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U.S. Mobile Culture Still in Stone Ages, Survey Says

The country that gave birth to the iPhone lags other countries in adoption of mobile services.

Carriers Smartphones

How to Build a Stronger CIO

Succession-planning programs have a lot to offer future leaders but often seem to fall flat. CIO magazine Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson looks at this yearu2019s u201cOnes to Watchu201d winners and learns how future CIOs are best developed.

By Maryfran Johnson

10 Ways to Groom a Leader

CIOs say aspiring IT executives nneed opportunities like these nwithin IT, across the enterprise nand in business-focused roles

2010 Ones to Watch Winners

CIO magazine's annual list of promising IT leaders.

Careers IT Leadership Mentoring

Preparing for a CIO Role? Stretch Yourself with IT Leadership Challenges

Our Ones to Watch honorees maximize leadership opportunities as they prepare for a future CIO role

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Personal Knowledge or “Qualifying Questions” as Authenticators

How many times have you forgotten a password?

By Robert Siciliano

Security

BlackBerry Pearl 9105 with T9 Keyboard Skipping U.S., Canada?

North American BlackBerry users anxious to get "thumbs-on" with the new Pearl 9105 may be out of luck. Here's why.

May 3, 2010 3 mins

WES 2010: Tech Bloggers Talk BlackBerry 6, 3G Pearl 9100 (Video)

CrackBerry.com collected reactions on RIM's WES 2010 announcements from a handful of tech bloggers, including CIO.com's Al Sacco

What We’re Reading from the May 1 issue of CIO magazine

Suggested reading from the staff of CIO magazine

By Christine Celli

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We've barely scratched the surface of the potential for social media to truly transform business.

By Forrester Research

Is Apple Another Microsoft?

Either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission will look into potential anti-trust behavior from Apple.

Consumer Electronics Legal iPhone

5 Technology Security Myths, Busted

The threat landscape changes all the time for technology users. Check out these five tech security assumptions that you may need to revisit.n

By Bill Snyder

Security

Going Global? Check Your Software for Unicode Characters

Ensuring business systems support Unicode characters can ease entry for U.S. companies into global markets.

By Joab Jackson

IT Strategy Project Management Tools

Cloud TCO, Private Clouds and Cloudwashing at Interop

The Interop show hosted some intriguing conversations on cloud economics, private clouds and more. One disturbing trend: Cloudwashing old products in new marketing speak.

By Bernard Golden

Cloud Computing Virtualization

Desktop Virtualization: Comparing Options Frustrates IT

Desktop virtualization has a comparison problem. Faced with too many product choices, and little concrete data comparing costs and benefits, many IT departments are delaying decisions — or simply going with products from vendors they already use.

By Kevin Fogarty

May 3, 2010 4 mins

Desktop Virtualization Virtualization

iAd: Apple’s Mobile Death Star

Apple plans to charge a million dollars for an iPhone ad. That should keep app prices low for consumers.

Week-in-Review: Apple Addicts Get Their Fix

This week witnessed high drama in the world of Apple, highlighted by a war of words between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen.

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Project Management: 5 Steps for Onboarding New Resources

Having sound processes in place for bringing new resources onto a project midstream will help you transition smoothly when unexpected staffing changes threaten your project management.

By Jason Westland

IT Leadership Project Management Tools

Advice for Evaluating CRM Cloud Platforms

Given this week's news about VMware and Saleforce.com's VMForce offering, headlines about cloud platforms and virtualization are everywhere. What's the best way to understand these platforms in the context of CRM applications?

By David Taber

CRM Systems Data Center Virtualization

Google to Live or Die in LA?

The City of Los Angeles chose Google over Microsoft for e-mail, but an internal letter reveals regrets about "Going Google".

By Shane O'Neill

Data Center

IT Professionals Remain Conflicted About Economy, Job Market

IT professionals are still pessimistic about the job market even though slightly more of them think the economy is improving.

By Meridith Levinson

Careers

Tech “Futurist” Will.i.am Talks BlackBerry, iPhone and the Next-Gen Mobile User

CIO.com's Al Sacco sat down with hip hop artist, BlackBerry spokesman and "CrackBerry" addict Will.i.am at RIM's 2010 WES.

Project Managers Should Not Be So Competitive

I have been a bit frustrated lately by the number of events highlighting soft skills in project management.

By Jim Vaughan

Business’s Transformative Trio

How cloud computing, social media and future of mobile commerce will change the way CIOs do business

By Michael Friedenberg

Cloud Computing Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Hey CIOs, Your Proteges Want Better Work Experience

CIO Survey reveals up-and-coming IT leaders benefit the most from hands-on experience

By Carolyn Johnson, Joab Jackson

When 3M wanted to expand the reach of its innovation process it deployed an internal social network to access all 75,000 global employees, bringing in hundreds of new ideas.

By Rick Swanborg

ERP Systems Social Networking Apps

How to Improve IT Performance and Deploy Technology Faster

The u201cWhite Spaceu201d approach to innovation helps to cut the time and cost of deploying new technologies.

By Adam Hartung

Innovation

Mobile Commerce Application Helps Hardware Store Customers Find Products on the Shelf

An Ace Hardware dealer bets that a mobile application customers can use to create shopping lists and locate products on store shelves will increase sales.

Consumer Electronics

LinkedIn Quick Tip: How to Use “Company Follow”

LinkedIn announces a new feature that lets you keep track of key developments at companies you like. Here's how to use it and how to manage your settings.

By Kristin Burnham

LinkedIn Social Networking Apps

Exchange 2010: To Migrate or to Stay Put

What's driving corporate adoption of Microsoft Exchange 2010 and what's preventing it? A new survey sheds some light on why IT departments are voting yes or no for Microsoft's newest e-mail behemoth.

By Shane O'Neill

Enterprise Applications IT Leadership

What IT Outsourcing Boom? Renegotiations Dominate IT Services Activity

Renegotiated and restructured deals–not new contracts–dominated the IT services industry in the first quarter of 2010. The remainder of the year will bring more of the same, says outsourcing consultancy TPI.

Outsourcing

Hands-On with RIM’s New BlackBerry Bold 9650 (Video)

CIO.com's Al Sacco got some hands-on time with RIM's new BlackBerry Bold 9650, a.k.a. "Tour2," smartphone at WES 2010.

A Different Kind of Complexity Holds Business-IT Alignment Hostage

Business-IT alignment is being held hostage by complexity that lies between business leaders' goals and the 'stuff' IT delivers.

By Forrester Research

VMForce, Explained: A Faster Path to Apps in the Cloud

What does VMForce, unveiled this week by VMware and Salesforce, mean to your IT department? Think quick app development.

By Vanessa Alvarez

Data Center

SharePoint Has Its Limits

SharePoint is evolving as a versatile collaboration tool, but you can stretch it only so far. Itu2019s not designed for every content management or business process management challenge.

By Joab Jackson

Microsoft Office Office Suites Project Management Tools

How BP Manages Its Enterprise Architecture

BP pilots a new assessment framework designed to drive business value from its enterprise architecture

By Elizabeth Heichler

Project Management Tools

BlackBerry Partners Fund Announces “Super Apps” Developer Challenge at WES 2010

The BlackBerry Partners Fund announced its third annual BlackBerry Developer Challenge at RIM's 2010 Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES). Developers who create the best "super apps" are eligible for prizes valued at up to $86,000.

Mobile Small and Medium Business Smartphones

Apr 28, 2010 3 mins

Fisher-Price Will Offshore IT to India

No doubt the toymaker will want to be sure the deal with Wipro is a quality one.

By Beth Bacheldor

Enterprise Applications

Oracle + Sun: Top 10 Rejected Marketing Slogans

A sneak peek at the Oracle and Sun marketing messages that got dumped.

By Thomas Wailgum

Enterprise Applications

BlackBerry 6: Details and Video of RIM’s Next BlackBerry OS

RIM showed off its upcoming BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 6, at WES 2010 in Orlando.

Apr 27, 2010 3 mins

Eight Signs You’re an Apple Addict

You might be an Apple addict if…

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Effective Networking: Assumptions About Your Contacts Can Hinder Your Job Search

IT professionals who prize order and predictability, and possess a high need for closure are likely making erroneous assumptions about their networks–assumptions that could seriously hamper their job searches, according to research from MIT.

By Meridith Levinson

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

RIM Exec on Mobile Malware and The Future of BlackBerry Security

At RIM's WES 2010 show, BlackBerry Security VP Scott Totzke talks mobile malware, why the BlackBerry platform is best suited to combat it and the smartphone security threat that keeps him up at night.

Data Center Small and Medium Business Smartphones

Apr 27, 2010 6 mins

Before You Choose a Cloud Computing Vendor: 8 Questions

When you're comparing cloud computing service providers, traditional IT product selection skills may not cut it. Consider these 8 questions for your working checklist.

By Kevin Fogarty

Cloud Computing

5 (More) Google Labs Projects that Should Be on Your Radar

The newest free tools from Google Labs include a social search tool, a new way to view public data and an app that makes searching Android phones easier.

By Kristin Burnham

Internet

In Pictures: Pro Sports Teeming with Tech Partnerships

From football stadiums to tennis tournaments to promoting the Bing logo on basketball jerseys and the SAP logo on golfer Ernie Els' hat, tech companies are willing to spend big bucks to be part of professional sports. Here's a look at some

By Shane O'Neill