Users are asking for more consumer-like technology experiences at work. That means big changes for CIOs and enterprise technology providers.
By Christopher Lochhead, contributor
Fun.
FORTUNE -- Today, business users are demanding a consumer-like experience at work. People are asking, "How come the technology in my person life is so great but, at work, it sucks so much?" Meet the new class of business technology consumers. You could call them "bizumers."
Where did MORE
Oct 31, 2011 10:52 AM ET
Broke ground Saturday on a robotics research facility in Taiwan
Image: Honda.com
Here's one way to solve your labor problems.
Hon Hai Precision Industry, the company whose Foxconn division assembles most of the electronic products sold in the U.S. -- including Apple's (AAPL) iPhones and iPads -- broke ground Saturday on a new R&D unit in Taichung, central Taiwan.
"The investment marks the beginning of Hon Hai's bid to build an empire of MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 31, 2011 8:36 AM ET
Ten days after it aired the first Siri ad, the company launched three more
The focus, as usual with Apple (AAPL), is on the product and what it can do for you.
Via 9to5Mac.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 31, 2011 8:03 AM ET
The appointment-booking tool is quietly ushering the technophobic medical profession into the digital era.
By Alex Konrad, reporter
FORTUNE -- Physicians love gadgets and technology as much as anyone, but you'd never know it from the way many of them manage their medical practices. Shelves groan with patient files. Plenty of doctors still write out prescriptions. And patients can spend an eternity on hold waiting to book appointments by phone.
ZocDoc, a four-year-old tech MORE
Oct 31, 2011 5:00 AM ET
Treasury officials considered shutting down GM's also-ran luxury brand in 2009. Now, the decision not to is looking brilliant.
By Doron Levin, contributor
FORTUNE -- U.S. Treasury officials weren't sure in 2009 whether General Motors ought to shut down its Buick division as part of the government-sponsored bankruptcy. Their decision to hang on to the brand is looking better by the day.
Buick (GM) sales in the U.S. soared 48% in 2010 MORE
Oct 31, 2011 5:00 AM ET
In survey, 16% of school tech directors expect to have 1 tablet per student within 5 years
Click to enlarge. Source: Piper Jaffray
Whether counting heads at the Apple Store or buttonholing cell phone users at the Mall of America, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster is the master of the small survey that may or may not be significant.
His latest: A survey of 25 educational technology directors at a conference on integrating technology MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 31, 2011 4:30 AM ET
Fortune's curated selection of newsworthy tech stories from the weekend. Sign up to get the round-up delivered to you every day.
"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow." -- Steve Jobs' final words (The New York Times)
* Mark Zuckerberg offered a candid interview with Y Combinator, mentioning that he might have one or two regrets. "In Silicon Valley, you get this feeling that you have to be out here," he said. "But it's MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Oct 31, 2011 3:30 AM ET
A sister's eulogy to Steve Jobs
When I read Mona Simpson's, A Regular Guy, I was left with the impression that she didn't much like her brother.
I was wrong.
If you haven't seen it yet, set aside a few minutes this evening to read her eulogy to Steve Jobs, delivered at his memorial service and published Sunday by the New York Times.
And if you cared at all about the man who co-founded Apple (AAPL), bring a MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 30, 2011 6:39 PM ET
With one seventh as many employees as IBM, Apple generates 13 times more profit
In most recent quarter. Source: Google Finance, Apple Inc. Click to enlarge.
As of September, Apple (AAPL) had 60,400 full-time equivalent employees, according to the SEC Form 10-K it filed Wednesday, nearly 30% more than the 46,600 it reported in Q4 2010.
But those employees generate more profit per capita -- by far -- than any of Apple's MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 30, 2011 6:34 AM ET
Apple released its new phone in 22 countries Friday. In one it's already "unavailable"
Source: Tech65.org via YouTube
Singapore would seem the perfect place for an Apple Store.
The former British colony of 5 million people on the tip of the Malay Peninsula is the world's fifth busiest shipping port, the fourth largest financial center, the second biggest casino gambling market and first in the percentage of millionaire households.
Plus, it can't get enough MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 29, 2011 6:55 AM ETEvery morning, discover the companies, deals and trends in tech that are moving markets and making headlines. SUBSCRIBE
Receive Fortune's newsletter on all the deals that matter, from Wall Street to Sand Hill Road. SUBSCRIBE
Covering the digital giants of Silicon Valley and beyond, an in-depth look at enterprise companies, and the startups disrupting them. Written by Michal Lev-Ram and emailed twice weekly. SUBSCRIBE
Anne Fisher answers career-related questions and offers helpful advice for business professionals. SUBSCRIBE
| Company | Price | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of America Corp... | 7.30 | -0.00 | -0.02% |
| Ford Motor Co | 12.28 | -0.46 | -3.62% |
| Frontier Communicati... | 4.29 | -0.18 | -4.03% |
| Juniper Networks Inc... | 21.71 | -0.66 | -2.95% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 19.60 | -0.23 | -1.16% |
| Index | Last | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dow | 12,681.23 | -53.40 | -0.42% |
| Nasdaq | 2,817.47 | 12.19 | 0.43% |
| S&P 500 | 1,318.27 | -0.16 | -0.01% |
| Treasuries | 1.90 | -0.03 | -1.71% |
.
