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Best of WES 2009: The Top 10 BlackBerry Products and Services

Research In Motion (RIM) held its annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) this week in Orlando, Fla., and though there were countless BlackBerry products and services on display, ten of them really stood out from the crowd. Here are our favorite B

How Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Lowered Costs with Kronos Workforce HR and Payroll Solutions

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard wanted an integrated system to lower HR and payroll costs.

Windows 7 RC: Two New Features Worth a Look

What's new in the Window 7 release candidate? Check out the Remote Media Streaming feature and the already-controversial Windows XP Mode.

Data Integration Helps Shipbuilder Trim Costs

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard wanted an integrated system to lower HR and payroll costs.

Applied Materials: Looking to Flexible Offshoring Deals to Survive

The Applied Materials IT department had cut costs by 35 percent before the company was hit with the semiconductor slump and worldwide recession. So CIO Ron Kifer had to get creative, renegotiating with offshore providers and easing up on service leve

What CIOs Need to Know about Desktop Video Conferencing

Practical advice from Purdue Pharma CIO Larry Pickett

What Worries U.S. High-Tech Companies

From consolidation fears to M&A risks to natural disasters, here's what's most troubling the 100 largest publicly traded tech companies.

Obama Stimulus Bill Effects Will Take Time

Outside of healthcare, broadband and utlities industries, impact of federal spending on IT is unlikely to have an immediate impact.

Now is the Best Time to Start a Business

Many of today's biggest companies opened their doors when other businesses were closing theirs.

The Many Ways to Fail

How failure results in lessons learned.

BlackBerry Curve Doesn’t Strike Out Apple iPhone

Twitter Quitters: Power Tweeters May Be to Blame

Upcoming BlackBerry Accessories: New Bluetooth Headsets, Collaboration Tools

Microsoft Lost Its Focus and 3,000 More of Its Workers Lost Jobs

BI Grows Up: IT Moving Past Integration Woes

IT has finally figured out how to make the back-end BI connections work, according to new Aberdeen Group BI research. The next big BI challenge: Ensuring ease-of-use for end users.

Get SOA Policy Management Right: A To-Do List for IT Leaders

IT leaders must understand the general characteristics of the SOA policy life cycle. This will help you to watch over critical control points and organizational relationships. Here's some practical advice from Forrester Research SOA expert Randy

Cellcrypt for BlackBerry Encrypts, Secures Cellular Voice Conversations

Cellcrypt has released what it says is the very first BlackBerry voice encryption product that enables organizations to secure users' voice traffic. But it's only available for the Bold 9000…and it sure isn't cheap.

3 Best Practices for Reaping the Benefits of Virtualization

Forrester Research virtualization experts share advice on how to get the business on your side, give your staff the right tools and maximize IT productivity.

Oracle’s “We’d Better Do Something” Moment

BlackBerry Presentation Viewer Lets You Send Slides from Handhelds to Projectors, Displays

With Windows 7 RC, Microsoft Continues to Pace Itself

Taxpayer Data Languishing Inside Piles of Hard Drives

The Canada Revenue Agency said that while a 2008 audit revealed it had still not found effective software for deleting sensitive taxpayer data from hard drives following a warning from the RCMP in 2007, the agency does expect to have new software in

Can Social Networking Be Secure at Work?

A new report revealed that hackers are increasingly targeting social networking services like Twitter and Facebook. Many employees who log on during the day at work might be causing information security risks at their companies. But banning the techn

CA Unveils Offerings As Part of “Mainframe 2.0”

Software vendor CA Inc. has upgraded 143 of 166 offerings in its mainframe management portfolio alongside the release of some new tools — all characterized by automation and simplified user interfaces — as part of its Mainframe 2.0 initiative.

A Tale of Two Cloud Computing Conferences

Two recent cloud computing conferences show innovative cloud computing management tools — and an awful lot of IT skepticism. Get comfy with SaaS, folks. That's where software vendors are innovating.

Citrix Unveils Dazzle and Other Desktop Virtualization Advances at Synergy Show

nCitrix will roll out a wave of new desktop virtualization products this week, including a pretty new face for the desktop client of XenApp application virtualization server and time-savers for IT groups. Analysts say the Citrix desktop technology ju

Job Seekers: How to Tell Stories to Stand Out

By spinning your work experiences into compelling stories, you can distinguish yourself from the job-hunting competition and demonstrate your impeccable communication skills. Here's some practical advice for story-telling in job interviews and c

Microsoft’s “Alternative” ERP and CRM Status: Not for Much Longer

The Judges of the 2009 Ones to Watch Awards

Introducing the esteemed panel of judges, drawn from the ranks of the CIO Executive Council, who judged the 2009 awards

Winners of the 2009 Ones to Watch Awards

Honoring the next generation of IT leaders and the CIOs who have fostered their talents

Google Apps Connector for BES: BlackBerry Gets Native Gmail, Google Contacts and Calendar

Organizations that wish to employ BlackBerrys and Google's Web mail, Gmail, as well as the company's calendar and contacts services will soon be able to do so securely via a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), thanks to an upcoming offering

What’s Behind the Apple-Verizon Rumor?

CDMA throws a monkey wrench in any Apple-Verizon deal, analysts say.

Twitter Tips: How And Why To Use Hashtags (#)

Hashtags, a shorthand system developed by Twitter users to help categorize Tweets, can save you time and keep your tweets organized. Here's a quick and easy guide for finding and using hashtags.

CRM on the Cheap: Five Strategies That Really Work

Yes, you can save money in a CRM implementation and instill attitudes that provide the highest value to your organization. Here's some practical advice about priorities, requirements, agile development tactics and more.

RIM Launches BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0 at WES

The latest edition of RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), version 5.0, is now available, and it packs a variety of valuable new features for admins and end users alike.

Growing Gen-Y Leaders

Why you need to give your millennials real leadership responsibilities.

Singing in the Lifeboats

Even in a tough economy, CIOs need to remain optimistic and continue to develop future leaders

Forging Good Leaders in Bad Times

Leadership development doesn't stop when the going gets tough. If anything, investing in the next generation matters now more than ever.

New GPS App for BlackBerry, WinMo Locates Kidnapped Execs–and Wayward Staffers

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Spammers Pin Campaign on Swine Flu

Swine flu spam is spreading like a virus of its own and recently turned malicious.

How Managers Can Connect with Generation Y

Purdue CIO Gerry MecCartney advises constant feedback, questioning old nnrules and framing responsibility and mission for Millennial IT staff

Apple Haters, Chill Out

SAP Earnings Down, But ERP Vendor Shows Recession Smarts

Twitter Tips: How to Write Better Tweets

Twitter's 140-character message format demands concise, engaging writing, and that's a skill that a lot of people just don't have. Here's practical, expert advice to help you engage your followers and avoid common tweet writing bl

SaaS Web Security a Cheaper Option, McAfee Says

Santa Clara, Calif.-based security vendor McAfee Inc. released a software-as-a-service Web security tool for protecting a distributed workforce from Web threats, while rendering IT departments fewer upfront costs in light of current budgetary constra

Guide to a Perfect Offshore Outsourcing Vendor Deal: The “Do” List

Nine tips for striking a great outsourcing deal with your vendor. For example, did you know you should negotiate key personnel provisions to give you more control over your labor assets?

Details on Yesterday’s EMEA BlackBerry Outage from Zenprise, BoxTone

In Employee-Monitoring Sting, Swiss Insurance Company Fires Employee for Using Facebook