Acronyms, once primarily abbreviated expressions for Depression-era government programs, have devolved into a parallel pop language that is rapidly turning web-based communications into a modern Tower of Babel. How many times over the past year have you run a Google search on an acronym you weren’t certain you had identified correctly, if at all? Come [...]

Intel Corporation signaled that it intends to take direct aim at the
heart of the data center market with the latest release of its workhorse
Xeon processor, the 5600 series.
The processor giant says a single Xeon 5600 processor-based server can
replace up to 15 single-core servers. Intel also says the new series can
improve performance by 60 percent, while [...]

Many companies may have enterprise data warehouses and the latest
analytical technologies, but the capabilities are not employed to their
full potential. Often, a change in organizational culture and governance
is required to make the most of these solutions.
Such was the challenge for Gap, Inc. At the recent National Retail
Federation show in New York, Mike Jones, Senior VP [...]