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Global CIO: Why SAP Won't Match Oracle's 22% Maintenance Fees     December 10, 2009
By Bob Evans
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
By Bob Evans
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
By Chris Murphy
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
By Bob Evans
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?

Global CIO: The 50 Top Tech Quotes For 2009, Part II     December 8, 2009
By Bob Evans
"Take two of the five most-profitable businesses in China: they don't pay for their software." We've got 24 more great quotes in Part II of our best of 2009.

Global CIO: The Top 50 Tech Quotes From 2009     December 7, 2009
By Bob Evans
What were the most-memorable, confrontational, insightful, and valuable comments in 2009? We've pulled together 50 of the best.

Practical Analysis: Pundits, Facts, And Competing Goals     December 5, 2009
By Art Wittmann
There's no silver bullet when it comes to building a technically competent enterprise content management strategy.

Global CIO: Outsourcer HCL To Cut Insurer's Costs By $150 Million     December 3, 2009
By Bob Evans
HCL is taking on an end-to-end chain of processes in a deal valued at $200 million that blends IT infrastructure and services with deep business processes and more.

Global CIO: Will SAP Move To Tiered Maintenance Fees?     December 2, 2009
By Bob Evans
SAP's intentions are always difficult to discern, but it might be on the verge of revising the support/maintenance fees its customers love to hate.

Global CIO: Fear Of Facebook For The Enterprise     December 1, 2009
By Chris Murphy
Enterprise social networking, at its worst, looks like another way to get buried in data.