IT Leadership

8 Reasons Why CIOs Shouldn’t Race to Windows 8

Windows 8 touts many new features, but there are a number of things such as cost, testing, compatibility, and training that CIOs need to consider before racing to migrate.

Must CFOs Be Both Strategists and Skeptics? to Be Change Agents, Yes

In wide-ranging discussion, that's the conclusion of finance panelists from OfficeMax, Duke Energy and Time Warner.

6 Hot IT Jobs That Will Pay Well in 2012

IT professionals looking for new jobs in 2012 are in luck: The job market is robust across the U.S., and IT salaries in a variety of fields are on the rise. Here are the six IT jobs that IT staffing industry executives expect to be in greatest demand

Configuring your organization for innovation: More than smart people and cool platforms

Is Tech M&a Positioned for an Upturn?

If many U.S. deal-watchers have been shaking their heads at the lower overall numbers for technology-based merger transactions closing in the third quarter, there are some who believe that underlying trends carry hope for a potential revival of M&amp

Ten Signs Technology is Everywhere

IT is showing up in the most unusual places, from touch-screen tables at a London restaurant to virtual-reality therapy for soldiers returning from Iraq. Check out these tech applications compiled by CIO magazine editors.

Uncovering Tech’s Most Peculiar Product Codenames

Tech companies go to painstaking lengths to keep new products confidential, which is why many of them assign "secret" product codenames. Here's an insider's look at some of the most unusual codenames, with themes ranging from feli

Simple Tech Tasks Made Easy with “Ifttt”

Looking for an easy way to get simple technology tasks done, that doesn't require any IT intervention? CIO.com blogger Mark Gibbs has a solution: Ifttt.

How To Get Beyond Alignment

It’s the perennial issue for many CIOs and often the No. 1 challenge for new CIOs: “How do I align IT with the business?” And while this is perhaps the most important challenge for IT groups struggling with a bad reputation

Apple in the Enterprise: Breaking Microsoft’s Grip

At Lifetime Products, Apple products breached a long-time Microsoft stronghold, disrupted a conservative IT culture and tested the CIO's mettle to inspire his troops and embrace the consumerization of IT.