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Verizon iPhone 4: Six Good Reasons Not to Buy

Apple's mega-popular iPhone hits Verizon Wireless store shelves in the United States today. But before you rush out to buy a Verizon iPhone 4 of your own, CIO.com's Al Sacco says there are some things you should know.

Is the iPhone App Gold Rush Over?

Here are three reasons why the iPhone app market is going from boomtown to bust.

Details on the Verizon LTE BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet

A RIM website confirms that Verizon Wireless plans to offer a version of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, likely this summer.

LinkedIn Quick Tip: How to Discover the Hottest New Job Skills

LinkedIn's new beta feature gives you the low-down on job skills — whether one is trending up or down, related job postings and geographic hotspots where your expertise can best be leveraged. Here's what you need to know about LinkedIn Ski

Cloud Computing in 2011: 3 Trends Changing Business Adoption

The various cloud markets and services will start making more sense to business buyers in 2011, according to a new Forrester report, with the midmarket embracing public clouds and enterprises sticking with virtualization as a prelude to private cloud

How Project Managers Need to Deal with Risk Reserves

They won't just give you the money but you shouldn't have to beg.

BP’s Crystal Ball – What’s it Mean for Technology?

BP recently released, for the first time publicly, its projections of future energy trends titled BP Energy Outlook 2030. This document builds on BP's well known annual Statistical Review of World Energy which has been published since 1956. In p

Transforming IT to Show Cost of Services: 5 Best Practices

IT has struggled for years to calculate and prove what its own services actually cost to deliver to the business. Consider these five strategies, as shared by CIOs who've already battle-tested them, says Sunny Gupta, CEO of Apptio.

Cloud-based CRM: Beware Bad Data and Silly Object Models

The marketing around cloud-based CRM systems is all about how fast they can be created and deployed, how they can scale up (or shrink to fit) to any business situation. But theyu0019re still IT systems, and a lack of discipline still spells trouble.

iPhone 4 Newbies: 10 Essential Tips and Tricks

Are you lined up to get the Verizon iPhone 4 when it debuts later this week? Don't miss CIO.com's tips on how to dodge the number one killer of iPhones, extend battery life, manage apps and more.

Egypt, Mexico Move Up Outsourcing List Amid Unrest, Violence

A.T. Kearney's just-released Global Services Location Index ranks Egypt and Mexico the fourth and sixth most attractive countries for offshore outsourcing. India and China hold on to the top two spots.

SAP Business ByDesign Update Brings New BlackBerry, iPad Support; Android Coming Soon

SAP's on-demand EPR software for SMBs now supports BlackBerrys and the iPad, with Android/Windows Phone support expected soon.

Why Do IT Roles Fail?

A look at some emerging themes that explain why IT roles fail.

Kyocera Echo Hands-On: Images and Video of the “First Dual-Touchscreen Smartphone”

CIO.com's Al Sacco was in New York City for Sprint's unveiling of the Kyocera Echo, which the wireless carrier claims is the world's first dual touch-screen smartphone. Check out the following details, images and video from the event f

One More IRS Tool for Finding Corporate Revenue Sources

A new Internal Revenue Service filing requirement, affecting firms that have transferred shares of stock through an incentive stock option (ISO) or employee stock purchase program (ESPP) in the last year, is just now grabbing CFOs' attention. &q

Microsoft and Nokia: 3 Reasons for a Mobile Marriage

This rumored partnership of mobile misfits makes sense due to three big potential benefits, writes CIO.com's Shane O'Neill.

iPad Security: How a Hospital Group Treated Trouble

Take an inside look at how one hospital group is testing and perfecting its prescription for security as its doctors demand to do more work on iPads. One decision: Not all apps are ready yet.

Mobile Phone Data Plans: New Gotchas

A class-action lawsuit alleges that AT&T systematically overcharged iPhone and iPad customers. Do you understand the issues — and the other money traps that are popping up in smartphone data plans?

The Cloud CIO: A Tale of Two IT Futures

Will the IT group of the future emphasize commodity, or play a vital role in business offerings? CIO.com's Bernard Golden says both views are true — and the CIO of the future has to push one to make room to achieve the other.

Offshoring: It’s the Skills, Not the Savings?

A new study indicates companies are offshoring because they can’t find skilled workers at home.

“BlackBerry Botox:” Anti-Aging Solution for Vain and/or Insane CrackBerry Addicts

Use a smartphone? Got "crow's feet?" If so, your BlackBerry or iPhone could be to blame, according to a U.K. cosmetics doctor.

Super Bowl XLV Prognosticating: Is the Elephant Wiser than Social Media?

Whose Super Bowl winner prediction will prove accurate: Angeline the Elephant's, Princess the Camel's or Twitter's?

Finance Planning Begins to Reflect the Upturn

Strong indications of an increase in U.S. corporate innovation and productivity for 2011 emerge from a late-December survey of finance executives released today by CFOworld.

Enterprise Mobility in 2011: Keeping Apps and Phones Under Control

Enterprise mobility will be the biggest trend in tech this year, according to Forrester, with private app stores popping up to simplify mobile app overload. But app stores aren't a panacea, and enterprises must plan to secure and streamline the

Can Android Outrun Apple’s Marketing Machine?

Marketing will play a pivotal role in the tablet war, making Apple an all-time favorite.

Google Adds Security to Search

Front Row Seats When Internet Doomsday Hits Egypt

Team dysfunction the combinatorial way

A team can look healthy, until you do the math. That's when you see the level of dysfunction. Here's the magic formula.

Make Or Break? Long-Delayed IFRS to Get More Exposure in ’11

U.S. companies likely will feel the heat this year as important accounting-related decisions come their way, potentially pressuring them into costly and complicated changes to their reporting systems. To some extent, that's what their neighbors

A New Leaf for Business Banking

Something to consider adding to your corporate New Year's resolutions: Restart talks with your banks now.

Recruiting CFOs Takes a New Twist

For the past couple of years, when large companies went hunting for new CFOs they asked headhunters to find flinty-eyed finance specialists. But as CEOs and boards become more convinced that the economy is improving, broader skills are coming into de

Dealing with the IRS Ruling on Uncertain Tax Positions

Starting with their 2010 tax returns, companies with assets of at least $100 million will need to provide concise descriptions of their uncertain tax positions, or UTPs, to the IRS. An uncertain tax position is one for which a taxpayer has recorded a

Top Finance Concerns: What Keeps You Up At Night?

Through the course of their careers, most CFOs will manage through a range of challenges: unpredictable working capital flows, volatile raw material prices, and unwieldy tax and regulatory systems, for starters. Several CFOs and consultants identifie

How To Create Your PMP Exam Brain Dump Sheet

The Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam is a 'closed' book exam, the only reference material you are allowed to carry into the testing facility has to be contained in your brain. PMP expert Cornelius Fichtner explains how to create a

Super Bowl XLV: The Technology Behind the Event and the Cowboys Stadium

Super Bowl attendees will experience impressive technology and some new mobile apps.

iPad 2 and iPhone 5: What’s Coming?

Uber-geek Kyle Wiens of iFixit has an insider's view on what's next for the iPhone and iPad. He predicts more RAM and maybe a multi-core chip, but not higher resolution. Are we maxing out on battery life?

Windows Phone 7: 10 Free Apps You Need Right Now

Microsoft recently announced that the Windows Phone Marketplace app store now has 6,000 apps and counting. That's not even remotely close to Android's 100,000 apps or the iPhone's 300,000, but the Windows Phone 7 Zune-like interface gi

Inside an Enterprise Salesforce Chatter Rollout

Take a look at lessons learned by Den-Mat's IT department as it moved from a 30-year-old legacy system to Salesforce.com's Chatter. This dental manufacturer slashed its employee turnover rate, eliminated antiquated processes and helped sta

Apple Blocks Sony’s Reader App: Smart or Stupid?

Sony's app bypasses in-app purchasing, doesn't jive with Apple's subscription plans.

Twitter Bible: Everything You Need To Know About Twitter

Our Twitter guide delivers expert advice on how to get started, practice good etiquette, network and job hunt, search smart and stay organized with the social networking service. You'll also find analysis on how to better engage your followers,

Silicon Valley Careers Down Under

Kiwi developers may no longer need to travel to achieve a global career, as local software companies offer opportunities similar to those available in the iconic Silicon Valley.

How Secure is That Cloud Vendor? Part Two

Among the several dimensions of managing security across cloud applications, the trickiest one is "who gets to see and do what?" Here's the low-down on access control options.

Android’s Big Rush Could Sack IT: 5 Preparation Tips

If you think iPhones and iPads are hard to support in the enterprise, just wait for the rush of Android devices that could blindside CIOs. Here's a look at how fast Android devices are coming – and advice to help IT prepare for a bevy of configu

Can Windows Phone 7 Update and Advertise Its Way Out of Rut?

Market share numbers have Android through the roof and Windows Phone stuck on the ground. Is there any hope for WP7?

Salesforce “Chatter” Mobile Collaboration Apps Now Available for BlackBerry, iOS

BlackBerry, iPhone and iPad users can now download free mobile apps for use with Salesforce's Chatter collaboration service.

BlackBerry Torch 9800 Gets Decked Out in 18 Carat Solid Gold—Only $13,000

Got a Zuckerberg-esque wad of cash in hand and a hankerin' for a unique gadget? Behold: Amosu's solid gold BlackBerry Torch.

The ‘Order-Deliver’ IT Model is Broken

Shifts in corporate thinking and a new wave of emerging technology are challenging the IT deliver model.

IT Offshoring Savings Declined for Past 5 Years

The average savings achieved by IT offshoring has declined for the past five years, even as companies expanded their offshore initiatives, Duke University's sixth annual corporate offshoring study found.

5 New Online Security Threats to Avoid

Hackers just keep devising new ways to target Facebook and Amazon.com users. Read up on these five threats before you're "spear phished" – or worse.

Can You Swap Your Laptop with an iPad?

Before you leave your laptop and take just your iPad on the next business trip, make sure you've planned ahead. The right hardware, file-sharing plan and apps can make all the difference.