IT Leadership

Giving Cell Phones to Low-Income Households Could Create $11B in Jobs, Study Finds

Mobile phones help Americans secure jobs, earn money and protect themselves in emergency situations, according to new research that argues giving cell phones to low-income families could create billions in improved wages.

Make the Connection Between IT and Business Strategy

Galderma's CIO has been planting the seeds of IT as a strategic resource for eight years; the crop is about to bloom in a single-instance ERP

IT Winners and Losers: Google Cofounders, FAA Up; U.S. State Dept., Motorola, Microsoft Down

Winners this week included Google's "dollar-a-year" cofounders, the FAA and OpenSocial. There were plenty of losers: U.S. State Dept. security, Sony, Motorola and Microsoft.

Five Things Jim Champy Has Learned About Beating The Competition

The co-author of Reengineering the Coporation on the CIO/CEO partnership and innovating through hard times.

Unified Threat Management, Demystified

Considering unified threat management (UTM) appliances that combine many security jobs? Here's some advice from CIOs who've tried these all-in-wonders on for size.

Do Consultants Have What It Takes to Be CIO?

IT Winners and Losers: Verizon Wireless, Jerome Kerviel Up; Bear Stearns, Hannaford, The Spam King Down

Winners this week included a more open Verizon Wireless and two recently freed men (sort of): Jerome Kerviel and Joseph Nacchio. There were plenty of losers: an amazing fall at Bear Stearns, grocer Hannaford Bros., SaaS adoption rates and The King of

How Small Companies Can Make a Big Impact with the IT Infrastructure Library

The IT Infrastructure Library set of best practices and processes help organizations get value from their information systems. But you don't have to be a big global company to benefit from ITIL.

The Madness Starts Today: Don’t Fight It

Third Cube from the Left

Lost in a twisty, turny maze of corporate passages.