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Jonathan Feldman

Geek Physique: Why IT Managers Must Get Fit

April 15, 2013

Our 2013 IT Salary Survey shows most employers don't care that much about your fitness. But you should, if you want to do your job better.

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Howard Anderson

20 People Who Changed Tech: Mauchly And Eckert

April 15, 2013

In this seventh installment in our series, Howard Anderson profiles the men behind the ENIAC.

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Chris Murphy

Have You Really Started A Mobile Strategy?

April 15, 2013

An app isn't a strategy.

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James McQuivey

Digital Disruption Can Expand Your Business

April 12, 2013

UPS's My Choice service shows the power and potential of the new consumer-funded digital infrastructure.

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Michael Fitzgerald

IT Needs To Think Like Sales

April 08, 2013

You don't need to always be closing, but you should always be challenging.

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Coverlet Meshing

Why Tech Projects Fail: 5 Unspoken Reasons

April 08, 2013

Today's IT groups make too many ROI guesstimates and have too little accountability, says this financial industry IT exec, in his debut column for...

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Howard Anderson

20 People Who Changed Tech: Marconi And Tesla

April 08, 2013

In this sixth installment in our series, Howard Anderson profiles the pioneers of radio.

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Doug Henschen

HP's Rebound: When Will Distractions End?

April 05, 2013

After HP Chairman Ray Lane steps down, fresh Autonomy and Itanium distractions lie ahead. Customers just want strategic clarity.

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Jonathan Feldman

IT Apocalypse Demands Courage

April 05, 2013

IT as you know it is not long for this world. Take these small steps to move out of the fearful realm of problems and into the realm of solutions.

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Fritz Nelson

How Oracle Must Reclaim Its Cool

April 04, 2013

Oracle President Safra Catz says the company's sales team will soon answer its critics. But Oracle must do much more than rev up the growth numbers.

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Chris Murphy

Salesforce.com Takes Smartphone-First Approach

April 04, 2013

Salesforce.com co-founder Parker Harris sees customers using smartphones more than tablets for CRM apps, and he's betting on a blended HTML5 and...

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Rob Preston

CIOs Must Innovate Or Go Home

April 04, 2013

How can IT leaders drive profitable business innovation when they're so caught up in their day-to-day work? Learn from your peers who've done it.

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Howard Anderson

20 People Who Changed Tech: Thomas Edison

April 01, 2013

In this fifth installment in our series, Howard Anderson chats up the Wizard of Menlo Park.

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Mike Feibus

Smartphone Battery Life: Back To The Future

March 29, 2013

Three innovations could help you squeeze a full day's work out of your smartphone battery. Many of us haven't seen that since 2007.

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Chris Murphy

5 Underrated Healthcare Trends From A Top CIO

March 28, 2013

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center CIO Dan Drawbaugh shares his thoughts about what the next health IT opportunities will be.

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Joe Weinman

Netflix's Cloud Contest: More Companies Should Follow Suit

March 27, 2013

The economics of open innovation are too compelling to ignore.

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Imre Kabai

8 Reasons Enterprise Architecture Programs Fail

March 26, 2013

Successful enterprise architecture programs marshal the right people, support structures and approaches -- and dispense with the distractions.

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Howard Anderson

20 People Who Changed Tech: Alexander Graham Bell And Theodore Vail

March 25, 2013

In this fourth installment in our series, Howard Anderson tells how a masterful inventor and a business genius transformed communications.

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Rob Preston

CIOs Must Embrace Digital Business

March 22, 2013

The title 'chief digital officer' may yet go the way of the 'chief evangelist,' but the digital business movement is a force CIOs can't ignore.

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David Berlind

The End Of BYOD As We Know It?

March 21, 2013

Will IT need to limit which devices can connect to the corporate network? It feels like we're heading for separate Internets, aligned with mobile...

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Chris Murphy

Accenture's 7 Tech Trends Driving Digital Business

March 20, 2013

From customer relationships to cloud, and why mobile isn't one of them.

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Alistair Croll

How Should We Measure Clouds?

March 20, 2013

Too often, IT pros start at the bottom and work up. In the cloud, we need to look at the business model and set metrics from there.

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Michael Fitzgerald

Chubb CIO Explains His No-Stress Social Rollout

March 19, 2013

Jim Knight, global CIO for Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, says the company's move to Jive as a social business platform is all about...

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Jonathan Feldman

Monitoring Vs. Spying: Are Employers Going Too Far?

March 18, 2013

The email brouhaha that erupted at Harvard recently did not meet my definition of spying. If your company monitors, do it with reasonable cause.

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Thomas Claburn

Watching Workers: Where's The Line?

March 18, 2013

Counting keystrokes might be called for in a data entry context. But tracing the location of a company-issued smartphone during a worker's...

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