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In this article, we will discuss the paradigm shift that the modern world offers the global corporate market. Several challenges and opportunities are found embedded in various scenarios. Among these we can highlight the evolution in today’s corporate world of a new business model. They could be called “virtual, agile and global networking enterprises”. A new business expertise is required; Business Network Management. The architect of a Business Network Management project is the CNO – Chief Networking Officer, someone with leadership responsibilities focused on the future.

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Brian H. Prince, Architect Evangelist for Microsoft, will be presenting with Mike Jordan, Senior Software Architect for Ohio Department of Transportation, at SYS-CON’s 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo in New York City this coming March 30-April 1, 2009. State government a hotbed of technology innovation - huh? But that’s exactly right. The Ohio Dept of Transportation has harnessed extensive infrastructure (thousands of sensors, historical & police data, etc.) and cloud services to create a rich solution. Through a series of demos, this session will showcase for delegates how the Buckeye State has created a rich user experiences for residents, visitors and internal staff conducting detailed traffic analysis.

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President Obama has been credited with being a pioneer when it comes to the Internet and moving it to the mainstream of political life. Grass roots marketing and the use of the Internet by the Obama campaign helped overcome a huge lead by Hillary Clinton early in the nominating race. One aspect, the online presence and site had easy to employ tools allowing those interested in finding out more, helping out, being present – virtually and contributing financially, etc. Making people feel like they were “making a difference” immediately. There is something to say about the American society and their appetite to see immediate dividends from their efforts. What quicker way than the Internet?

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“If Facebook were a country, it would be the eighth most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan, Russia, and Nigeria.” That was what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was proudly blogging last month. This month, as the number of active Facebook users hit 175M (up from 100M last August), Zuckerberg was blogging about another topic entirely: the question of who owns and controls the information posted by users on Facebook pages.

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TrueScoop, an Arbor Venture’s product, has announced the release of a new Facebook application which searches through over 20 million records and a million photos for personal and criminal history of anyone, completely free of charge. TrueScoop provides access to the complete national sex offender list, with pictures included, and millions of other records containing people who have committed everything from misdemeanors like being too noisy, to full-fledged dangerous felonies. TrueScoop is the most complete safety list available for free on the web and no other source can even come remotely close. To ensure that your Valentine is actually who they say they are, simply enter a name and get a plethora of information, including past criminal records, DUIs, places lived, and money owed or owed to them. This service, which can normally cost upwards to $40 per search, is done completely free and confidentially.

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Arthur Rock, the mythic VC who backed the fledgling Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel and Apple, was also a Madoff investor according to the Madoff customer list made public the other day in bankruptcy court filings. He had five trusts with Madoff, but it’s impossible to tell whether they were with the Ponzi scheme or Bernie’s legit broker-dealer operation.

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Salvatore Genovese says Twitter is the dumbest thing ever. Apparently, he’s never seen Microsoft Bob or The Astronaut Farmer. There’s a funny article in Web 2.0 Journal by an SEO consultant from Italy named Salvatore Genovese, who thinks that Twitter is the dumbest thing he’s ever seen. The column appears next to a short piece I wrote about my twittecdotes. Salvatore thinks that Twitter is full of “spammers and crazy people.” Yeah, and your point is?…. The world is full of spammers and crazy people, and Twitter is nothing more than a million-plus-strong flock of humanity.

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