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Global CIO: Microsoft Data Center Strategy Vital To Azure     November 18, 2009
The company envisions a more just-in-time approach to bringing on data center capacity.

Global CIO: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Goodbye Letter To European Customers     November 18, 2009
If Larry Ellison were to bid ciao and adieu to the wonks of the EU, here's what his goodbye letter to Oracle customers might say.

Global CIO: Building A Brand Takes IT Flexibility     November 17, 2009
There are fundamental differences in how marketing and IT see their roles, and the world. And it's bad for a company's brand when the CIO and marketing execs don't get along.

Global CIO: Instead of 'China Out,' 3Com Goes In With HP     November 17, 2009
3Com tried to take on the world using China as its base. Easier said than done

Global CIO: IT-Led Opportunities Abound, So Stop Sniveling     November 14, 2009
Lose the Depends and ask yourself why you find it so hard to believe when so many before us have given us so very much to work with.

Down To Smarter Business: People Want Technology Focused On Results, Not ''Solutions''     November 13, 2009
Sensors, wireless, cloud computing, machine-to-machine networks--they're all coming together to change how people get their jobs done.

Global CIO: SAP's Spread Out Payment Plan Is Good But Not Enough     November 13, 2009
The ERP business has become a buyers' market and is likely to stay this way. SAP could be on the verge of capitalizing on that.

Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: 500 Reader Suggestions!     November 13, 2009
The CEOs of HP and IBM say "cloud computing" is a lousy name, so we asked you to come up with a new term--and your 500 responses tell us a lot about ourselves.

Global CIO: SAP Tells Oracle To Free Java But Keeps Own Software Closed     November 12, 2009
SAP's CTO argues that Java is so vital to global IT that it must be in public domain. So does the same hold true for SAP systems that manage 65% of global GDP?

Global CIO: Why Oracle's Larry Ellison Will Tell The EU To Pound Sand     November 11, 2009
Larry Ellison wants to compete head-on against IBM. He needs Sun to do that. The EU stands in his way. The popinjays better be sure to buckle up their chinstraps.