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Google amends Chrome license agreement after objections

Grant Gross — 2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

Google will dump a section of the licensing agreement for its new Chrome browser after some Internet users objected to its copyright implications.

Better BI: Boyne Resorts

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

BI projects are frequently driven by the demands of executives who want to scour dashboards to analyze sales and other business trends. But at Boyne Resorts, the company's BI directive was marshaled by its CIO.

Erlanger (Ky.) Police Department

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

By combining business intelligence and two foundations of Web 2.0 -- search and mapping -- a police department in Kentucky has built a brand-new window into crime. This Web-based BI portal allows patrol officers to enter data -- or even pieces of data such as a few numbers from a license plate -- into a simple search interface and retrieve information from their own databases and those of neighboring towns.

Dana-Farber researchers view genetic info via a portal

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

A cancer that strikes white blood cells and eventually bone marrow, multiple myeloma can be difficult to treat. Now, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is harnessing the dual power of business intelligence and Web 2.0-based scientific search tools to gather complex, scattered data to better treat patients and work toward a cure for this formidable disease.

Harris Corp.

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

By the time Leon Shivamber was hired in 2004 by Harris Corp. as vice president of supply chain and operations, the company had already shifted out of its semiconductor and printing businesses and was focused squarely on building communications systems for governmental and commercial customers. But the company still had a very divisional structure for its four businesses.

Better BI: Guy Carpenter & Co.

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

Rather unpredictably, hail pounds U.S. crops and property to the tune of about US$1 billion in damage each year, according to the National Weather Service. These icy agents of chaos account for just one of many catastrophic scenarios that Guy Carpenter & Co. must simulate and model, if the company is to protect its policyholders and stay one step ahead of disasters.

Can Web 2.0 save BI?

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

Chief Jon Greiner recently expanded his staff of crime analysts from one to 11 without hiring a single new officer at the Ogden Police Department in Utah.

'Warez' software pirate sentenced to probation

2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

U.S. federal authorities sentenced a prolific illegal trader of software to three years of probation on Thursday, according to the Department of Justice.

Cheaters: Inside the hidden world of IT certification fraud

Linda Musthaler — 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, companies that develop and administer IT certification exams are working together to combat a problem that has largely been swept under the rug for years: certification fraud.

How to buy a mini-laptop

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mini-laptops are among the hottest new products this year and with the back-to-school sales season upon us, I created a list of items to help you choose the right one.

Is your data center ready for tomorrow's applications?

2004-04-12T00:00:00Z

Click here to see what Gartner, Network World and other experts say about the new data center.