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Obama’s Cybersecurity Coordinator Has Broad Agenda

Review of security needs provides a long list of issues to address.

iPhone 3GS Problems Galore and Apple Laughs Its Way to Bank

iPhone 3GS owners reportedly experienced a slew of issues since Apple released the device, capped off today by reports of over-heating…yet iPhone sales are off the charts, dwarfing even first-generation and iPhone 3G launch-sales. Is Apple's &

Forrester Bucks Conventional Wisdom on Cloud Computing

According to a new survey on cloud by Forrester, enterprises are much less conservative in their cloud technology plans than you might expect. But what users want and what some big vendors are pushing doesn't quite match up yet.

How Long Have You Been Looking for a Job?

Executives can expect to be on the hunt at least a year, says one executive recruiter.

5 Myths of Data Center Power Usage Optimization

Understanding and improving power usage effectiveness (PUE)

Obama’s cybersecurity push: What it means for CIOs

President Obama aims to fix U.S. cybersecurity, but can the feds hit a moving target? Not without private sector support and practical solutions.

iPhone 3.0 Slouching Toward the Web

The iPhone 3GS heralds the end of free content and the beginning of pay-per-use services.

Why CIOs and IT Need a Vacation

When the economy finally recovers, workplace stress will only rise. CIOs should set a good example for their staff and rest up with a week off, now.

Three Tips for Hearing about Jobs from Recruiters

Mark Polansky breaks down the dos and don'ts when working with recruiters.

Palm Pre App Catalog Hits 1M Downloads…And The Fun’s Just Begun

Palm opened the virtual doors to its App Catalog mobile software store for the Palm Pre just three weeks ago, and it's already seen more than 1 million downloads. Those aren't iPhone App Store numbers by a long shot, but they're certai

How Mt. Sinai’s IT Team Made Virtualization Easier

Adding automatic response and recovery to tools that monitor physical and virtual servers improves the outlook for Mt. Sinai Hospital data centers. One secret to success: process automation.

IT Forum 2009: You Asked The Questions — We Give The Answers

Questions from this year's Forrester IT Forum get answered.

Job Seekers: Get Ready for the “Character” Interview

In an employer's job market, hiring managers take their time getting to know a job seeker's character, personality and values. Personal questions and even table manners are fair game.

Global Work Experience As A Career Boost

Time spent working abroad can often provide critical experience and lead to great career opportunities. But making the transition isn't as easy as you think. CIOs share their experiences.n

Hot Jobs: Capacity Manager

Helps to ensure sufficient IT resources to support the business.

Beyond Virtualization: How Raytheon’s IT Department Helps Meet Green Goals

Raytheon's Green IT initiative started with data center virtualization. But today's Green IT initiatives encompass system development and business efficiency.

How BPM Brought IT and End Users Together

A BPM project did more than improve design processes for NACCO Materials Handling Group. It provided a lesson in how to work better with end users.

What Your IT Budget Says About Your Organization’s Value

Can anyone tell what IT contributes to your business just by looking at your budget? If they can't, you're less effective than you could be.n

Mind The Trap: How Not to Handle the Economic Downturn?

CIOs have a basic choice between being primarily an operational or corporate strategist

Microsoft Has Itself a Windows 7 Netbook Pricing Dilemma

Microsoft's plan to triple the amount it charges netbook makers for Windows 7 could turn off both OEMs and customers.

Rapid Prototyping Provides Innovation that Fits at the New York Times

The New York Times pins its future on rapid prototyping of digital products and services.

Q&A: Andrew McAfee, who coined “Enterprise 2.0,” on What’s Next

Web 2.0 apps such as blogs, wikis and social networks have come a long way inside businesses for the purposes of collaboration since Harvard Business School professor Andrew McAfee coined the term "Enterprise 2.0" a few years ago. In fact,

Windows 7 in Pictures: 10 Cool Desktop Features

In anticipation of Windows 7 being released into the wild on Oct. 22, here is an up-to-date pictorial guide to the most compelling navigation and networking features of the OS.

Vendor Management: Recession Strains Outsourcing Partnerships

Recessions take their toll on even the best outsourcing relationships. Here are ten signs that indicate your deal may be in danger and eight remedies for repairing the rifts in your IT services union.

Hosting Firms Have New Answer to “I Want My Own Server”

Virtualization is great and all, but sometimes a customer just wants his own machine. Dell's got a solution for hosting firms: a low-cost, low-power mini-server that uses a netbook chip.n

TV in Cars Gets a Boost With New Satellite Service

AT&T launches a car-based TV system, eyes data services.

A “Whac-A-Mole” Approach to Security

In our July 1 feature, current cybersecurity threats and responses are explored.

Palm Pre How-To: Wipe Handheld Clean, Restore Factory Settings

Palm Pre owners may want to wipe and reset their devices to factory default settings for a variety of reasons. The following four-step process will have your Pre wiped cleaner than Grandma's kitchen linoleum in no time.

Best Practices Revealed at the CIO 100 Symposium

At the 2009 CIO 100 Symposium, CIOs will learn best practices from speakers such as InterContinetal's CIO Tom Conophy and JetBlue's CIO Joe Eng.

Phoenix Freeze Auto-Locks Your Laptop via BlackBerry, iPhone Bluetooth

Phoenix Freeze locks up your Bluetooth-enabled notebook computer and activates power-saving settings whenever you walk away with your BlackBerry or iPhone, then unlocks the machine when you return. But a few major flaws keep it from being truly valua

Take Your Time Moving To Process Based Organizations.

4 things IT shops need to do before moving to a process based organization

iPhone 3G S: If You Can’t Beat Apple, Join ‘Em

For tech vendors across all sorts of industries and markets, the iPhone has become a market changer overnight.

Hosted E-mail’s a Hit, But How Far Will Microsoft Go with Cloud?

Microsoft won't even use the term software-as-a-service: they say "software plus services." But the king of on-premise software and its customers are taking the plunge into hosted e-mail, with some early successes. As for how far into

How and Why to Create Data Destruction Policies

Hate to throw anything away? Technology lawyer Mark Grossman explains why your IT staff must fight that instinct and create a data destruction policy that works for the business.

Palm Pre, webOS Hands-On Review: Promising Software, Disappointing Device

Palm's first webOS device, the Pre, certainly marks a step in the right direction for the struggling handset maker: But a poor keyboard, weak battery life and questionable build quality, among other hardware disappointments, will likely hinder t

A good time to wear more hats

If you have ever thought of taking on some non-IT operational responsibility now is the time.

iPhone 3G S: Blockbuster Weekend

The new iPhone has a monster launch, but it's just the beginning.

Sarah Palin’s CIO on Hunting for Bear and IT Staff

What's it like to be Sarah Palin's CIO? In this latest Hiring Manager interview, Alaska CIO Annette Kreitzer talks about IT culture change, working for a high-profile boss and making time for the bear necessities.

Salesforce.com: Six Areas CIOs Should Watch After Rollout

CRM implementations have plenty of small details that the IT staff must sweat. When the rollout dust clears, what are the first follow-up issues for CIOs? Here are six priority items.

Microsoft Sharepoint vs. Enterprise 2.0 Start-ups: Day of Reckoning Arrives

For several years, Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration software has looked dysfunctional and pricey compared to innovative packages from start-ups. But in a new version en route, Microsoft has improved on some gripes, particularly its social so

How To Design and Build A Solid Architecture For SOA Policy Management

Meet the Woman Behind Microsoft’s In Your Face Ad Strategy

What's up with the current tidal wave of Microsoft ads? Gayle Troberman, Microsoft's GM of Advertising, talks about hunting down the competition with the "Bing" and "It's Everybody's Business" commercials, sco

The Worst U.S. Cities to Work in IT

IT workers have their choice of many great U.S. cities for work and play (Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle), but what are the cities that you probably should avoid? Here's a very unscientific, highly subjective and unapologetically snarky list of our l

What We’re Reading

Blogs and books selected by the staff of CIO magazine from the June 15 issue

What We’re Reading

Blogs and books selected by the staff of CIO magazine from the June 1 issue

What We’re Reading

Blogs and books selected by the staff of CIO magazine from the May 15 issue

CIOS: Don’t Let New Sourcing Models Take Your IT Organization By Surprise

Emerging sourcing models like managed hosting, SaaS, PaaS, and cloud-based services are growing in popularity, but present risks

What to Expect from Enterprise 2.0

The Enterprise 2.0 conference will feature several case studies on how enterprises use social software to improve collaboration.

Half-a-Million iPhone 3G S at Launch, Analyst Says

If Apple sells 500,000 iPhone 3G S units this weekend, as an analyst predicts, it would pale in comparison to the million iPhone

Iran: Cloud Computing and Social Networking for Despots

In the U.S., it takes weeks to count ballots. Not in Iran. The answer must be cloud.