gScreen, a small but ambitious laptop maker, is preparing to release 15.4" laptops that actually have two screens. The screens slide apart, allowing you to use either 1 screen or 2. Currently, the specs include 2 LED back-lit screens (should help cut down on power usage), Intel's Core 2 Duo mobile line, DDR2 RAM, and NVIDIA graphics, either 9800M GT or the Quadro FX 1700M. The 9800M GT would be suited for gaming/everyday desktop use, while the … [Read more...]
Finally: A (real) Dual Monitor Laptop
August 28, 2009 By RyanKamauff
Filed Under: CTO, Gadgets, The Future Tagged With: DoD, Intel, Laptop, Netbooks, Nvidia, Tech/Internet
The Role of the CTO: Four Models for Success
August 16, 2009 By BobGourley
One of my favorite examinations of the role of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is Tom Berray's"Roles of the CTO: Four Models for Success. " If you are an enterprise CTO or any technologist looking for career context I strongly recommend it to you for its situational awareness and context. Tom writes of CTOs in four models: The Infrastructure Manager The Big Thinker The Technology Visionary and Operations Manager The External-facing … [Read more...]
Some CTO Vision: Is the future still the same?
August 15, 2009 By BobGourley
Next month's Gov2.0 Summit (9-10 Sep) is going to be a great event. From what I've seen of the agenda and the hard work the conference organizers have been putting into this I can tell it will bring together a great mix of techies, govies, innovators and citizens in a fast-moving, productive discussion about Web2.0 concepts applied to the largest of the large enterprises. I'm hoping it will also be an opportunity for me to think about one of my … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO, Gov2.0, The Future, Web2.0 Tagged With: Cloud Computing, CTO, Gov2.0, Linux, Open Office, Open Solaris, Open Source Software, Tech/Internet, Vivek Kundra
Open Source Software: More reasons it is more secure
August 15, 2009 By BobGourley
Software designed by open source standards has security built in and has been found to be fielded with far fewer faults per unit of code than proprietary development houses. There are many reasons for this. This factor is especially true when the open source code is commercially supported. For example, Linux, which has the strength of a huge open community and also the strength of thousands of paid developers from great companies like IBM, Oracle, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Gov2.0, Open Source Tagged With: cio, CTO, IBM, Linux, microsoft, Open Source Software, Oracle, Software, Sun, Tech/Internet, YouTube
Tech Q&A with one of the 50 most powerful women in the world
August 8, 2009 By BobGourley
Marissa Mayer is one of the technology luminary's that are driving the future of search, discovery and online experience. She was one of Google's first 20 employees and the first female engineer at Google. She is currently the VP of Search and User Experience at Google, and is responsible for leading development projects and products for Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Earth and iGoogle. Fortune recently named her one of the 50 most … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cloud Computing, CTO, Web2.0 Tagged With: Google, microsoft, social media, Tech/Internet, vmware
Announcing the Federal Technology Events Calender
August 8, 2009 By BobGourley
If your focus is on Federal IT you have no doubt long realized there are an incredible number of conferences and events in this domain. As an aid to long range planning I've built a public calendar titled the Federal Technology Events Calendar. This calendar uses Google Calendar technologies so it is fast and easy to maintain, which means it should be easy to keep it up to date. You can see the calendar at the http://CTOvision.com blog and at my … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cloud Computing, CTO, Gov2.0 Tagged With: Google, Tech/Internet
Gmail actually stands for Green(er) Mail
August 1, 2009 By RyanKamauff
Lifehacker recently announced the results of a survey of their readers regarding e-mail. 54% indicated they prefer to manage e-mail on the web, versus just 24% who prefer a desktop email client. 20% prefer a hybrid approach (see "Web-based e-mail slaughters Its Desktop Counterparts"). Web-based e-mail is preferred for lots of reasons. With this note I'll highlight one you might not have considered yet. Web-based e-mail can be better for the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cloud Computing, CTO Tagged With: Cell Phone, Google, microsoft, Tech/Internet, vmware, Windows