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Email overload is a symptom of larger management dysfunctions.
Why are your employees spending so much time covering themselves for every little thing?
We get a lot of bad public relations pitches during a year, but these 12 speak for themselves. Enjoy, but please think carefully before paying for a FaceTime facelift.
Unlike the disappointing tech startups of the late 1990s, healthcare IT will continue to grow because it addresses problems the medical industry has yet to solve.
The next great technology problems to solve are out there in rail yards, power plants and farm fields. If Silicon Valley is going to drive this "Internet of things," it needs to build closer ties with companies in established industries.
Cloud-based collaboration tools give enterprises valuable advantages, but vendors must step up now to answer some key questions on security and integration.
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Eric Lundquist
10 CES Trends That Matter To Business
January 03, 2013 09:06 AM
Even with its consumer focus, the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 has plenty of food for thought for IT leaders.
Jonathan Feldman
Email Overload: Disease Or Symptom?
December 27, 2012 08:36 AM
Email overload is a symptom of larger management dysfunctions. Why are your employees spending so much time covering themselves for every little thing?
Eric Openshaw
5 Ways To Stay Ahead Of Consumerization Of IT
December 24, 2012 09:06 AM
Here's how to seize on the user trend as an opportunity rather than a problem.
Kevin Casey
7 SMB Technology Predictions For 2013
December 21, 2012 09:06 AM
What's in store for small and midsize business technology in the New Year?
Jim Ditmore
10 Year-End To-Do Items For IT Leaders
December 21, 2012 09:06 AM
It's time to reflect, give thanks, recharge and come out of the gate swinging in 2013.
Fritz Nelson
PR Gone Wild, 2012: 12 Hall Of Shamers
December 20, 2012 09:06 AM
We get a lot of bad public relations pitches during a year, but these 12 speak for themselves. Enjoy, but please think carefully before paying for a FaceTime facelift.
Chris Murphy
Internet Of Things: Coming To Pool Near You?
December 19, 2012 09:06 AM
IT pros need to start conversations about how networked devices might change their businesses, no matter how unlikely the application might be.
Mike Feibus
Should You Buy A 7-Inch Or 10-Inch Tablet?
December 18, 2012 09:06 AM
Hear me out on this one, tablet shoppers: You should buy a 7-inch tablet and a 10-inch tablet.
Eric Lundquist
7 Ways Outsourcing Has Changed
December 18, 2012 09:06 AM
The old role of outsourcers -- doing repetitive stuff overseas because it is a lot cheaper -- is history. See what's coming to take its place.
Thomas Claburn
Google In 2013: 11 Predictions
December 17, 2012 09:06 AM
Google Glass won't shine, but the company as a whole will thrive in 2013. See if you agree with our predictions.
Paul McDougall
5 Reasons Outsourcing Is Here To Stay
December 14, 2012 09:38 AM
The tech services industry is in the midst of a downturn, but outsourcing isn't going anywhere—it offers too many benefits.
Chris Murphy
6 Ways IT Still Fails The Business
December 13, 2012 09:06 AM
IT leaders should prepare their teams to avoid these mistakes in 2013.
Chris Murphy
Tell Me Again Why CEOs Should Tweet
December 12, 2012 12:54 PM
Social media matters, but that doesn't mean it's every CEO's job to participate.
Eric Lundquist
Health IT Bubble Is No Bubble At All
December 12, 2012 12:48 PM
Unlike the disappointing tech startups of the late 1990s, healthcare IT will continue to grow because it addresses problems the medical industry has yet to solve.
Jonathan Feldman
All I Want For Christmas Is Less Email
December 12, 2012 09:06 AM
When it comes to managing the email onslaught, we have met the enemy, and he is us. Needed now: Willpower.
John McGreavy
Always Connected, But Always Distracted
December 12, 2012 08:00 AM
Take a step back and ask what's more important: taking in what's online or taking in what's right in front of you?
Fritz Nelson
9 Inspiring Innings With SF Giants CIO Bill Schlough
December 10, 2012 10:49 AM
After getting to know Bill Schlough, InformationWeek's L.A. baseball diehard Fritz Nelson has just one question: Why isn't this guy with the Dodgers?
Art Wittmann
Does Microsoft Really Need To Make Its Own Hardware?
December 10, 2012 08:00 AM
Without some fundamental added value, Microsoft's hardware offerings are likely to go the way of the Zune.
Chris Murphy
Silicon Valley Needs To Get Out More
December 07, 2012 09:06 AM
The next great technology problems to solve are out there in rail yards, power plants and farm fields. If Silicon Valley is going to drive this "Internet of things," it needs to build closer ties with companies in established industries.
Fritz Nelson
Mark Hurd Interview: Oracle Leading Or Following?
December 06, 2012 11:12 AM
Oracle President Mark Hurd talks strategy with InformationWeek's Fritz Nelson and some CIO customers. Watch the interview and read our analysis.
TJ Keitt
Cloud Collaboration Tools: Big Hopes, Big Needs
December 06, 2012 09:06 AM
Cloud-based collaboration tools give enterprises valuable advantages, but vendors must step up now to answer some key questions on security and integration.
Jonathan Feldman
CIOs As Rainmakers: The New Meme, Deconstructed
December 06, 2012 09:02 AM
When your CEO or CFO asks you to be a rainmaker, it's a call for help. Wrap it all in context and respond in a holistic way.
Michele Pelino
4 Steps To Build A BYOD Business Case
December 05, 2012 02:30 PM
Use these strategies to gather the support you'll need for a successful bring-your-own-device program.
Eric Lundquist
CIO Strategy: 5 Ways To Transform Your 2013
December 04, 2012 09:06 AM
Take the reins in these key areas and you will win a place back at the big table in leading your company's technology efforts.
Dan Liutikas
Avoid Vague Social Media Policies
November 30, 2012 02:25 PM
Recent National Labor Relations Board decision reminds employers that employee speech related to terms of employment is protected.