or service, go for the value, not the flash. Value builds revenue, company growth, future funding. Flash is transitory.Your public launch of a product or service will raise the profile of your ...READ»

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Mastering Disaster

The worst is yet to come--and, believe it or not, someone is preparing for it.READ»

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Intel Atom: Intel Makes Its Smallest Chip Ever

A completely reimagined computer chip from Intel drinks 10 times less power -- and puts the full Internet in the palm of your hand.READ»

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The Stock Market in Your Pocket

An inexpensive new app puts rich financial data on your smart-phone. Who wants it?READ»

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Asking Your Website Visitors to Wait is Like Asking Them to Leave

How much thought do you give to page load speed? Waiting for a web page to load online is equivalent to the real world experience of waiting in a queue. Except online you can opt-out and go somewhere else incredibly easily. The impact of a slow website on visitor experience and on the efficiency of a website as a business, sales, and communication tool are significant.READ»

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The Solid State Revolution

The death of moving parts means your stocking will be stuffed with smaller,faster, stronger -- and quieter -- gadgets. READ»

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Nokia World Kickoff Shines a Light on Smartphone Future of Embattled Company

It's the opening day of Nokia World, but trumpet its successes as it will, the cell phone giant is in trouble. It needs to reinvigorate its smartphone business, but can the first clutch of new phones in this market actually help?READ»

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The Ex-Files

Alumni networks are helping former colleagues stay connected.READ»

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What's the Matter With Microsoft?

Everything Microsoft touches, it eventually does brilliantly. When it comes to products, strategies, and sales growth, Microsoft sets the standard for performance. So why aren't we willing to trust Microsoft with all of our private information?READ»