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Webcast: In the Google Apps Cloud: How to Achieve Your Business Objectives
Dec 3rd, '09, 1 - 2 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council member Brent Hoag, Director, Global IT, at JohnsonDiversey, as he discusses the adoption of Google Apps which has helped meet four corporate goals; sustainability, simplification, increased employee productivity and global collaboration.
Webcast: Collaboration Initiatives: Benchmarks & Best Practices
Dec 15th, '09, 4 - 5 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council members Ruth Thorpe, VP & CIO at the U.S. Pharmaceutical Operations of Sanofi-Aventis, and Gary Kuyper, CIO at Bethany Christian Services, as they speak about their collaboration initiatives and experiences in how and why they chose the social networking and collaboration tools they are using and their business goals for collaboration, and facing culture change challenges.
Data Overview: Collaboration Initiatives Field Guide: Benchmarks & Best Practices
This appendix to the Council Field Guide provides an analysis which discusses benchmarks for collaboration IT implementation costs, adoption rates and payoffs. The overview identifies top IT and business goals and satisfaction rates for collaboration initiatives as well as best practices and lessons learned for implementing collaboration IT.
Learn more about the CIO Executive Council »May 16, 2006 — CIO —
Since this story was originally reported, it has been updated to correct the amount of the 13-inch MacBook’s RAM.
Apple Computer finally released the much-anticipated consumer edition of its 13-inch MacBook on Tuesday morning, which features an Intel Core Duo Processor and a new glossy display at a starting price of $1,099, PC World reports.
The New MacBook replaces Apple’s iBook and PowerBook, and it is available in white with either a 1.83-GHz or 2-GHz chip and in black with the 2-GHz processor, according to PC World.
The 1.83 GHz MacBook has 512MB of RAM, as well as a 60GB hard drive, PC World reports.
The new MacBooks also feature iSight video cameras, DVI with two panel support, and a remote control that functions with Apple’s Front Row media software, according to PC World.
Apple also increased the processing power of its 15-inch MacBook Pro computers without bumping up the cost.
The 2GHz model, which retails for $2,499, now contains a 2.16GHz chip, and the 1.83GHz model, which goes for $1,999, now has 2GHz of processing power, according to PC World.
For related news coverage, read Apple Debuts 17-Inch MacBook Pro.
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