Kathleen Lau

Articles by Kathleen Lau

Accept the social computing platform

Social computing platforms like wikis, podcasts and blogs are often perceived as a consumer trend that employees –- who are also consumers –- expect...

Truckers refine GPS applications

Operational efficiency, not security, is becoming the prime driver of location-based applications for the transportation industry

Wireless, solar power drives Montreal bike rentals

The city plans to roll out a self-serve system called BIXI that helps users plan short inner-city trips by picking up and returning vehicles from terminals. Where RFID fits in

Social computing should influence IT strategy, EMC says

Blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS and content tagging are just ways for people to collaborate. But an "appropriate framework" is a prerequisite for success, the company's Canadian director of content management says

Ad hoc process? Leave the e-mail out of it

Modelling human-centric processes can be tricky given they tend to change in a very fluid manner, according to the CTO of ActionBase. Why you may one day need an HPMS

Online university promotes asynchronous learning

A Fredericton university tries to balance high technology and high touch

Are you a chief performance officer?

It was during a conversation with an IBM Corp. executive at last week’s Information on Demand conference that I learnt of a role called...

Are database admins keeping up with the database?

At IBM Corp.’s Information on Demand conference earlier this week, I had a conversation about the future of databases with Anant Jhingran, the company’s...

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