opinion Anita Borg Institute Announces Women of Vision Award Winners Women of Vision awards recognize women who've made significant contributions to technology. By Meridith Levinson Mar 2, 2010 Careers news Six Hidden iPhone Shortcuts The Tiger Text app, designed to zap incriminating text messages, isn't foolproof if your significant other knows the right iPhone tricks — which got us thinking about other little-known iPhone shortcuts. Here's our guide to six of the hand By Tom Kaneshige Mar 2, 2010 Browsers Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business opinion When Your CRM System Passes 1 Million Records Few enterprise software systems have to scale to millions of records. Even in a smallish enterprise, though, a CRM system can rapidly grow beyond that level, particularly if it's connected to e-mail blasters and marketing automation systems. Wha By David Taber Mar 2, 2010 CRM Systems Data Center feature 8 Must-Have Facebook and Twitter Add-Ons You can solve several of your top gripes with Twitter and Facebook by using free, downloadable tools. For those days when you see the glass as half-empty, one tool tracks when people "unfriend" you. By Kristin Burnham Mar 2, 2010 4 mins Facebook Social Networking Apps Twitter opinion Three Ways to Reprioritize Your IT Infrastructure Investments in 2010 Forrester's Rob Whiteley talks innovation, ROI and the dangers of shiny new object syndrome. Here are his three suggestions for getting your infrastructure and operations house in order. By Rob Whiteley Mar 2, 2010 Data Center news BlackBerry Security Basics: Five Tips to Keep Your Smartphone Safe BlackBerry smartphones are known for security, but if you don't know the common gotchas, your new or "unsecured" BlackBerry device could be a disaster waiting to happen. CIO.com's "CrackBerry" addict Al Sacco offers five By Al Sacco Mar 2, 2010 10 mins Data Center Small and Medium Business Smartphones opinion Is It Cool to Root for Microsoft? It may sound crazy but a more modest Microsoft is out there taking risks. Does Microsoft the underdog deserve our sympathy? By Shane O'Neill Mar 1, 2010 Data Center opinion ERP Vendors Turn on Bravado to Steal Customers ERP vendors love marketing slogans that tout an easy journey for customers from entrenched, rival vendors. By Thomas Wailgum Mar 1, 2010 Enterprise Applications opinion When Offshoring Doesn’t Add Up A Michigan payment systems and printer manufacturer has realized that for its business, offshoring is no value. By Beth Bacheldor Mar 1, 2010 IT Leadership opinion You can switch industries – even in this market You can switch industries – even in this market By Martha Heller Mar 1, 2010 Careers news CIO Exec Council: LifeLabs’ Small-Project Delivery Strategy The big projects at LifeLabs, as at most companies, were always the ones that got the attention and resources. But that never made the smaller projects any less necessary. Maurizio Laudisa, CIO of LifeLabs, created the Release Management Strategy to By CIO Executive Council Mar 1, 2010 IT Strategy news CIO Exec Council: Battling Lack of IT Understanding Your feedback on the CIO paradox, that troublesome set of contradictions that often frustrate you in performing your role, has been impassioned and thought-provoking. Several CIOs who responded to the January column saw potential solutions in educati By CIO Executive Council Mar 1, 2010 IT Strategy news CIO Exec Council: How to Turn IT Staff Into Business Participants Mazda CIO Jim DiMarzio says just getting into the business meetings isn't enough. By CIO Executive Council Mar 1, 2010 IT Strategy news CIO Exec Council: IT Shops Gear Up for Greater Success Three CIOs share plans for moving IT forwardn By CIO Executive Council Mar 1, 2010 IT Strategy feature Modular Data Centers: A Fast, Secretive Option Spreads Today's containerized data centers, also known as modular data centers, are niche products often quietly chosen by customers in emergency situations. But they're winning over more IT managers who face too much demand and too little data cen By Robert Lemos Mar 1, 2010 Data Center feature How to Gripe Online: Call First, Tweet Later When a company fails to deliver the goods or services you've paid for, social networking sites and tools amplify your complaint to a much larger audience. Here's a look at what's effective and what's not — plus some advice for bu By Bill Snyder Mar 1, 2010 Social Networking Apps news Macs in Enterprise: Management Headaches Linger Even as the number of Macs in the enterprise rises, some management challenges remain. Will a cross-vendor developer alliance help? For some customers, desktop virtualization provides a shortcut to a mixed environment.n By Tom Kaneshige Mar 1, 2010 Consumer Electronics Laptops Operating Systems opinion Cloud Computing’s Three Revolutions: Part 3 Cloud computing will alter IT operations and costs, these changes mean that two very strong friction points for applications — resource provisioning and funding — will dwindle. What does this mean for applications? CIO.com's Bernard Golden exp By Bernard Golden Mar 1, 2010 Cloud Computing Enterprise Applications Virtualization news BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Keeps Chilean Quake-Affected Connected BlackBerry-specific instant messaging application BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) was one of "the only effective methods of communication" in Chile following last weekend's devastating earthquake, according to a Miami newspaper. By Al Sacco Mar 1, 2010 Carriers Small and Medium Business Smartphones opinion SAP Delivers a SaaS BI App for the Rest of Us Power Users and complexity are out. Casual Users and intuitive apps are in. Why SAP's new BI app is smart strategy. By Thomas Wailgum Feb 26, 2010 Enterprise Applications opinion Bye-Bye BlackBerry Clamshell: Verizon to Ditch BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230? Leaked information from Verizon suggests the carrier may soon retire a number of BlackBerrys, including RIM's BlackBerry Flip. By Al Sacco Feb 26, 2010 Mobile Small and Medium Business news Microsoft SharePoint: Enterprises Get Boost by Integrating Social Tools More enterprises are seeing the benefits of layering social networking tools into SharePoint. How can you customize SharePoint and make it more social? Two large organizations share tales from the trenches. By Shane O'Neill Feb 26, 2010 Microsoft Office Office Suites Social Networking Apps news Was Apple’s Bikini Ban Too Reactionary? An app developer gets swept up in Apple's raid on "sexy apps" and becomes collateral damage for four days before Apple mysteriously reinstates the app. By Tom Kaneshige Feb 26, 2010 Consumer Electronics Risk Management iPhone opinion Waste Management v. SAP: It’s Time to Trash This Lawsuit The monetary damages sought by Waste Management keep growing, but it's a zero-sum game being played. By Thomas Wailgum Feb 25, 2010 Enterprise Applications feature 5 Free Tools to Spring Clean Your Twitter Account Which of your Twitter contacts have abandoned the service? Which are spammers? These five free tools weed out deadbeat users and help you organize your account. By Kristin Burnham Feb 25, 2010 3 mins Social Networking Apps Twitter feature Cloud, Virtualization: Wasting IT Resources Major virtual computing vendors underestimate the simplicity and efficiency end users need from cloud and virtual services. Some companies are adopting products from relatively obscure third-party companies in order to keep resources from being waste By Kevin Fogarty Feb 25, 2010 Cloud Computing Virtualization feature IT Outsourcing Consultants: Same Great Advice, New Low Price The consulting talent that once billed $300 an hour while working for outsourcing and advisory firms have struck out on their own. Now their sourcing expertise is available to IT departments at as much as half the cost of the big firms. By Stephanie Overby Feb 25, 2010 Outsourcing news BlackBerry Quick Tip: How to Archive, Organize App World Software BlackBerry smartphone users can free up valuable software storage space by "archiving" App World mobile applications they don't use frequently on external memory cards for easy future access. Here's how to archive those apps, as w By Al Sacco Feb 25, 2010 4 mins Data Center Small and Medium Business Smartphones news Parallels Stakes Out Tricky Spot in the Cloud Parallels, best known for its desktop virtualization software, is betting its future on software for cloud services providers. But despite some high-profile customers, such as Go Daddy, Parallels customers face giant competition in the race to provid By Laurianne McLaughlin Feb 25, 2010 Cloud Computing Virtualization opinion Outsourcing the Management of Your Data Center’s Power Supply IBM Global Services unveils new services designed to help companies get greener. By Beth Bacheldor Feb 24, 2010 Data Center opinion Geek Pride: Soft Skills Are for Weenies Much has been made of the need for IT pros to demonstrate soft skills, but a backlash against their importance is brewing. By Meridith Levinson Feb 24, 2010 Careers opinion 600 Tweets Per Second – A Tweet Too Many? How much of Twitter traffic is noise vs valuable information and does it really matter? By Forrester Research Feb 24, 2010 IT Leadership opinion IT Matchmakers Nonprofits train youth in tough neighborhoods for IT jobs. By Maryfran Johnson Feb 24, 2010 Careers feature For IT Jobs, an Untapped Vein of Talent To fill a drying pipeline for staffing IT jobs, CIOs and nonprofits are cultivating talent among youth in the nation's toughest neighborhoods. By Kim S. Nash Feb 24, 2010 Careers feature 5 Reasons to Revisit Google Desktop Now This oldie-but-goodie app from Google should be on everyone's radar. Here's why. By Kristin Burnham Feb 24, 2010 Internet Social Networking Apps feature Citrix’s Vision for the Virtualized Enterprise Virtualization software vendor Citrix bets partnerships with rivals will help it capture a larger share of the enterprise. By Joab Jackson Feb 24, 2010 Virtualization tip Virtual Applications for a Global Workplace What Quintiles did to provide users access to their complete work environment anywhere in the world at any time. By Rick Swanborg Feb 24, 2010 Enterprise Applications feature Compliance Under a Cloud Cloud services buyers beware: vendors must address security regulations By Jim Hietala Feb 24, 2010 Cloud Computing Legal feature Green IT: CIOs Can Demand Sustainability from Vendors When it comes to greening the supply chain, Pamela Rucker, VP of IT at PSC, demands proof of vendors' environmental claims. By Kim S. Nash Feb 24, 2010 news Windows 7 Enterprise Upgrades: The Costs and the Benefits A study conducted by Forrester Consulting concludes that the return on Windows 7 migrations will be well worth the investment. Meanwhile, Microsoft pushes application virtualization tools to motivate Windows 7 and Office 2010 fence-sitters. By Shane O'Neill Feb 24, 2010 IT Leadership Small and Medium Business Windows feature IT Budgets: It’s Time to Rethink Your Chargebacks Allocating IT costs across business units should take into account their profitability and their use of technology. By Albert Eng Feb 24, 2010 Budgeting tip Why You Need a Smartphone Application Strategy It's only a matter of time before employees want to use their smartphones for everything. So CIOs need to start thinking about smartphone apps as part of their enterprise application strategy. By John Brandon Feb 24, 2010 Mobile Small and Medium Business tip Web Conferencing: Next-Gen Tools Go Beyond Screen Sharing Global teams could benefit from evolving web conferencing tools that allow individuals to jointly use browser-based apps. By Owen Fletcher Feb 24, 2010 Productivity Software tip Zappos tries video sharing to boost sales The retailer bets that sharing video of the products it sells and helping customers share their own will put shoppers in the mood to spend. By Kim S. Nash Feb 24, 2010 Data Center Supply Chain Management Software how-to Connecting Points: Takeaways from CIO Executive Council Workshops While the cloud computing buzz continues to grow, CIOs are taking a measured approach to make the move effectively and safely By CIO Executive Council Feb 24, 2010 Cloud Computing opinion Newtonian Markets Vendor actions and reactions. By Michael Friedenberg Feb 24, 2010 IT Strategy feature ERP Support Drama: How Far Will Oracle Go to Protect Its Golden Egg? Oracle has been litigating against third-party support providers, including Rimini Street and TomorrowNow/SAP, for years. But today, one of its own partners continues to sell maintenance and support services. Customers are asking: Will Oracle try to By Thomas Wailgum Feb 24, 2010 Data Center ERP Systems IT Strategy feature The Insiders – CIOs Who Became CEOs From finance to technology and then to corporate communication, Ashish Chauhan has played at every position possible. And now he has a team of his own to captain. By Anup Varier, Priyanka and Sneha Jha Feb 23, 2010 CIO IT Leadership news Recovery May Drive SOA Atul Saini, CEO and CTO of Fiorano Software, shares with CIO his vision for BPM and SOA for the Indian CIOs. By Kanika Goswami Feb 23, 2010 BPM Systems feature Cloud Servers Help Hospital Reach Doctor Office with Digital Records With a cloud infrastructure, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's electronic health records and practice management system makes it easier to ship medical records from one office to another. 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