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Logitech MX Air Mouse Works With or Without Desktop Surface

Public Sector CIOs Cash In, Become Outsourcing Consultants

IBM Expands Innovation Network

Ireland center to provide startups and midsize businesses with SOA, Web 2.0 expertise.

Enterprise 2.0 Definition and Solutions

Enterprise 2.0 topics covering definition, objectives, systems and solutions.

What IT Executives Really Want From Oracle

After the big release of Oracle 11g yesterday, IT pros weigh in on what they'd really like from the king of databases.

How the Humane Society Combats Animal Cruelty with Technology

Mobile command centers, global positioning systems, handhelds and software as a service aid the animal protection agency's efforts to rescue and protect neglected and at-risk animals.n

MIS/IT Executives Top List of Managers Dissatisfied with Their Jobs

Big Government

Microsoft Fights Search War With Freebies

Michael Capellas to Lead First Data

The Web as the True Platform — Patiently Waiting

Survey: Information Management a Priority for CIOs, But Elusive

In a new Accenture survey, CIOs say they are working to improve their strategic use of integrated business data for competitive advantage.

Smash-Up: How a Violent Car Crash Provided Lessons in Business Continuity and Succession Planning

Juniper Networks CIO Alan Boehme had a standard business continuity and succession plan, but one violent moment on a California highway revealed its shortcomings.

Stop Demotivating Me!

Organizational systems, policies and management actions actively demotivate people. How many of these business practices are you foisting on your own staff?

The Federal Government’s Big Benchmarking Challenge

The Office of Management and Budget wants to slash the government's $22 billion annual IT infrastructure bill. But first it has to benchmark.

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Why Has Strategic Execution Remained a Problem for 25 Years?

Researchers cite a 90 percent failure rate among companies trying to execute their strategies. What's up with that?

A Four-Point Crisis Management Strategy from the CIO Of US Airways

US Airways CIO Joe Beery shares how he meets challenges from his perch at the center of a turbulent, demanding industry.

The Case for Outsourcing E-Mail Management

How can you stop enterprise e-mail management from gobbling large amounts of IT time and money? Outsource it, say a growing number of CIOs.

New CIOs at ELM Resources, Axis Capital and more

Balloons, Burrs and Bhags

Career Boost

Tips and advice you need to achieve your career goals.

Data Leaks: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You

How do you know employees aren't transmitting sensitive data off your network if you're not bothering to look? How one company found a technology answer that led managers to institute new training programs and other changes.

Thailand Outsourcing Scorecard

Improving but faces serious competition from Philippines

Vietnam Outsourcing Guide

Low wages and improving English skills, but risk of IP loss and infrastructure problems are an issue

Malaysia Outsourcing Scorecard

Government support and world-class infrastructure offset by a lack of service maturity and small labor pool

China Outsourcing Scorecard

On the verge of dominating the outsourcing market

Orange to Launch Wind-Powered Mobile Phone Charger

How Microsoft Refused to Speak With Me About Windows Error Reporting (WER)

CIO.com to the CIOs of Hot Topic and Colgate Palmolive: Mazel Tov

How a Midsize Textile Maker Uses Technology to Compete Globally

The textile manufacturing industry shipped out a generation ago. But a midsize North Carolina company uses IT to bring home the profits of globalization.

Taking Virtual Servers to the Next Level

Smart CIOs are using virtualization for much more than data center consolidation. They're becoming masters of flexibilityu2014delivering results for the business like lightning-fast provisioning and greatly improved disaster recovery.

Postini Deal Lets Google Take Aim at Big Businesses

Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector: Shifting Focus from Bottom Line to a Better World

Innovation is the name of the game in today's nonprofits.

Five Quick Tips for Integrated ID Management

Lessons from Pfizer's ID management effort.

How Pfizer Did ID Management Right

IT pros at Pfizer used innovative smart card technology in a challenging ID management revamp.

The Race to the Bottom — of the Software Stack

Second Take at Second Life

Dramatic Industry Shifts: What Can You Do to Survive Major Transitions?

From the advent of the Internet to PCs and digital phones, smart business leaders hedge their bets by taking strategic risks on new technologies.

Mobile Mastery

Texas Instruments CIO Brian Bonner shares his strategy for managing mobile and wireless devices

Business Transformation at the Department of Defense

Dennis Wisnosky, CTO of the Department of Defense Business Mission Area talks about the process of transforming the worldu2019s largest business from an "as-is" to a "to-be" state.

Suing Google – Not a Winning Business Plan

Six Reasons Not to Get an MBA

You don't need to earn an MBA to get the expertise you need. Real-world business experience is not only an education, it's a path to learning how to be a leader, James Clark argues.

Should You Get an MBA?

The pressure is on IT leaders to prove their business savvy, and job postings are asking for an MBA. Do you really need one to make it as a CIO? We asked two IT executives for help assembling arguments for and against pursuing the degree.

PodSmart, MP3 Technology to Deal With Information Overload

New technology from IBM will enable you to listen to your e-mail, appointments and news feeds from your MP3 player or iPod. Cool. But the PodSmart software was finished in 12 weeks, by college students. Now that's the way to run a summer interns

Smart Companies Take the LEED for Energy Efficiency

Cost savings, sustainability benefits of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards begin to take hold with data centers

Show Your CEO the Money

With one hand squarely on internal operations, CIOs are developing revenue-generating products with the other

AMD Project Brings Web Access to Third World

AMD aims to bring Web access to 50 percent of world's population by 2015.

SEC Plans Radical Revamp of Web Data

SEC's Edgar database for financial records gets a major facelift: XBRL technology should improve searching.

Pegasystems CIO Tells Colleagues: Drink Your Own Champagne

Internal business users helping create company's BPM software