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Saving Windows Phone 7: Microsoft Needs More Retail Stores

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is bullish on retail stores, but how long can Redmond afford to challenge Apple in retail?

By Shane O'Neill

Apr 8, 2011

Data Center

The Godfather of Gore on Project Management, Part I

Making software and making movies have a lot in common

By Bob Lewis

Apr 8, 2011

Enterprise Applications

BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing App Lets You Connect With One Click

Ah the joy of conference calls: dial-in numbers, access codes, endless keypad punching. RIM's new BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing app gives BlackBerry users the ability to connect to the call in one click — and some other handy features, too.

By Al Sacco

Apr 8, 2011

Mobile Small and Medium Business Smartphones

RIM Quickly Releases BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0.3 Maintenance Update

Just days after releasing a major update to BES 5.0 for Exchange and Domino, BlackBerry-maker RIM issued a maintenance release.

By Al Sacco

Apr 7, 2011

Mobile Small and Medium Business

Indian IT Outsourcing Gets Stronger and Bigger And…

Indian BPO Genpact is buying U.S.-based Headstrong in a half-a-billion dollar deal.

By Beth Bacheldor

Apr 7, 2011

Enterprise Applications

Mind Matters: a New Approach to the IT/Finance Split

Ask Chris Spivey and Keith Karnes if there's a problem with communication between finance and IT teams and you get a resounding "yes!"

By Sandra Gittlen

Apr 7, 2011

Financial Services Industry IT Leadership IT Strategy

iPhone and iPad Crapware: 5 Apps to Avoid

If you're new to the world of iPhone and iPad apps, don't be fooled by these stinkers in the App Store. Here are some apps that have been overpriced or outclassed.

By Tom Kaneshige

Apr 7, 2011

Consumer Electronics Tablets iPhone

Meet the Tinker Twins: A Unique Tech Emergency Duo

You're an HP customer struck by a business-critical technology disaster. Your IT department has tried everything. No one can fix it. The clock is ticking. Who you gonna call?

By Kristin Burnham

Apr 7, 2011

Data and Information Security Disaster Recovery Enterprise Architecture

The Price of Uncertainty

Just as we appear to be climbing out of the 2008-2010 recession, surging commodity prices may put the brakes on business growth and corporate spending. The March Producer Price Index spiked 1.6% in March after increases of 0.8% in January and 0.9% in

By Dallon Christensen

Apr 6, 2011

Budgeting Financial Services Industry IT Strategy

Google Apps: How We Locked Down Documents

Here's how two organizations added extra security and monitoring power to track and protect sensitive Google Apps documents. The bad news: Until Google delivers these capabilities itself, you'll have to turn to a third party vendor.

By Shane O'Neill

Apr 6, 2011

Data and Information Security Microsoft Office Office Suites

Cloud CIO: 5 Key Pieces of Rollout Advice

Once you decide to take cloud as the medicine for what ails your IT organization, you'll have to change organizational process, not just infrastructure says CIO.com's Bernard Golden. He shares some expert advice on that, plus standardizatio

By Bernard Golden

Apr 6, 2011

CIO Cloud Computing Virtualization

Cloud Computing Standards: Too Many, Doing Too Little

The IEEE created a ripple in the cloud computing community this week by weighing in with its own proposals for cloud computing standards. But there's already the OVF standard and a few others — creating duplication and not enough progress, anal

By Kevin Fogarty

Apr 6, 2011

Cloud Computing Virtualization

How to Network: 5 Tips for Maximizing Your Meetings

Take these five steps before, during and after a networking meeting to guarantee that you get what you need, says networking expert Ford Myers. You'll also ensure that your contacts leave feeling glad that they spent time with you.

By Meridith Levinson

Apr 6, 2011

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

iPhone-iPad App Spotlight: The Masters Golf Tournament

Golf fanatics can't afford to miss the sporting event unlike any other, so get the official Masters Golf Tournament apps for iPhone and iPad.

By Tom Kaneshige

Apr 6, 2011

Personal Software Tablets iPhone

10 Free Sports Apps for Android and iPhone

Calling all sports fans: Check out these 10 great apps for Google Android and Apple iPhone that will keep you up to date on your favorite sport or team while on the go. And save your spending money for the ballpark.

By Al Sacco

Apr 6, 2011

Small and Medium Business Smartphones iPhone

IT Outsourcing in Latin America: 9 Things Your Vendor Won’t Tell You

The Latin American IT services market is heating up, but buyer beware: There are hidden costs and issues that could affect your nearer-shore outsourcing deal.

By Stephanie Overby

Apr 6, 2011

Outsourcing

Job Interview: Should You Raise the Weakness Question Yourself?

Is it smart to proactively address weaknesses during a job interview? Or should you wait for the hiring manager to ask first?

By Meridith Levinson

Apr 5, 2011

Careers

CFO Style Still Makes a Difference

The tightening grip of regulations, along with the constraints of GAAP, might seem to offer little leeway for personal characteristics when CFOs make accounting and reporting choices. How much, some wonder, can a finance chief's own style or phi

By Karen M. Kroll

Apr 5, 2011

Careers Financial Services Industry Regulation

How to Ace a CIO Job Interview

In a CIO job interview, you must prove three things: that you'll help the hiring company achieve its business objectives, deliver the desired leadership abilities and fit in with the senior management team. Here's expert advice on how to na

By Meridith Levinson

Apr 5, 2011

Careers IT Jobs

Gen Y vs. Gen X: Who Causes More IT Headaches?

Gen Y workers are the lazy, entitled ones giving IT the headaches with all that bring-your-own technology, right? Think again. New Forrester research finds that Gen Y isn't all that different from Gen X in its views of IT.

By Kristin Burnham

Apr 5, 2011

CIO Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

iPad Newbies: It’s an iPad, Not a Big iPhone

Don't try to turn your new iPad into a bigger version of the iPhone. The two devices are used in vastly different ways, from content consumption to content creation, which means different apps will take priority.

By Tom Kaneshige

Apr 5, 2011

Browsers Tablets iPhone

BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0.3 for Exchange, Domino Finally Available

BES admins on Exchange or Lotus Domino can now update their software to BES 5.0.3 for a variety of new functionality.

By Al Sacco

Apr 4, 2011

Mobile Small and Medium Business

Finance’s Role in Controlling Use of SaaS

When it comes to the decision whether to subscribe to a software-as-a-service (Saas) approach for certain IT functions, finance is where the buck should stop. Having data exist outside the organization can pose challenges to compliance, governance, a

By Sandra Gittlen

Apr 4, 2011

Financial Services Industry IT Leadership SaaS

Android Tips: 7 Ways to Get Around Your Phone Faster

Whether you just picked up a brand new Android smartphone or you're simply looking to get the most out of your current Google device, these seven basic tips and tricks will have you speeding around your handheld, doing more than you thought poss

By Al Sacco

Apr 4, 2011

Mobile Small and Medium Business Smartphones

Three Phases of SharePoint: What Type of User Are You?

Is your company using SharePoint to the fullest? Probably not. According to Microsoft there are three phases of SharePoint use that range from connecting employees through social networking to building new technologies that boost the bottom line.

By Shane O'Neill

Apr 4, 2011

Microsoft Office Office Suites Project Management Tools

Backup Disasters: How You Can Avoid Them

Even those of you religious about backing up your PC data may face a few of the same demons that CIO.com's Bill Snyder recently battled. Read on for advice on how to make sure your backups don't behave badly.

By Bill Snyder

Apr 4, 2011

Data and Information Security Disaster Recovery Laptops

Tech’s Youngest Billionaires

The youngest billionaires in technology run the gamut from a social networking entrepreneur to the creator of the online coupon company, groupon.com.

By Steven Borden-Weill, IT World

Apr 4, 2011

Facebook Internet Salaries

And SOA Lives!

Dan Rosanova highlights emerging trends in the converging space of SOA and Cloud Computing

By Dan Rosanova

Apr 1, 2011

Enterprise Applications

QlikTech CEO’s Secret Weapon: Your Frustration With Big BI

Business users often watch as IT deploys costly, complex BI programs that take months to arrive — then fail to deliver the needed insights. QlikTech CEO Lars Bjork says you don't have to take it anymore. In this Q&A, he explains how his com

By John Gallant

Apr 1, 2011

Business Intelligence Data Management IT Leadership

Salesforce.com Buys Radian6: Meet CRM 3.0

In the past, CRM systems could be viewed as contact management databases on steroids. But the social network side of CRM just got a lot hotter with Salesforce.com's acquisition of Radian6.

By David Taber

Apr 1, 2011

CRM Systems Mergers and Acquisitions Social Networking Apps

Wisconsin Proposal Says No to Cost and Benefits Analysis of IT Outsourcing

A provision in the proposed state budget would axe a law requiring agencies to study the costs and benefits of outsourcing work.

By Beth Bacheldor

Apr 1, 2011

Enterprise Applications

Breaker-Breaker: SEC Steps Up War on Risk

In the more than 20 years that followed 1987's Black Monday, the so-called circuit breakers installed in its wake were activated only once. The public was assured during that time that regulators were on top of increasingly automated and volatil

By Ed Zwirn

Mar 31, 2011

Financial Services Industry Government Risk Management

iPad App Spotlight: What’s Your House Worth?

Is your mortgage still under water? Are you looking for a good deal on a home? How's the neighborhood grocery store? A new iPad app uses maps and an analytical engine to deliver the latest updates.

By CIO Staff

Mar 31, 2011

Consumer Electronics Tablets Technology Industry

Android Battery Basics: How to Make Your Google Phone Last Longer

Extend your Android device's battery life and do more on the go with these quick and easy tips, from CIO.com's mobile expert Al Sacco.

By Al Sacco

Mar 31, 2011

Mobile Small and Medium Business Smartphones

10 Lessons from Angry Birds That Can Make You a Better CIO

What's worse than an angry bird? An angry IT staffer. Consider these lessons from Angry Birds that could make you a better IT leader.

By Daniel W. Rasmus

Mar 31, 2011

CIO IT Leadership

5 Ways You Waste Money on Virtualization

You may suspect you're not packing enough virtual machines onto each physical server, but do you understand the architecture, management and chargeback issues? Read on for expert advice on common cost hogs. n

By Kevin Fogarty

Mar 31, 2011

Server Virtualization System Management Virtualization

Windows Phone 7 Rises to No. 2? No Way in the World

IDC's prediction that Windows Phone 7 will rise from the bottom to surpass RIM and Apple is more fantasy than reality.

By Shane O'Neill

Mar 30, 2011

Data Center

I Want My iPad 2!

Get to an Apple store early, stand in line, pray.

By Tom Kaneshige

Mar 30, 2011

Mobile Small and Medium Business

IT Jobs: Staffing Expert Says Tech Employment Is Improving

Corporations' interest in automation spells good news for many IT workers and IT jobs.

By Meridith Levinson

Mar 30, 2011

Careers

Companies Added 201,000 Jobs in March, ADP Says

The U.S. added 201,000 private-sector jobs in March, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to ADP's National Employment Report. The tally "removes any remaining doubt that private nonfarm payroll employment accelerated heading into 2011

By Roy Harris

Mar 30, 2011

Careers IT Jobs IT Leadership

10 Signs You Can Bring an iPad to Work

Some companies will pat you down looking for personal technology devices as you walk in the front door; others don't care if you carry in an iPad or your lunch. Here's how to know.

By Tom Kaneshige

Mar 30, 2011

Routers Tablets Wi-Fi

LinkedIn Quick Tip: How Hotmail Users Can Grow Their Network

Using a feature called Active Views, Microsoft Hotmail users can send LinkedIn connection requests and follow companies without leaving their e-mail inbox.

By Kristin Burnham

Mar 30, 2011

Enterprise Applications LinkedIn Social Networking Apps

Amazon Cloud Drive: 7 Key Facts

Amazon.com this week announced a brand new online storage service and associated Web-based music player, called Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player, respectively. CIO.com's mobile maestro Al Sacco breaks down what you need to know about n

By Al Sacco

Mar 30, 2011

Cloud Computing Small and Medium Business Smartphones

IT Outsourcing: Study Highlights Impediments to Innovation

Most IT organizations and outsourcing providers remain too bogged down in the day-to-day management of their outsourcing arrangements to focus on innovation, according to the results of a recent study on outsourcing innovation.

By Stephanie Overby

Mar 30, 2011

IT Strategy Innovation Outsourcing

How To Navigate an Exit Interview

Most departing employees view the exit interview as a colossal waste of time. Here's advice for making the most of it.

By Meridith Levinson

Mar 29, 2011

Careers

RIM to End BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.1 Support This Summer

Organizations running BES v4.1 for Exchange or Domino will no longer see official support from RIM after July 2, 2011.

By Al Sacco

Mar 29, 2011 2 mins

Mobile Small and Medium Business

Agile Iron Chefs?

Entrepreneurs and corporate managers are fundamentally different. Agile and Waterfall are different in the exact same way.

By Bob Lewis

Mar 29, 2011

Enterprise Applications

iPad in the Enterprise: 3 Big Worries Remain

While employees join the iPad 2 party, IT worries about the hangover. Here's a look at the three biggest concerns.

By Tom Kaneshige

Mar 29, 2011

Carriers Mobile Security Tablets

How to Move E-mail to the Cloud: 7 Planning Tips

Cloud computing providers can take enterprise e-mail off your to-do list, but how can you ensure a smooth transition? Forrester Research shares seven best practices.

By Shane O'Neill

Mar 29, 2011

CRM Systems Internet Private Cloud

How to Quit Your Job The Right Way

Take this job and shove it sounds tempting, but it's a mistake. Consider this expert advice on how to tender your resignation without burning bridges.

By Meridith Levinson

Mar 29, 2011

Careers Relationship Building