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Augmented Reality: Where’s the Killer App?

Mobile augmented reality apps fall short of expectations, yet Apple continues to bet heavily on the technology.

7 Ways Job Seekers Self-Destruct

Make any one of the following seven mistakes while being courted for a job in today's competitive market and you can kiss your chances of getting a job offer good bye.

That’s What He Said: Ballmer on the State of Microsoft

Steve Ballmer's WPC 2011 keynote turned into a lengthy state of the state of Microsoft, as he expounded on products like Skype, Windows Azure and Bing and how they will affect enterprises, partners and competitors. Here are some of Big Steve&#03

Your IT staff should be as flexible as your technology

Google+ Tip: How to Cross-Post Updates to Facebook, Twitter

If your social networks are becoming too hard to handle, try this Google Chrome extension that lets you post to Twitter and Facebook from Google+.

Is UNIX dead?

Linux supporters have for years touted the benefits of Linux over UNIX, yet many in enterprise IT still lean on the trusted old operating system for some of the most business-critical workloads. Is that still the case? Read about the latest research

U.S. Efficiency Push: Boon Or Bane for American Businesses?

Last month President Obama issued an Executive Order titled "Delivering an Efficient, Effective and Accountable Government." In it, the President promised to cut waste and streamline government operations. Among the steps identified to achi

CIOs See Promise in Public Cloud Storage

A new survey shows that public cloud storage adoption is strong and poised for a big increase over the coming year, amid concerns over security and performance.

Virtualization: Bump Up Your Server Utilization for Big Enterprise IT Gains

Are you getting all the savings out of your virtualized servers that you expected? You may be surprised to learn that there's much you can do to make your data center even more efficient.

iPhone and iPad Security: 4 Tips to Stay Safe

While waiting for Apple to fix the Jailbreakme.com 3.0 vulnerability, follow these four practices to avoid being bitten by malware.

5 Cool Add Ons for Firefox 5

Are you a Firefox user? Do you want to make pesky ads disappear, manage your passwords better or view photos and videos in 3D? Bill Snyder of CIO.com highlights his favorite fun and free browser add ons that will work on both Firefox 5 and 4.

Oracle Overtime Case Spells Trouble for California Tech Companies

California's Supreme Court recently ruled against Oracle in an overtime case that may have far-reaching implications for employees and employers across the U.S., especially other California-based tech companies.

Infosys Visa Probe: Experts Debate Impact on American IT Workers

Outsourcing industry watchers predict that the federal grand jury investigation into Infosys' use of B-1 business visas could make it harder for all outsourcing companies to bring foreign workers to the U.S. on any kind of business visa–potenti

iPhone 5: Is a Redesign in the Cards?

Kyle Wiens of iFixit shares insights and predictions about the next-generation iPhone expected to launch this fall.

Business Architects Are Overly Optimistic About Their Ability To Create Business Architecture

Forrester’s July 2011 State Of Business Architecture survey found that organizations are optimistic about the effort it takes to create a business architecture – overly optimistic.

Track Your Training

I strongly believe in training and development in the finance organization. Rules, regulations, technology, and competition change too rapidly for finance professionals to use yesterday's knowledge for today's world. One recent CFOworld art

10 Google+ Tips for Beginners

You just got your hands on a Google+ invite — but what next? Check out these 10 tips to get you started on Google's new social network.

In Pictures: The 8 Unfriendliest Cities for Teleworking

You would think in this day and age all businesses would be doing everything possible to support remote workers. But a surprising number of companies in major American cities are still behind the teleworking times, according to a recent Microsoft sur

The Captive Model for Offshoring Is Thriving, Says Research Firm

The offshore captive center hasn't died, it has just evolved, says the Everest Group. And it's here to stay.

Summer Camp for Enterprise IT: Bolster Your Team’s Skills

IT skills constantly need to be honed and grown to be ready for anything that happens inside a business. Are you making sure that your IT staff is staying up to speed? How about an ERP Boot Camp?

A Shift to CFOs in Calling Tech Shots

Corporate finance chiefs indicate that they have an increasingly more powerful role in making technology investments — in many cases supplanting the role of the CIO — new research is showing.

The Latest Security Tool for Your Arsenal: Whitelisting

Attacks at RSA, Sony and others point to the need to get tough with what you allow on your network. Whitelisting requires more maintenance from IT, but it is the best way to fortify your network and protect your data.

The Android How To Guide: Tutorials, Tips, and Updates

From free software downloads and expert tips and tricks, to device reviews, news and insider commentary, we offer you our guide to help master your Google Android device–updated regularly by CIO.com's mobile maestro Al Sacco.

iPhone 5: Balancing Performance, Battery Life and Size

Will the iPhone 5 be faster? Smaller? Or both?

A Video Look at RIM’s BlackBerry Balance in Action

A recent video from RIM offers a firsthand look at the BES interface for the new BlackBerry Balance technology and shows what Balance looks like on users' smartphones.

Are Cloud Computing Pay Walls Coming?

We're all familiar with Web sites that start out free, then put up a pay wall. Think you won't see the same thing with cloud services?

Indian Programmers vs. American Programmers: Whose Code Is Best?

Online career development community Gild recently compared Indian programmers' math, logic, software development and communication skills with those of American programmers.

Social CRM for the Enterprise: How Analytics Can Move You to Greater Success

Done right, Social CRM can help your company talk to your customers, but even more importantly, it can help you listen to your customers in ways you've never imagined. And that can help your business grow.

How to Achieve Better Results From Your Oracle Negotiation

By understanding how Oracle works, you can increase your chances of reducing costs and improving terms and conditions. Forrester Research shares some recommendations to help sourcing managers achieve better results from Oracle negotiations.

Office 365: Car Dealer Revs Up for Growth with Microsoft Cloud Service

Here's a look at how and why the Hendrick Automative Group is using Microsoft's Office 365 cloud service to relieve an overburdened staff, scale the company and save money.

Cloud CIO: Are You Making Your Data Centers Cloud-Friendly?

Data center construction is growing ever more complex and expensive as data center facilities expand to meet enterprises' seemingly limitless computing needs.

Google+ Privacy: 5 Settings You Need to Know

Whether you're lurking around Google's new social network or are already actively using it, knowing your Google+ privacy and security settings is essential. From disabling email notifications to ditching your Google+ account, check out thes

Reeling in top IT talent in a hot job market

Why You Should Develop an Office “Bromance”

Office bromances improve morale, increase job satisfaction, boost the bottom line and enhance careers. So go ahead and cultivate one today.

One More Cloud Benefit Becomes Cloudier

Supposedly, Cloud customers have to take responsibility for engineering a reliable and resilient Cloud-based IT infrastructure. If so, it's one less reason to move your infrastructure to the Cloud.

BlackBerry OS Stats: More Than 50 Percent of Users Still on Last Generation OS

RIM wants BlackBerry developers to update their applications for the BlackBerry 6 OS…but with more than half of all BlackBerry subscribers still running older versions of the BlackBerry OS and a newer version just around the corner, developers may

If Disaster Strikes Will Your Critical Enterprise Apps Be Ready To Get You Back in Business?

You certainly have a disaster recovery plan for your company's IT systems and applications, right? But are you testing it to be sure it will work as planned in an emergency? If not, trouble could be lurking.

Away with Finance-IT Bad Blood

Ellen Messmer, a former colleague of mine at Network World, recently wrote about a Gartner study that found CFOs lack faith in CIOs and their teams.

Follow the Money: Worldcom to ‘Whitey’

When Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger recently was captured in California after 16 years on the lam, investigators found him to be living comfortably, at least in the financial sense, with $800,000 in cash stashed in his rent-controlled

How To Keep Rogue Cloud Software From Making IT Irrelevant

Cloud and SaaS services, more than any other recent development, let business units get exactly the IT they want without having to ask IT first. Here are five creative ways IT can remain relevant, meet business users' needs and keep the enterpri

Email Clutter: Cleaning it Up on Your Own Terms

You don't have to be constantly tidying up your messy email inbox, writes CIO.com's Bill Snyder. Today's email clients such as Gmail and Mozilla Thunderbird have plenty of storage space and advanced search and tagging features. But the

Google+: Users Need Better Social Network, Not Just Another One

For Google's new social network to succeed in the mainstream, it needs something innovative, something new and something better than Facebook.

AT&T to Finally Okay BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet “Bridge” App

BlackBerry smartphone users on AT&T should today be able to finally download the official BlackBerry Bridge app for access to their BlackBerry e-mail, calendar, contacts and more via PlayBook tablets.

Hands On Video: The Sony Vaio SB Laptop

The Sony Vaio SB white laptop is both light and durable, with amazing battery life. Its overall specs are on par with the MacBook Pro, but with a price tag that's a few hundred dollars less.

RIM Caves to Investor Pressure, Will Consider Division of CEO/Chairman Roles

RIM has agreed to establish a committee that will review its current executive structure and assess the need for a new chairman position independent of the current chief executive roles, due to recent pressure from concerned shareholders.

As CFOs ‘Venture’ Forward

At companies that have weathered the recession, CFOs are finding opportunities galore to lead their firms in the transition from survival into the growth mode.

The Hellstrom Enterprise Chronicle

Sometimes, the best way to look at a corporation is as a single independent entity. In other situations it makes more sense as a collection of interacting individuals. The secret to success is knowing which is which.

ERP: It’s Going Nowhere Without the Buy-In of Your Users

It always amazes me when companies decide on an IT strategy and direction without talking to the people who use the applications. Idaho is experiencing this right now. Is your company taking the time to listen to your users?

Trials of iPad Enterprise Adoption

Apple iPad enterprise adoption is not easy, but a prestigious law firm makes the case for why it is worth the effort.

Know Who Your Customer Is

To grow their businesses, companies need a deeper focus, not a broader reach