Iain Thomson

Iain Thomson
Managing Director, vnunet.com

Iain Thomson is the US Editor of vnunet.com, the international technology news portal. He has spent the last 15 years writing about technology, including stints as the Technology Editor for PC Magazine, Reviews Editor of PC Advisor and Editor of Aviation Informatics. Originally from Derbyshire, England he has recently moved to San Francisco to cover Silicon Valley.

Sessions

11:30am Wednesday, 11/05/2008
The Challenges Faced by Traditional Industries Embracing a Web2.0 World
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 Location: Marina
Chris Kibarian (FindLaw), Iain Thomson (vnunet.com), Penny Herscher (FirstRain, Inc.), David Marks (Loomia), Fabio Rosati (Elance Inc.), James Powell (President and CTO ), Shenly Glenn (University of California, San Francisco)
On this panel, professional service leaders from the Legal, Scientific and Financial worlds will debate the challenges faced by their industries in fully leveraging the power of Web 2.0 technology and the often stark wall of doubt Web 2.0 mania runs into when it slams into the stolid reality of conservative, established industries. Read more.

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  • Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Enterprise Ireland
  • IBM
  • IDA Ireland
  • Juniper Networks
  • Microsoft
  • Thomson Reuters
  • Yahoo! Inc.
  • Accenture
  • CareerBuilder.com
  • iQuestions.com
  • Searchme
  • Socialtext
  • SourceForge.net
  • Microsoft
  • MySpace.com
  • Mohr Davidow Ventures
  • New Enterprise Associates
  • Omidyar Network
  • Panorama Capital
  • Silicon Alley Insider
  • Topix
  • Wired

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