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Global CIO: The CIO's Christmas     December 14, 2009
A holiday poem, with apologies to Dr. Seuss

Global CIO: Oracle's EU Nemesis Mocked Intel After $1.5B Fine     December 14, 2009
After fining Intel $1.5 billion, top EC bureaucrat Neelie Kroes joked about Intel sponsoring European taxpayers. What sort of joke was she planning for Oracle?

Global CIO: Oracle Customer Comments Will Force EU To Yield     December 14, 2009
Oracle customers last week crushed the EU's case against Oracle by saying its databases don't compete with MySQL. But will the EU listen?

Down To Business: The 'Jobs Summit' And The Role Of Government     December 12, 2009
Policy makers don't 'create' IT and other jobs without introducing a ton of waste. They do best when they grease the skids of output and trade.

Practical Analysis: 802.11 -- The Blu-Ray Of Wireless     December 12, 2009
While useful, 802.11n is unlikely to be game-changing technology in most enterprise settings.

Global CIO: Riverbed Sees Cloud Computing Boom In 2010     December 11, 2009
With CIOs looking to the cloud to help rekindle growth and CEOs dazzled by the economic promise, Riverbed is very bullish on cloud computing.

Global CIO: Why SAP Won't Match Oracle's 22% Maintenance Fees     December 10, 2009
Here are five reasons why SAP won't make the awful mistake of raising annual maintenance fees to match Oracle at 22%.

Global CIO: IBM Supports Oracle But Microsoft Kisses EU Ring     December 9, 2009
IBM exec Steve Mills says MySQL doesn't compete with Oracle, but Microsoft obsequiously awaits its chance to kiss the EU's ring by demonizing Larry Ellison's company.

Global CIO: General Motors CIO On 4 Essential IT Skills     December 9, 2009
He'd like to hire people with all 4 into the new GM. But how can IT pros get this broad experience?

Global CIO: Steve Jobs Is Bugs Bunny But Microsoft Is Elmer Fudd     December 9, 2009
Windows 7 is nice, Bing is neat, Sharepoint is solid, and Azure is promising. But does Microsoft scare the crap out of any of its competitors anymore?