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Webkinz scales a wall of little users

How To Join the CIO Forum on Facebook

Our Facebook group lets IT professionals share ideas, ask questions and get to know each other. Here's how to become a part of the action.

Four Tips for Better Business Intelligence in 2008

Avalanches of data and the need for better decisions mean it's time to take BI to the next level. Aberdeen offers ways to make achieving that next level easier.

What “Secret Crush” Widget Can Teach Business About Managing Facebook

Facebook widget "Secret Crush" installed malware on as many as 1.7 million PCs last week. First lesson: Users don't understand that Facebook doesn't review these apps before release.

How a Global Law Firm Used Business Intelligence to Fix Customer Billing Woes

For global law firm Bryan Cave, business intelligence tools have been the key to maximizing profit while providing new revenue opportunities.

HP’s Evolution

It's not just about printers and hardware anymore

Virtual Software Appliances: Why They Could End Deployment Hell

Many enterprises still don't like SaaS, but now there's an up-and-coming alternative, virtualized software appliances, that deserves attention. Here's why it might not be long before you buy software pre-packaged in a virtual machine.

Compliance, Convergence and How IT Fits

There are more government rules for companies to follow, more departments required to follow them, and more legal risks for not doing so. Proactive executives can use IT to design and implement an effective compliance program to coordinate an organiz

Does the IT Department Have Customers?

CIO Forum on Facebook, part 2

Why GPS is No Replacement for Eyes and Ears (Or How to Find Yourself With a $100,000 Bill by Following a GPS Navigator)

CES Brings Two New Ways to Print Images, Documents from Your Mobile Device Without Ink

Wikia Search Launches, Meets with Harsh Reviews from the Blogosphere

A new search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is not likely to rival Google anytime soon.n

Your Customer Service Stinks

An Accenture survey finds that while consumers' customer service expectations continue to rise, the majority of companies aren't keeping pace, sending customers to competitors. And it's only getting easier for them to leave.

SharePoint 2007 Demystified: How to Cash in on Collaboration Tools

Previous versions of Microsoft's collaboration tools lacked management prowess. SharePoint 2007 fixes that problem and packs in a sometimes confusing array of features from workflow to search. Here's how smart IT leaders are making this oft

E-Mail Technology Definition and Solutions

E-Mail Technology topics covering definition, objectives, systems and solutions.

The Hiring Manager Interviews: US Airways CIO Seeks Candidates for his “Blue Collar” IT Department

Joe Beery wants versatile employees who aren't afraid to roll up their sleeves and who aren't fazed by the airline industry's demands.

Are You Worried about the Impact of a Recession on Your Job? You Should Be.

Confessions of a Facebook Addict

Watch Your Livingroom TV via BlackBerry Thanks to SlingPlayer Mobile

Dominant in Consumer Search, Google Still Has Long Way to Go in the Enterprise

Search giant's web search market share far outpaces rivals, but analysts say Google needs to make search appliance easier for enterprise systems managers to deploy.n

SETI@home: Why the Search for E.T. Needs Your Computer

The mammoth radio telescope searching for intelligent life beyond Earth just got even more powerful. Now more volunteers are needed to help sift through data.

Truth and Meaning

When it comes to running a business, it helps to know what you're talking about

Information Overload Is Killing You and Your Productivity

IT leaders living in the "Too Much Information" Age need to take control of their work lives. A Burton Group report explains how to do just that.

Nick Carr on “The Big Switch”

RFID Helps Surgeons Keep Foreign Objects Out of Chest Cavities After Surgery

Can’t We Do Better Than the Iowa Caucuses?

CIO Announcements from Foundation Coal, CareGuide and Heinz

Fake Social Networking Profiles Still Big Problem, But Don’t Expect Social Networking Sites to Care

The phony Facebook page of the assassinated Benazir Bhutto's son reminds users how often people fake identities for satirical purposes (or worse).

Can You Build a Carbon-Efficient Supply Chain?

"Green" aspirations top the business agenda in 2008, and that starts with an examination of a company's supply chain. But determining the carbon footprint of any supply chain is a complicated, expensive and uncertain endeavor.

Dirty Data No More: Five Tips for Data Governance

Making sure your data gets and stays clean requires the right approach to data governance.

Supply Chain Spending On the Rise

A new survey from AMR Research finds that it's out with the old (legacy SCM systems) and in with the new (best-of-breed solutions) in 2008.

In Memoriam: Cinda Hallman

Virtualization in the Enterprise Survey: Your Virtualized State in 2008

Users are working hard to manage complex IT environments while figuring out how far they can push server virtualization without sacrificing application service levels, according to CIO's first survey on virtualization.

How To Do CRM Online: Three Big Ideas for 2008

Just as all politics is local, all business is now online. Even if you don't offer e-commerce, customers and critics will be talking about you online anyway. Hereu0019s how to cope.

The Future of Information Security: 2008 and Beyond

New complexities of information security create the need for a new type of executive: a strategist with business savvy, sound risk fundamentals and holistic technical understanding.

Axiotron’s ModBook Tablet Mac Ships, a Year After Its Unveiling

A new tablet PC? So what. But a new Mac with a tablet, stylus input and Inkwell support? That's a lot cooler. Especially since it's authorized by Apple and built on top of the popular MacBook.

How to Make IT Allocations Work

The way to turn a controversial nuisance into a powerful governance process.n

When Technology Works: the New Age of Conference Attendance

IT and the Changing Privacy Landscape: Eight Areas to Watch in ’08

Privacy and compliance are mainstream business issues that can be simplified by following these tips from analyst firm Ernst & Young.

CIO’s Most Popular Information Technology Stories of 2007

From dead technology we mourned to extreme IT to operating systems we love, peruse our most-read stories from 2007.

United Airlines Recruits New CIO from EDS

P&L Management 101

CIOs who have managed IT and a line of revenue simultaneously offer advice about what it takes to be successful at both.

Who’s Your Buddy? CIOs and CMOs Forming Effective Alliances

CIOs who build a partnership with the CMO find that it can pay off both in and out of the boardroom. IT and marketing departments really have something worthwhile to share with each other.

Three Unforgivable Usability Sins

The Fake Steve Jobs Whiffs on Google Apps

IT Analysis Paralysis

Stanford Researchers Could Extend Laptop, Mobile Device Battery Life Tenfold

The Future of Enterprise Mobility: Seven Predictions

In 2008, businesses can expect to see the opening of cellular networks, the start of global radio frequency (RF) technology convergence and a growing mobile security threat, as well as more dropped cellular phone calls and poorer call quality, among

Watch Out for Training Costs in IT Infrastucture Library Version 3

The latest version of ITIL emphasizes knowing how an organization will service a system before it's built. But to get the full benefits of these best IT practices takes a lot of training.