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More Numbers on Vista Adoption

Is Windows Vista finally gaining traction? A CDW survey found 48 percent of enterprises are evaluating or testing Vista.

Social Network Horse Race: MySpace Retains Steady Traffic from Loyal Users, But Facebook Keeps Gaining

MySpace sees negative year-over-year growth rate.

Take This IT Job and Shove It: Test-Drive a New Career

Want to trade software development for golf instruction or pastry creation? VocationVacations' internship program provides an immersion course with a pro in your dream field.

IT Leaders Take Too Many Cues From Wall Street, Study Says

CIOs need to worry less about Wall Street observers and worry more about end users who want IT to pull the plug on outdated systems and applications, new Accenture research says.

Oracle Gets BEA: Coping Tips for Both Customer Camps

With the deal done, BEA customers contemplate their fate. Which camp made out better, and what should CIOs and IT managers be doing to prepare for the new era of middleware?

Sun Acquires MySQL: Impact on the CIO?

From its place in the LAMP stack to being the platform of choice for the vast majority of Web 2.0 companies, the acquisition of MySQL means it's time for CIOs not using MySQL or Sun to review their vendor choices for a consolidated offering.

Venture Capitalists Wary of Economy, But Don’t Expect Another Bubble Burst Just Yet

Analysts say Web 2.0 and green tech could see more sluggish funding as venture capitalists worry about exit strategies.

TCO vs. ROI: How Do You Decide?

When will a new IT product pay for itself versus how much will it cost in the long term: Which do you use most when making a technology purchase?

Nearly 95 Percent of Enterprises Using Mobile Applications

While growth in year-over-year wireless spending looks to slow in 2008, U.S. businesses are making wide use of wireless e-mail, IM and similar tools, says In-Stat.

Revamping Business Intelligence? Don’t Leave Users in the Cold

Here's advice on how and why to survey end users. Learn the truth about applications in your enterprise, and you'll have a fighting chance with BI.

Macworld Products That IT Executives Had Better Know About

Apple's offerings traditionally are considered consumer products. Then exhibit hall at this year's Macworld conference, however, had an stronger business influence, with hardware and software thatn may excite even the most buttoned

New CIOs at Summit Business Media, Acosta Sales and More

The Growing Market for Hands-Free Navigation

Talking gadgets for use in cars and other settings are getting cheaper and promising new location-based services.

Five Business Process and Application Trends for 2008

A Forrester analyst outlines the changes in next-generation applications, architectures and business process management that lie ahead.

Cognos Upgrades Key Tools As IBM Merger Nears Completion

Cognos upgrades its flagship business intelligence system, while stepping closer to final approval of its merger with IBM. What will the changes mean for end users?

Motorola Unveils First VoIP-Enabled Barcode Scanner

First of its kind voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) enabled barcode scanner is meant for use in retail, hospitality and healthcare settings.

What If the Internet Went Down…and Didn’t Come Back Up?

Yes, we know we all rely on the Internet. But how much?

IT Strategy 3.0

In-Home Wi-Fi: To Secure or Not to Secure?

Why I’m Just Saying No to Facebook

Starbucks’ CIO Brian Crynes Leaves Amidst Management Shake Up

NY Goes After Intel, But Why?

Travel Used to be Easy

Americans Less Married to their Work Today Than in the Past

But U.S. workers are still more career-oriented than their Western European counterparts.

Obama or Hilary, McCain or Huckabee? Americans Turning to Web for Info on Presidential Race

TV is still the most popular source of campaign news and information, but the Internet is gaining ground.n

Is There Anything Developers WON’T Do For a Pizza?

Fiserv Hires Countrywide Financial CIO

Managing IT in a Recession

Tyson Moves One-Time CIO into Consumer Products Position

Week 19: Reflection on What Has Worked and What to Fix in My Job Search

Extreme Agility? Try Event-Driven SOA

Event-driven SOA allows companies to anticipate or predict customer needs, make faster decisions, and take action that benefits the business and its stakeholders.

Inside Sun’s Virtual World for Internal Collaboration

When Sun Microsystems saw Second Life, it saw an opportunity for businesses to internally collaborate behind the firewall. In this Q&A with one of the main project leads, CIO.com finds out how virtual worlds fit into Sun's world, and down th

Busting the 10 Myths About Data Protection

Whether from security breaches or careless insiders, data protection is on the mind of every CIO these days. However, many don't know that it's steeped in misconceptions.

Daily Traffic to YouTube and Other Video-Sharing Sites Almost Doubles in a Year

Watching and sharing online videos becoming more popular with wired adults.

Meet the “CIO Wanted” Widget

Get a real-time feed of senior IT career openings to your desktop, blog or social networking page.

Success Factors for Corporate Intranets

The Nielsen Norman Group say the top trends in the best intranets flip the priority from "information" to "people." Doing so can keep maintenance manageable, costs down, and information current.

What Would You Do to Save Your Job?

China to Freeze Energy Prices

Come Here Watson, I need you more than ever!

The road through the forest of telecom providers is neither straight nor easy, but here is the map to the best deal

Why You Need More Than One Software Vendor

Lining up a single vendor to supply most of your software seems easy but isn't always smart, says an IT management expert. With fewer vendors to choose from these days, it's best to hedge your bets. n

Five Ways to Get Your Employees Better Information More Quickly

As data overload continues, more companies are turning to operational business intelligence. But there's more to it than a flashy dashboard.

How to Stay Close to the Business

The best way to get in lockstep with the business is to embed your best and brightest IT staffers inside the business. A Forrester Research report examines how Kimberly-Clark's CIO did just that.

Zango Strikes Back: Says Fortinet Report on Facebook Malware is “Fundamentally Untrue”

Online game, music company Zango says its not a spyware vendor. Claims Fortinent report misconstrued innocent advertisement.

New CIOs at Thornburg Mortgage and MPS Group

Join China 1.0

3M Mobile Projector for Smartphones, Cameras, Multimedia Players Unveiled at CES

This Is Not a Game: Virtual Worlds Coming to Your Business, Forrester Predicts

Researchers say they expect the online worlds to make an impact in five years, cite potential for internal collaboration in Second Life-like online arenas. Warning: Expect a steep learning curve.

How to Be a Supremely Productive Person: A Chat With John Halamka

John Halamka has two CIO titles, a family, passionate rock-climbing and wine-making interests and a major-league blog habit. We discuss his celebrity turn in a BlackBerry ad, his tips for e-mail triage, how he sleeps three hours a night and why he no

Inside the Virtualization Market Predictions for 2008

A trio of big vendors will steal the show. Open source has an interesting opportunity. And chipmakers must do some fancy footwork for customers. Here's our take on the latest predictions for the virtualization market.

BlackBerrys Taking Up More IT Support Time, Effort Than Any Other Mobile Devices??