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Global CIO: My Farewell Column: 10 Big Things For CIOs To Think About
March 15, 2011
Your humble columnist says goodbye and thanks, and poses 10 big questions today's CIOs need to answer.
Global CIO: Saving Lives And Changing The World Via NPower
March 11, 2011
About 30 world-class CIOs and some top IT companies are helping nonprofits unleash the power of technology in partnership with a marvelous organization called NPower.
Global CIO: iPad Versus Motorola Xoom: Apps Give Apple Huge Advantage
February 28, 2011
In considering new Android and Blackberry tablets, CIOs need to focus on the numbers that matter: how many apps, and price of device.
Global CIO: HP CEO Apotheker Is Betting The Farm
February 24, 2011
Leo Apotheker's silence has raised lots of uncertainty about HP, but he says a March 14 event will make everything clear. He'd better be right.
Global CIO: iPad Becoming Kingmaker For Enterprise Apps
February 22, 2011
iPad's success in business market underscores critical need for competitors to match soaring downloads of iPad-ready enterprise apps.
Global CIO: Bill Clinton On Technology's Promise And Problems
February 18, 2011
Warning that he doesn't know much about technology, the former president said tech's true potential lies in the service of institutions.
Global CIO: As HP Stomps, Software Industry Shakes
February 17, 2011
The $130 billion giant's moving aggressively into software and is proving it's not afraid to stomp on some toes -- even those of trusted partners.
Global CIO: Google CEO Schmidt Whines About Nokia Snub
February 16, 2011
Schmidt didn't help his company by criticizing Nokia's choice of Microsoft or by describing a creepy future in which we're never lonely.
Global CIO: Cisco Zapped By Destructive Power Of Innovation
February 15, 2011
While John Chambers's company has branched far beyond its networking roots, that core business has stumbled—and competitors are pouncing.
Global CIO: Is Apple Or IBM The #1 Most-Respected Large Corporation?
February 14, 2011
IBM and Apple held their high ground but HP and Cisco lost respect among money managers ranking the world's 100 largest corporations for Barron's.
Global CIO: HP Mobile Dump Of Microsoft Is Brilliant
February 14, 2011
HP and Microsoft must forge a partnership whose future transcends the PC business—will their egos let them?
Global CIO: Sam Palmisano Reveals Secret Behind IBM's Century Of Success
February 11, 2011
IBM's chairman describes the power of culture and long-term thinking in his inaugural speech commemorating IBM's 100th birthday.
Global CIO: Oracle's Mark Hurd Calls Out Deadly IT Strategies
February 10, 2011
Hurd outlined several world-shaking trends while speaking with some of Oracle's largest financial-services customers and prospects.
Global CIO: IBM On Oracle Exadata: It's A Hog To Install
February 09, 2011
IBM product chief Steve Mills delivers unique insights on analytics, acquisitions, and archrival Larry Ellison and Oracle.
Global CIO: FCC's 'Net Neutrality' Scam Is Dead On Arrival
February 08, 2011
The FCC's brazen power grab aimed at jamming bureaucracy down businesses's throats will be stifled by the new pro-growth Congress.
Global CIO: Salesforce.com Rides Chatter Momentum Toward $2 Billion
February 07, 2011
Salesforce's expanding product set and soaring enterprise sales make it the most influential cloud-software company in the world.
Global CIO: IBM's Most Disruptive Acquisition Of 2010 Is Netezza
February 07, 2011
The Top 10 reasons why Netezza's shaking things up inside and outside of IBM—including some tough talk for Larry Ellison and Exadata.
Global CIO: Apple Faces Mounting Pressure On Steve Jobs Succession Plan
February 05, 2011
While Jobs's request for privacy during medical leave is logical, Apple investors have a right to want more transparency than Apple's offering.
Global CIO: Dell Preps iPad Killers As Cloud Business Booms
February 04, 2011
Dell says its enterprise solutions span from modularized data centers to a upcoming tablets that'll displace Apple's wildly popular iPad.
Global CIO: In Google-Microsoft Catfight, Insults Are For Losers
February 03, 2011
The hissy-fit about copying search results means absolutely nothing in the real world of customers who couldn't possibly care less.
Global CIO: Sam Palmisano And Larry Ellison Deserve Their Big Paydays
February 03, 2011
The anti-capitalism community will howl, but the CEOs of IBM and Oracle deserve every penny of their big comp deals. Sorry, howlers, but the numbers tell the story.
Global CIO: $100-Billion Tesco Kicks CIO Upstairs To CEO
February 02, 2011
As the $100-billion retailer accelerates its use of IT as a strategic weapon in its global expansion, Tesco CIO Philip Clarke will take the reins as CEO on March 1.
Global CIO: HP Calls Out Apple In CEO's Quest To Be Coolest Of All
February 01, 2011
New CEO Leo Apotheker finally talks about HP's future but says nothing about the enterprise. Instead, he says HP will out-cool Apple. Word up.
Global CIO: The Software Revolution: Can SAP Light The Fuse?
January 31, 2011
Three emerging technologies have sparked a new generation of incredibly fast enterprise apps with huge disruptive potential—and SAP plans to lead this revolution.
Global CIO: Larry Ellison Will Need A Time Machine To Catch Us, Says IBM
January 28, 2011
Ellison's vowed to remake Oracle in the fashion of circa-1960 IBM: a true systems company. But IBM says it's impossible for Ellison to overcome that 50-year head start.