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Chris Lau
Chris Lau  (29 Posts)


Big Data in the Enterprise

Chris Lau  (29 Posts)In the corporate sector, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Business Intelligence (BI) were buzz words in the late 1990’s to early 2000. Data Warehousing was a concept that gained ground in that time. By the time social … Continue reading

Big Data is This $97 Billion Elephant in the Room

Chris Lau  (29 Posts)It’s Facebook. When Social networking giant Facebook becomes a public company this Friday, May 18, IT departments should ignore the awe of its market capitalization. Departments should look at how the social networking company implemented Big Data. As … Continue reading

BYOD: Blackberry Fusion

Chris Lau  (29 Posts)News of Blackberry diminishing in the workplace is exaggerated, but Research in Motion recognizes the value of security. The company recently released Blackberry Mobile Fusion, to embrace the BYOD movement. Mobile Fusion expands BYOD in the workplace, … Continue reading

Hello World 5.0: Blackberry is Still BYOD and Well

Chris Lau  (29 Posts)Welcome, new competitors, former champions and alumni, and readers on the 5th year of blogging idol. A shout-out goes out to Dave and the IT team of blogging idol for the re-design. On BYOD: Research in Motion’s … Continue reading

RIM Blackberry Launches Playbook Giveaway Contest on Twitter

Chris Lau  (29 Posts)Greetings, blogidol contestants. Research in Motion this morning launched an usual contest on twitter, leading to the Playbook launch on April 19th. Is this advertising strategy bleeding edge, or viral? Blogidolers, be aware that this post will … Continue reading