CIOZone^TM Update for Thursday, 03 July 2008
Latest excerpts on IT and business topics

How Many Laptops Lost Each Week?
Blog: That laptops are misplaced or stolen isn't exactly news - not with all the high profile cases over the past couple of years. Now comes a report that business travelers lose more than 12,000 laptops a week in American airports. And that's not the worst of it.

How Thomson Reuters Uses Mashups
Blog: Jennifer Roh spotlights an article detailing how Thomson Reuters applied mashups to one of its scientific community portals and talks about the benefits the information services company is realizing.

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Why Do IT Projects Fail?
Discussion: A blog by Mel Duvall listed several reasons why IT projects fail - from poor business-IT alignment, to broken budgets, to a lack of communications. The blog is generating discussion among members - some of whom added to the list. Read the blog and the comments. Then let us know what you think.
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