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Cisco, Aruba Top List of Voice Over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) Ecosystem Vendors

Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi or VoFi) devices could offer CIOs and other technology executives more control over mobile devices, as well as significant cost savings.

New Survey Results Reveal Moderate Progress on the Work Life Fit Front

Employees are more interested in flexible work arrangements than in getting more money.

Wireless in 2008: The Road to Pervasive Mobility

Take a short trip through the mobile cellular communications milestones of 2007 and see how it will impact the next generation of wireless, including range, services, cost and security.

Five Key Technology Trends for 2008

In the coming year mounting pressure will force companies to think "green" and a weakening economy will require new value strategies, says a report by Booz Allen Hamilton.

Spot-On Security Tips for Mac OS X Leopard

Mac OS X is generally unappealing to malicious hackers. But since its popularity is bound to attract notice from the bad guys, the new version of Apple's operating system sports several security features that users and IT departments should know

Asymptotically Approaching Useful Developer Metrics

Robert Ridout Retires as CIO of DuPont; Successor Named

Second Life CTO to Seek New Life Outside of Virtual World

Link to CSO’s Top 10 Data Breaches of 2007

Surviving the Data Tsunami

The number of publicly disclosed data breaches is growing and threatens the personal security of millions of people. Yet business is spending more on IT security than ever before. Clearly then, it is about more than money. It appears that effective I

10 Reasons IT Should Not Support the Apple iPhone

Forrester Research says IT departments should refuse to support Apple iPhones, even if CEOs are the ones asking to use the devices for access to corporate networks and systems.

Career Counselor

Who Has the Most to be Sorry About?

Georgia Is Latest State to Outsource IT

Quick Stats: Business Intelligence

Trendline: The Expert IT Customer Operating Model

United States Imports CEOs from Foreign Countries And Exports CIOs

The Executive Woman’s Guide to Self-Promotion

Ambitious women sometimes have a hard time getting noticed, but marketing one's accomplishments is a requirement for career advancement. Six female CIOs offer advice to up-and-coming women in IT and explain how they learned to network without co

Year Ahead in Social Networks: Facebook Will Still Be King, but Don’t Count Out MySpace and LinkedIn

Social networking experts say all three will focus on continued application development and new advertising initiatives.

Top Business Intelligence Drivers for Service Organizations

BI and analytics are a pressing priority for product service organizations as they set their sights on meeting customer demand and managing rising costs.

RFID Chips in Your Magazines

Who's reading magazines and how do they flip through the pages? One research company is using RFID technology to find out.

Eyes on Zenprise: How the 2007 World Champion Boston Red Sox’s IT Shop Keeps BlackBerrys in the Game

Twenty-four/seven connectivity is a must for the 2007 world champion Boston Red Sox's behind-the-scenes champions, and the team counts on a mobile device management (MDM) product from Zenprise to ensure that its BlackBerrys never strike out.

Virtualization at Warp Speed: How One Company Made it Fly

Want to virtualize 95 percent of your production servers within a year? Vincent Biddlecombe did. Here's how the CTO of logistics company Transplace went from having no virtualization expertise in house to running the company's mission-criti

Survey Says Insider Threat Remains a Serious Security Problem

Occasional malicious insiders are still a factor. But according to an RSA survey, well-meaning employees can expose sensitive data just by doing their jobs: through careless behavior, working around security measures or following poor security polici

New CIOs at Crawford & Co., Gottschalks and Coalition America

The Number-One Problem of CIOs: The Project Backlog

Demand for new applications is pushing IT departments to their limits. Here's why the workload has exploded and how you can cope.

Project Management: Battling the Backlog

They might be behind, but they're not giving up. Here are three ways CIOs set project priorities.

How to Network: 12 Tips for Shy People

Schmoozing is a trial for shy people, but armed with these common-sense tips they can increase their networking mojo.

Virtualization Missing Link No More: SAP Adds VMware Support

Virtualization market leader VMware today got a key bit of good news for its largest enterprise customers. ERP giant SAP announced support for its products running in 64-bit Windows- and Linux-based production-level virtual machines based on VMware&#

Gartner Ranks Top 30 Countries for Offshore IT Services

Offshore outsourcing spending will double next year, according to Gartner. Where should all that IT services money go? Gartner offers a list of the top thirty options around the globe.

Private Customer Data Vulnerable During Application Testing

Ponemon survey shows majority of companies use real, sensitive customer data to develop and test applications, not realizing the information is vulnerable to breaches.

The 2008 State of the CIO: Six IT Leaders Who Matter

Here are six CIOs that excel as leaders in one of three areas: functional, transformational or business strategy.

The State of the CIO 2008: The CIO’s Time to Shine

The value CIOs can bring to the enterprise is limited only by their energy and imagination…and sometimes by organizations that just don't get it.

The 2008 State of the CIO: The Imperative to Be Customer-Centric IT Leaders

To become real businesspeople, CIOs need to start thinking about, and reorganizing IT for their business customers.

The Evangelist in You

JetBlue Gets Email Rollout Right

Should IBM’s OS/2 Be Open-Sourced?

If IT Isn’t Aligned with the Business By Now, CIOs Should Quit or Be Fired

Virtualized Macs In the Enterprise

Deploying a virtualization solution may be all it takes to make Windows- or Linux-based applications sing in perfect pitch with Mac OS X. Here are the tweaks to make it work for enterprise users.

India’s Greenest Outsourcer?

Indian IT services provider ITC Infotech is touting its carbon-neutral status as a selling point. And that corporate focus on sustainability has the potential to woo new IT outsourcing customers away from less green competitors.

Top 10 Green Outsourcers

Outsourcing consultancy Brown Wilson Group ranks the top 50 green outsourcing providers in the world.

How to Use Enterprise Blogs to Streamline Project Management

Too many enterprise users get lost in storms of reply-all e-mails while trying to manage projects or collaborate. Blogs make a nbetter answer.

Cisco’s New Weapon for 2008: BEA?

Marv Adams Has Left Citi and Joined Fidelity

A Wake-Up Call for Users in Facebook-Beacon Controversy

Facebook's miscue with a purchase-tracking program is a privacy problem, a reminder to users and businesses to watch their data. But analysts expect the social network's popularity to continue.

Why Should Merchants Keep Credit Card Data?

The retail industry advocates keeping a bare minimum of customer financial information. Just enough to still serve your customers without providing potential thieves what they need.

Delivering Customer Happiness Through Operational Business Intelligence

ECourier, a Web-based London-based courier service, made customer service its driving force. Operational business intelligence gave the company the tools to keep tabs on that service, as well as its customer satisfaction.n

Can Mid-Market Merchants Comply with PCI Standards In Time?

If you want to transact business with credit cards, you have to follow the rules: the payment card industry security standards. Companies that don't comply face fines or worse. So why aren't more mid-market merchants already in compliance?

Why Leaders Must Evolve

Your leadership success increasingly depends on your ability to adapt to changing times

China to Produce More Than 40 Percent of the World’s Mobile Phones in ’07, Report Predicts

Eighty percent of the Chinese devices are expected to be exported.