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How to Give a Webinar (and Not Look Like an Idiot)

You need to give a Webinar presentation, and have a tiny bit of performance anxiety? Don't fear. Here's step-by-step advice on everything from how to prepare to what to wear.

Managing Business Demand Is The Keystone For Managing IT Cost

RIM BlackBerry Application Suite (BAS): Big News for CIOs, BES Admins and Users

5 Can’t-Miss Vendor Negotiation Tips

If you work with vendors and wonder how to get a better deal, these tips can help you learn more about the process, add value to your contract with any vendor and put you in the driver's seat.

Wal-Mart’s IT Group Has Come a Long Way: Is India Next?

Wal-Mart, famous for its high-flying IT group that until recent years refused to use packaged applications instead of home-grown apps, is now reportedly evaluating a business process outsourcing (BPO) contract in India. Outsourcing tasks such as proc

Windows 7: Enterprise Features Explained

With Windows 7 (and in some cases Windows Server 2008 R2) Microsoft foresees a future without VPNs, encryption on external devices and more expansive desktop search.

New BlackBerry Storm Sync Pod with Status Indicators Coming Soon

Why (Most) Facebook Users Don’t Care About Privacy

BlackBerrys & Cameras: Should RIM Release a New Camera-Less BlackBerry?

You on Facebook: A Marketer’s Dream, A Privacy Advocate’s Nightmare

7 Tech Innovations That Changed the World

Social networking, cell phones and ecommerce are just a few technology innovations that changed business and personal life irrevocably.

Social Networking at Work: Fear Not Facebook, MySpace and Bebo?

Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking sites have potential for commercial use but to what extent should businesses allow social networking at work? What are the security risks?

Everything You Need to Know About Hiring a Career Coach

If your current job is a snooze or you're having trouble finding a new gig in this age of unemployment, hiring a career coach to help you figure out what excites you and to get your resume in shape could be a smart move. But career coaches aren&

Top 10 Outsourcing Vendors Score Big in Indian IT Services Market

The top ten leading vendors cornered a 39 percent share in the US$4.8 billion Indian IT services market in 2008.

Lenovo Constant Connect Boosts RIM BlackBerry, ThinkPad Integration

The $150, 54mm Lenovo Constant Connect ExpressCard, which features a built-in Bluetooth radio–with a range of about 30 feet–and 500MB of storage, is designed to make it simpler and more effective for road warriors to manage corporate e-mail while o

Microsoft Retail Stores: An Idea Just Crazy Enough to Work?

RIM Developer Exec Mike Kirkup on BlackBerry App Memory Problem, Storefront

IBM Partners with Amazon EC2: What It Means To Your Cloud Plans

This plan presents the extremely intriguing possibility that IBM might offer IBM-powered systems as EC2-based "cloudburst" capability, enabling companies with IBM-based systems located within their data centers to dynamically expand applica

Big Dogs Weigh in on Cloud: IBM and HP Show the Goods

If IBM is setting up a senior organization to push cloud computing, you're going to have to have a cloud strategy. Pooh-poohing it when IBM's CEO is talking it up with your CEO isn't a good idea.

Dating 2.0: Looking for Love in All the Online Places

With Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and other social networking sites–in addition to actual online dating sites–meeting people online has never been easier. But is it enough?

BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0: Five Features CIOs Need to Know About

RIM plans to ship the latest version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), version 5.0 or "Argon," some time before this summer. But you don't have to wait to see what's coming down the pike. Here's a look at five key change

Five Ways to Curb Windows Upgrade Confusion

Windows XP shops don't need to upgrade tomorrow, but they need to have a game plan. In an interview, Microsoft Windows senior director Gavriella Schuster discusses ways to navigate the XP, Vista and Windows 7 upgrade waters.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0: Five Features Users Need to Know About

RIM officially announced its latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), version 5.0, this week. This BlackBerry administrator tool packs a variety of valuable new features for end users, as well. Here are five of the most notable tweaks and additions

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Books, Blogs and the latest research about IT, management and leadership as compiled by the staff of CIO magazine.

How to Use LinkedIn Company Profiles For Job Hunt, Networking

Company profile pages on LinkedIn can help you tune into a company's comings and goings, executive relationships, key business facts, and more. Here's how to search and use LinkedIn Company Profiles to your best advantage.

IT Budget & Staffing Survey Shows Bleak Year Ahead for CIOs, IT Staffs

A recent CIO magazine survey sees dwindling IT budgets and hiring freezes in 2009

10 Ways to Know Your Geek Is Just Not That Into You

Is your fiery romance on track, or headed for the rails faster than Ruby? In time for Valentine's Day, our helpful guide explains the signs that show your guy or gal geek is about to change that Facebook relationship status to "single.&quot

The Case Against Cloud Computing, Part Four

We tackle the fourth big argument against cloud computing: TCO vs. in-house servers. The real math may surprise you.

(Mostly) Offline Valentine’s Day Activities for Geeks

Playing with gadget-y gifts isn't the only fun a techie can have on Valentine's Day. From judging the hottest programmers to geek movie faves and an interactive scavenger hunt, we've got you covered.

Layoffs: Calculating the Odds You’ll Lose Your Job

Cisco Takes on HP and Others in New Data Center War

You May Fear Packaged App Lock-In, But Your CEO Doesn’t Care

8 Valentine’s Day Gifts for Your Geek

Regular chocolates and flowers are so 1990. Try BlackBerry or Wii Mii chocolates or LED crystal jewelry for the techie in your life this year.

How Real-Time Business Intelligence Pumps up the Volume for Sales

Delivering BI data to the retail floor increased music and video sales for Virgin Megastore

How Virtualization Improves Software Development

Virtualization technologies aren't just for server consolidation. They've long been valuable tools to anyone writing or testing software. We show how these tools are being used for software development and quality assurance now and identify

Data-Management Danger: Less Than Half of MDM Plans Are Effective

BlackBerry “Gemini” 8325 Rumor Roundup: Another “Curve,” Not the 9300

Usability: a Paradigm Shift in Solution Value

Usability is all that matters in this new view of software systems and that is where most of the value remains for business users.

Offshoring: Satyam’s Loss is Pakistan’s Gain?

In the wake of the recent Satyam Computer Services scandal, a gap that has been created for all of Satyam's clients–and it may be a boon for Pakistan-based IT companies.

PCI – Breaches and Audits

Breaches can occur all the time and payment networks are usually the prime targets of hacker communities. A hacker is usually looking for vulnerable systems and attempts to break into these systems when vulnerable systems are found to steal financial

Twitter Etiquette: Five Dos and Don’ts

Twitter beginners need to understand the rules of etiquette for the service. So before you stick a foot measuring 140-characters-or-less in your mouth, check out our advice on how to follow and un-follow, share politely, direct message appropriately,

Politics and Economics of Offshore Outsourcing

Offshore outsourcing is forcing major changes in terms of job content, location, wages and job security–it's an economic nreality and many are completely unprepared. Instead of debating its impact on the economy, experts suggest that the U.S.

Can You Trust the Cloud?

There has been a lot of talk, maybe way too much talk regarding cloud computing. The fact that companies and individuals are willing to keep data on someone else's servers is interesting.

Job Interviews and the Power of Silence

In this latest Hiring Manager Interview, Mark Settle, the CIO of BMC Software, shares the first-hand lessons he's learned about talking too much during job interviews and advises job seekers on how to establish a rapport with hiring managers dur

Silver Linings and dark clouds of the current tight IT budget climate

RFID Best Practices: When Will You Kids Learn to Share?

A Smartphone Would Leave Microsoft Singing the Same Old Zune

The Ultraportable Laptop Showdown

What makes a good ultraportable? Our lab tested the ultra-stylish Apple MacBook, Samsung's new X360, Lenovo's Thinkpad X300–the business warhorse, Dell's Latitude E4200 and five more laptops. The laptops were compared on portability (

Social Networking’s Security Pitfalls: How You Can Go Oh So Wrong with Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace

The social networking world of Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace is a veritable minefield of places where a misstep can mean dire consequences–from data harvesting to loss of reputation to fraud–for the unfortunate user.

7 Reasons Not to Use Microsoft Outlook for Your Company’s E-mail

Microsoft Outlook can't please everyone — and doesn't. If you're examining arguments against Outlook, consider these 7 reasons to look elsewhere for your enterprise e-mail client.