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CIO Insight Weekly Report, May 7, 2008

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KNOW IT ALL
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Social Nets in the Enterprise: Choosing a Vendor

Tech cognescenti debate the options available and what they can accomplish.   
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One outlet predicts Google will overtake Microsoft next year.    
BIZTECH 3.0
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Should Customer Success Decide CIO Pay?

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  Case Studies

A massive remake of Britain’s National Health Service systems provides BT with a test of its new abilities.

Feature
Led by its technology organization, BT remade itself from a legacy telco into an innovative global communications services company.
Feature
Our correspondent finds himself unable to heed his mother's advice about not saying anything at all if you can't say something nice. Or maybe Yahoo is right and that necktie really does cost $27,000?
News
Five companies demonstrate how organizations of various shapes and sizes overcame the deployment challenges to share knowledge within their enterprises.
Feature
Nationwide reduced data center floor space and power use, extending a facility's life by at least two years.

 
Opinion
Return on Noninvestment at Morgan Stanley
Analysis: It's not hard to figure out how big the return is on money you invest. The tricky part is figuring how much you lose on money you don't spend.
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  • NEWS
    Five companies demonstrate how organizations of various shapes and sizes overcame the deployment challenges to share knowledge within their enterprises.
    A mixture of youth and experience lets Jun Ying bring value to Coke in developing its successful Web presence.
    Max Mancini is charged with keeping eBay nimble, creative and ahead of the technology curve. It's not as easy as it sounds.
    Brennon Marcano hopes to change the way companies outsource IT services—and give underprivileged youth a fresh start in technology.
    Southside Electric powered up SOA to more quickly handle service calls.

    OPINIONS
    Analysis: It's not hard to figure out how big the return is on money you invest. The tricky part is figuring how much you lose on money you don't spend.
    Kimberly-Clark has so much faith in RFID that it's built a whole warehouse just to test how to build and use radio tags to greatest effect, even knowing their real impact won't come for a couple of years.
    The best planning in the world won't prevent catastrophe, but you can still stay in business. Jan Rideout's crew helped Northrup Grumman get back underway after two hurricanes.

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