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The U.S. appears to be embarking on a new strategy for dealing with the restrictions China places on Internet companies, fueled in large part by Google’s recent dustup with the Chinese government over its censorship demands. The company testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday, urging the U.S. government to bring the censorship issue to the World Trade Organization for redress.
Nowadays, CIOs need to both cut costs and increase performance. Energy has never been more important in working toward this productivity advantage. It’s now time for IT leaders to gain control over energy use — and misuse — in enterprise data centers. More often than not, very little energy capacity analysis and planning is being done on data centers that are five years old or older.
Customer experience reared its head in my life this month. My phone service went out, which was not a catastrophe for me because in addition to the landline, I have a cell and a nifty VoIP line that lets me talk through my computer. Parenthetically, I love my VoIP line because, though I live in the Boston area, the VoIP line has a 415 area code, which you may know is San Francisco’s.
Apple’s share prices have begun climbing back since Feb. 23, closing Tuesday at $208.85. It’s not yet quite clear why — it could be the imminent shipping of the iPod or the shareholders’ meeting Feb. 25, among other things. Still, investors should take what they can get. They’ll have to — Cupertino isn’t about to fork over any dividends soon.
It was inevitable. With the new year have come indications that, at least to some degree, cloud euphoria is beginning to ebb and is being replaced with perspectives that range from cynicism to realism. It is true that in the past year cloud hype managed to get ahead of the reality. Recent surveys have suggested slow adoption rates in the enterprise, providing cynics with “proof” of failure.