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Survey: Majority of IT Execs Have No Plans for Windows 7

A new Windows 7 deployment survey reveals that 60 percent of IT admins surveyed have no plans to migrate to Windows 7, citing a poor economy and compatibility fears as the main culprits.

By Shane O'Neill

Jul 13, 2009 3 mins

Data Center Small and Medium Business Windows

Google CEO Schmidt Caught Using BlackBerry? Um. So What??

Google CEO Eric Schmidt was spotted last week using a BlackBerry Storm from RIM–not a Google Android device. CIO.com's Al Sacco asks: Who really cares?

By Al Sacco

Jul 13, 2009 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business

RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 (Verizon, Sprint): How to Tell if the Tour’s for You

The BlackBerry Tour 9630, RIM's newest BlackBerry, is now available in the United States. But with so many smartphone options–Pre, iPhone, myTouch 3G, etc.–it can be difficult to determine which device is best for you. Here's a breakdown

By Al Sacco

Jul 13, 2009 6 mins

Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps

Microsoft Office 2010: Three Helpful New Collaboration Features

In the upcoming Office 2010 suite, enterprise users will find several changes aimed squarely at collaboration. Here's a quick tour of these new Microsoft Office helpers.

By Shane O'Neill

Jul 13, 2009 4 mins

Data Center Small and Medium Business Windows

Wal-Mart Blows It With Twitter Terms of Service

Large companies still need to adjust to the fact Twitter and other social networks enable a culture of openness.

By C.G. Lynch

Jul 10, 2009 2 mins

Enterprise Applications

Africans will gather at different capital cities Saturday to listen and watch a live video stream of U.S. President Barrack Obama's historic speech to Ghana's Parliament.

By Rebecca Wanjiku

Jul 10, 2009 2 mins

Government Government IT Web Development

Executive Compensation: The 10 Highest-Paid Tech Chiefs of 2008

A look at the IT executives who are cashing the biggest paychecks and the reasons why these men (and one woman) earn what they do.

By Meridith Levinson

Jul 10, 2009 4 mins

Careers Salaries

One SaaS Vendor’s Fiery Vision of the Future of On-Premise Software

A new video from SaaS vendor KashFlow is caustic, entertaining, informative and well-timed.

By Thomas Wailgum

Jul 9, 2009 1 min

Enterprise Applications

Five Lessons for Your Website from U.S., South Korean Web Attacks

Think your company's site isn't worth attacking? Think all hackers are technical whiz kids? It's time to revisit some security assumptions in the wake of the recent attacks on U.S. and South Korean Web sites, security experts say.n

By Robert Lemos

Jul 9, 2009 5 mins

Data Center

As Three Big iPhone Troubles Surface, Apple Dinged for Secrecy

While the iPhone 3GS sells like hotcakes, a chorus of complaints regarding battery life, overheating and a security vulnerability grows. Apple's playing it quiet, as usual, but that may not fly with enterprise users.

By Tom Kaneshige

Jul 9, 2009 4 mins

Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps iPhone

EMC Heats Up Competition with Data Center Big Four

Who's afraid of HP, IBM, CA and BMC? Not EMC, which just upped its stake in the data center management tools game. But does it have all the cards that it needs?

By Kevin Fogarty

Jul 9, 2009 6 mins

Data Center Virtualization

Offshore Outsourcing: Pay Attention to Foreign Exchange Rates or Pay the Price

American companies may leave millions of dollars on the table by ignoring the impact of currency fluctuations on their offshore outsourcing deals. Here are five strategies for ensuring that you save even more money when the value of your offshore pro

By Stephanie Overby

Jul 9, 2009 6 mins

IT Leadership Outsourcing

Google Chrome OS: Five Big Obstacles in the Windows War

Google's upcoming open-source operating system for PCs has certainly caused a stir u2014 but is everyone drinking too much of the Windows-killer Kool Aid? CIO.com's Shane O'Neill reports that there's five big obstacles Google must

By Shane O'Neill

Jul 9, 2009 5 mins

Linux Small and Medium Business Windows

Finding Your Career Passion

Why it is important to be passionate about your career, especially for those in a job search, and how I found my career passion.

By Mark Cummuta

Jul 9, 2009 6 mins

Careers

Apple Throws Birthday Party for App Store, Highlights its Favorites

The year-old App Store delivers cool apps and cash.

By Tom Kaneshige

Jul 8, 2009 2 mins

Enterprise Applications

IT Job Search Bible

UPDATED 7/14/11: Check out CIO.com's complete guide to finding an IT job in good times and bad, working with recruiters, using social networking websites in your job hunt, avoiding common job search mistakes, and much more. Use our expert advice

By Meridith Levinson

Jul 8, 2009 29 mins

Careers IT Jobs

Cloud and Web 2.0 Insights from Structure 09 Conference

At GigaOM's Structure 09 Conference, CIO.com cloud guru Bernard Golden gained some perspective on bandwidth fears, commodity hardware questions, and real-life cloud challenges from companies already racing to keep up with computing demand.

By Bernard Golden

Jul 8, 2009 5 mins

Cloud Computing Virtualization

Enterprise Software Licensing Negotiations: Insider Tips

Given the rise of virtualization and vendor consolidation, software licensing negotiation has only become more complicated. Forrester analyst Ray Wang just released "Enterprise Software Licensee's Bill Of Rights, Version 2" — a must r

By Thomas Wailgum

Jul 8, 2009 2 mins

ERP Systems Enterprise Applications Outsourcing

Health 2.0 Meets Government Stimulus

How the government will reimburse healthcare $34 billion for its investments in information technology.

By Steve Patterson

Jul 8, 2009 6 mins

Data Center Enterprise Applications IT Leadership

Twitter Tips: How to Find Experts in Your Industry

Twitter's value depends heavily on your finding useful people to follow. So how do you locate the leaders in your profession? Use these easy steps to success.

By C.G. Lynch

Jul 8, 2009 6 mins

Consumer Electronics Internet Relationship Building

SOA: Dead Or Alive?

SOA is far from being dead, outdated, or irrelevant

By Forrester Research

Jul 8, 2009 3 mins

Microsoft’s Windows 7 ‘Family Pack’ Leaves Users Guessing

If Microsoft rolls out a Windows 7 "Family Pack", users who bought up pre-order copies of Windows 7 have a right to be miffed.

By Shane O'Neill

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Data Center

Five Favorite iPhone Apps

Social networking and work-related apps turn the iPhone into an addiction.

By Tom Kaneshige

Jul 7, 2009 5 mins

Enterprise Applications

Watch Out SAP: Oracle’s SaaS Play Could Be a Trap

AMR's Bruce Richardson lays out a fiendish rationale behind Oracle's SaaS strategy.

By Thomas Wailgum

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Enterprise Applications

Facebook’s Upcoming Privacy Changes: What You Need to Know

Think you've already ensured privacy on your Facebook posts? The social networking service is changing the privacy rules again. Here's a guide to the new settings and options.

By C.G. Lynch

Jul 7, 2009 6 mins

Consumer Electronics Internet Privacy

Free “Tweet Tone” for BlackBerry Twitter Apps

Never miss a Twitter "tweet," reply or direct message with this new, free "Tweet tone." Here's how to download, save and assign it to your favorite BlackBerry Twitter application.

By Al Sacco

Jul 7, 2009 2 mins

Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps

Google Apps Premier Edition Gets Key Improvements

Google has officially removed the beta label from Gmail and other apps, strengthened customer data backup, and improved enterprise Gmail's e-mail retention policies and compliance options. The changes add up to significant improvements for large

By C.G. Lynch

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Collaboration Software SaaS Small and Medium Business

Boston Plans “Citizen Connect” iPhone App…But Will Anyone Use It?

The City of Boston will soon launch a new, free iPhone app, called "Citizen Connect," meant to help residents notify city officials of streets or public properties that need repair, graffiti, malfunctioning street lights and other gripes. T

By Al Sacco

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps iPhone

Apple’s Newest Miracle: Mass. Girl, 11, Saved by iPhone, Lil Wayne (Satire)

Apple's iPhone 3GS is apparently living up to its nickname, "The Jesus Phone."

By Al Sacco

Jul 6, 2009 2 mins

Mobile Small and Medium Business

Windows 7 Family Pack: How Much Would You Like to Pay?

Microsoft's reported three-license Windows 7 "Family Pack" could suffer from price comparisons to Apple's Snow Leopard.

By Shane O'Neill

Jul 6, 2009 3 mins

Data Center

Symantec Releases Disaster-Recovery Statistics

Symantec Corp. has released the results of its fifth annual Global IT Disaster Recovery survey.

By Jennifer Kavur

Jul 6, 2009 7 mins

Data Center Risk Management Virtualization

Used PC Strategy: Pass the ‘Toxic Buck’ to Developing Countries

A new Gartner report details how companies are "passing the toxic buck": Sending their PC e-waste to secondary markets in emerging countries that aren't always equipped to handle the PC disposal in environmentally-friendly ways. Howeve

By Thomas Wailgum

Jul 6, 2009 4 mins

Compliance Data Center Risk Management

Apple to Bless iPod touch, iPod nano with Digital Camera?

Apple's next major move could be to release revamped versions of its iPod touch and iPod nano media players with digital cameras, just like the shooters currently found in the iPhone.

By Al Sacco

Jul 6, 2009 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps iPhone

Green IT to Be an Antidote for CIOs

The ongoing economic recession can help drive adoption of green IT within the data centre, according to a report from Datamonitor.

By Jack Loo

Jul 2, 2009 2 mins

CIO Green IT IT Strategy

iPhone 3GS Tips to Prevent Overheating, from Apple

iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G owners concerned with the possibility of overheating devices should read the following tips and suggestions, from Apple, for maintaining adequate operating temperatures.

By Al Sacco

Jul 2, 2009 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps iPhone

Alignment’s Ailment: IT Strategy’s Focus Shifts To Agility

CIOs’ strategic focus is shifting from IT-business alignment to business agility.

By Forrester Research

Jul 2, 2009 2 mins

IT Leadership

Avoid Business Etiquette Blunders with $2.99 iPhone App

Save yourself from making a faux pas at a job interview, business dinner or networking event.

By Tom Kaneshige

Jul 1, 2009 3 mins

Enterprise Applications

Windows 7 Upgrades: Why Microsoft’s 25-Free Deal Stinks

Need to buy 100 PCs today? Microsoft says businesses can only have free upgrades to Windows 7 on 25 of those machines. In this opinion piece, CIO.com's Shane O'Neill says businesses should just say no to this "deal" u2014 and pres

By Shane O'Neill

Jul 1, 2009 3 mins

Data Center Small and Medium Business Windows

BlackBerry App World: Nine Must-Do Fixes for RIM’s App Store

Ever since BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) launched its BlackBerry App World mobile software store last spring, the on-device app-channel has received a flood of negative feedback from users and developers. Here's CIO.com's Al Sac

By Al Sacco

Jul 1, 2009 8 mins

Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business

Inside the Posh Pads of Tech’s Elite

Super-wired, super-plush and, of course, super-expensive: Check out the homes of Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff and their tech titan peers. Bernie Madoff's now-seized cribs had little on these palaces on land and sea when it comes to lu

By Tom Kaneshige

Jul 1, 2009 3 mins

Careers

TI’s Web 2.0 Success Story: Better Customer Service

Texas Instruments uses Telligent's Enterprise 2.0 apps to create a customer community where TI staffers and engineering industry customers help each other solve problems faster.n

By C.G. Lynch

Jun 30, 2009 3 mins

Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps

How to determine the true cost of Microsoft SharePoint

A list of the many costs involved in implementing and supporting Microsoft SharePoint, including ones you might never have expected.

By Russ Edelman, Corridor Consulting

Jun 30, 2009 11 mins

IT Strategy

Outsourcing: The Demise of the Offshore Captive Center

Citi, AXA, AOL and others have shed their wholly-owned Indian IT services subsidiaries. Analysts say sales of offshore captive centers may be more than just a sign of the recessionary times: The concept of owning an offshore services unit may have ou

By Stephanie Overby

Jun 30, 2009 6 mins

IT Leadership Outsourcing

RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 (VZW) Shipping July 12; Camera-Less Version Available

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) is finally releasing a new BlackBerry smartphone, the Tour 9630 on Verizon Wireless, with no digital camera.

By Al Sacco

Jun 30, 2009 2 mins

Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business

How Do You Manage Information Overload?

The amount of information that we upload to services like Facebook and Twitter will need to be sorted in some manageable way.

By C.G. Lynch

Jun 29, 2009 2 mins

Careers

How to Determine the True Cost of Microsoft SharePoint

A list of the many costs involved in implementing and supporting Microsoft SharePoint, including ones you might never have expected.

By Russ Edelman, Corridor Consulting

Jun 29, 2009 10 mins

Data Management Enterprise Applications

BoxTone Launches New BlackBerry Monitoring Service for MSPs (CIO.com Exclusive)

Managed Service Providers (MSP) that support corporate BlackBerry deployments can now employ a customized and enhanced version of BoxTone's BlackBerry management software and services package to better handle mobility costs and generate more cas

By Al Sacco

Jun 29, 2009 2 mins

Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business

Hacking Exposed Author Reveals His Security Secrets

Just what motivates the bad-guys to hack into a computer or network infrastructure? According to Stuart McClure, vice-president of operations, strategy for McAfee's risk and compliance business unit, and one of the authors of the book Hacking Ex

By Maxine Cheung

Jun 29, 2009 3 mins

Risk Management Security

Microsoft Plays Tennis Match with Apple on Windows 7 Pricing

One analyst says the main reason Microsoft lowered prices on Windows 7 prices was to stem market share loss to Apple. But in the pricing duel expected to play out between Snow Leopard OS and Windows 7 in the coming months, who'll win?

By Shane O'Neill

Jun 29, 2009 4 mins

Apple Small and Medium Business Technology Industry