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HP Layoffs Signal Punishing Fall
Unless HP can turn enterprise software, cloud services, or some other line into a high-volume, high-margin business, it's in for a world of hurt.
How To Build The Right IT Skills
Every IT pro, no matter how senior, must always be in learning mode, but especially in a lackluster economy.
Can IT Be Trusted With Personal Devices?
Mobile device management as a path to security is a fundamentally flawed strategy. You must manage the data.
SAP Faces Uphill Battle On Database, Mobile, Cloud
SAPPHIRE conference spotlights a young, three-pronged strategy that remains a work in progress.
10 Ways To Stifle Tech Competition
Competition happens, unless you can avoid it. From Microsoft Windows RT to Google Chrome, here's how today's giants safeguard their turf.
Is Open Source Hardware IT's Next Big Thing?
Open source hardware isn't just for hobbyists. Early corporate adopters can reap business benefits.
Automate Your Way To One-Day Work Week
One man's secret: Learn to program, stretch your ethics, and work for a clueless company.
Ban On USAID Outsourcing Programs Makes Bipartisan Sense
U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop wants to bar the development agency from using public funds to help train offshore workers. Here's why lawmakers from...
3 Lessons From Yahoo's Meltdown, From An Insider
A former Yahoo exec who was laid off offers insights from the company's five-year drive to self-destruction.
The CIO Wears Two Hats: Isn't IT Enough?
Like Rick Roy, a growing number of CIOs now run IT plus another major business function. Here's why CUNA Mutual Group pointed Roy at procurement,...
NASA Blue Marble Project: Visual Data Lessons
What can IT leaders learn from the visualization techniques NASA used to create the Blue Marble earth images? Check out our video interview with...
Why Security Isn't A BYOD Showstopper
IT should view the bring-your-own-device phenomenon as less of a threat and more as an opportunity. Here's why.
10 Lessons From Leading Government CIOs
Under extreme budget pressure, federal IT leaders adopt shared services and build mobile app stores as they shift dollars where most needed.
If Apple Walls Garden, IT Should Demand Keys
Here's how and why IT must influence Apple and its smaller competitors to share a key to the walled garden coming to a desktop near you.
The Fall Of The Messiah Leader
Many CEOs create an illusion of control, but heroic, charismatic leadership in the context of large public companies is mostly a myth.
Dell/Compellent Wins Our Storage Evaluation
IT pros want reliability, performance, and low cost--and they say they’re getting it best from Dell’s recent storage acquisition,...
CIOs: Don't Get Taken For Granted
If your IT organization is seen as executing each new strategic initiative seamlessly, the job can't really be all that difficult, right?
RIM CEO Heins Impresses The BlackBerry Faithful
Research In Motion's new CEO Thorsten Heins connected with BlackBerry World attendees in a way RIM's former CEOs never did. He also acknowledged...
Collaborative Innovation Not Optional In Today's Economy
Given the global economic changes that began in 2008, we've been forced into a new way of working. Is your company burying its head in the sand,...
Barnes & Noble Deal Shows Microsoft's Patent Power
Bookseller could have continued expensive court battle with Microsoft over Android-based Nook, or cut Redmond a sweetheart deal. It chose the latter.
3 Examples: Visual Technologies Change The Rules
Businesses of all shapes and sizes will soon be held to a higher standard of customer experience as they try to sell products, or convey content...
After Flashback, Apple Walled Gardens Won't Help
Apple and other vendors will use the Flashback botnet as reason to move forward with desktop walled garden restrictions. Here's why that approach...
Why Apple Will Never Equal Sony
Is Apple destined to decline, as Forrester's CEO has predicted? If so, it won't be due to the absence of Steve Jobs.
An Open Internet: A Tale Of Two Approaches
The Obama administration takes a hard line, while the Aspen Institute sticks with softer platitudes, as some governments try to restrict Internet...
How Embedded Tech Can Change IT's Role
Consider some 75 examples of companies embedding technologies in products, from shoes to showers, in new ways. Embedded tech is finally allowing...
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State of SMB IT: Spending, Priorities
May 08, 2012Spiceworks' State of SMB IT report shines a light on where SMBs are spending their IT time and money. Take a look at the plans of your peers.
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EHR Vendor Allscripts' Health Questioned By Analysts
May 02, 2012Allscripts, one of the largest providers of health IT products and services, reports a lower-than-expected quarterly profit and a management shake-up.
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Barnes & Noble Deal Shows Microsoft's Patent Power
May 01, 2012Bookseller could have continued expensive court battle with Microsoft over Android-based Nook, or cut Redmond a sweetheart deal. It chose the latter.
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Cash Flow 2.0: An SMB Auctions Off Receivables
April 13, 2012Small software firm sells some of its accounts receivable on an eBay-style marketplace. Its CFO explains the benefits.
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IT Spending: Innovation Talk Vs. Survival Walk
April 12, 2012Today's IT spending figures reveal much maintenance work. Has innovation stalled because IT is playing catch up after a long winter of spending...
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Apple Announces Dividend, Stock Buyback
March 19, 2012iPad maker will offer investors $2.65 per share beginning in July, as it looks to put $98 billion cash stock pile to work.
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The High Cost Of Cool
March 14, 2012New bells and whistles on your favorite technology are exciting, but sometimes they're just noise.
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Cloud ROI: The Missing Link
March 14, 2012What return are you getting on your investments in public cloud services? New research reveals you probably don't know, and that's a problem.
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When To Pick Up Cloud As A Tool
March 12, 2012If you use infrastructure-as-a-service like Zynga and DreamWorks now do, it can be a good deal.
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5 Reasons You Blew Your IT Budget
February 21, 2012CIOs constantly struggle to keep IT spending under control. Consider these common reasons for budget overruns, along with some potential solutions.
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