IT Leadership

How to Tame a Bad Boss: 8 Practical Techniques

Employees don't have to suffer under the tyranny of a bad boss. Management experts say employees possess the power to soften a bad boss's sharp edges. Here are eight tactics for making a bad boss more bearable.

The CIO as Supply Chain Manager

There will come a day, soon, when even large companies will have very little technology in-house to manage. CIOs can prepare by adopting a supply-chain mentality and approach to IT.

Three Things I’d Tell Your CIO

We’ve entered the age of software, and you’re at its center. With December upon us, and many of you engaged in finalizing 2012 plans and reviewing your 3 - 5 year strategies, I encourage you to look beyond tech developments like clo

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