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The High-Stakes Search for Supply Chain Excellence During the Holiday Rush

If your supply chain isn't prepared for uncertainties that arrive with the crowds of shoppers, then you could be in big trouble. Here's why it's so difficult to plan for the holidays and how smart retailers and manufacturers try to avo

Study: IT Wants More Virtualization Management Tools

Virtualization management's hot, but ITIL and IPv6 are not, says survey of IT leaders' priorities.

How IT Failures Wreck Holidays, Special Occasions for Many Companies

Untested information systems. Unforeseen spikes in demand. A combination of both, and more. Trouble comes in many shapes when companies' computers crash, or information systems fail nto meet customers' expectations. A timeline of recent eve

What’s in a Name… Or, Should IT Go Back Where It Belongs?

AT&T Debuts Smartphone-Based “Remote Monitor” to Help SMBs Keep an Eye on Facilities

AT&T Remote Monitor service lets users send and react to various alerts, as well as monitor offices and workspaces using cameras and sensors.

How IT Departments Can Learn to Say Yes to End Users

You say yes when business colleagues ask for something new, but usually you don't really mean it. That won't fly anymore. An expert in IT organizations advises how to adjust your (and your team's) attitude.n

Are You Satisfied with Senior Management? It Depends on Where You Live

The biggest influence on employee approval: what workers value in corporate managers.

Who Gets the Benefits of Exploiting Technology?

If you died, would your online friends know?

Phoenix Hypervisor for Laptops Could Rock Your Mobile World

How IT Shapes ‘Store of the Future’ for Retailer Family Dollar

Family Dollar Stores needed to expand its stores, products and more. Here's how business and IT together crafted a vision of the future and began a big IT revamp, including a lean, new way to send business intelligence to store managers.

How a Retail Chain Saves Money with Telecom Expense Management (TEM)

In the midst of a major expansion and IT systems overhaul, Family Dollar decided to look at telecom costs. The savings made the exercise worth the trouble.

Future Threats to Virtualization Security: Fact vs. Fiction

Who will be the TJX of virtualization security mistakes? No one knows yet, but one thing's certain: If you're a CIO, it better not be your company.

Eight Signs of Evil in High-Tech Companies

Microsoft has been branded as immoral for years, and Google famously pledged that it would never be evil. But as many have learned, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Here are eight signposts on the path to wickedness.

In-Stat: Worldwide Smartphone Market to Grow More Than 30 Percent Each Year Through 2012

Research firm says growth will be a product of users employing smartphones in place of notebook computers.

Business Intelligence Mergers and Acquisitions: Has BI Grown Up?

IBM and Cognos, SAP and Business Objects, Oracle and Hyperion: Growing pains, opportunities ahead for business intelligence.

How to Find and Fix 10 Real Security Threats on Your Virtual Servers

VM Sprawl. Hypervisor holes. Rogue virtual machines. Network traffic gone bad. What are the biggest virtualization security risks now and how can you combat them? It's time to separate fact from fiction and get down to work.

These Jobs Are Totally Cool

Whether it's the perks (free skiing), the tech (social networking) or the results (helping special-needs athletes), some IT jobs beat all others. Check these out, and add your own to the list.

Five Favorite Facebook Widgets for Business Users

From a link to your LinkedIn account to virtual sticky notes to intergrated wikis, we present five of the most business friendly Facebook widgets you'll find.

How to Create a Successful Facebook Widget: Business Lessons From the Widget Masters

As businesses with eyes on Facebook, MySpace and the like look to take advantage of the social networking economy, they should be sure to heed the advice of widget makers who have already succeeded.

A Tale of Two CIOs

IT is both utility and innovation engine. But what does that mean for CIOs?

As CIO Role Evolves, IT’s Never Easy

Consumer IT in the enterprise is the new challenge.

10 Tips for Recruiting Entry-Level Technical Talent

Methods for finding and cultivating available talent can keep your company from facing hiring shortages and can help you find stronger candidates in the long term.

Evian Jumps Into Second Life

Lax Laptop Security Can Be Dangerous…and Expensive

Survey suggests travelers need to do more to lock down their laptops.

The Business Intelligence Landscape: How Will the IBM Purchase of Cognos Impact End-Users?

The last megavendor snatches up the independent BI company Cognos. What will it mean for you?

People More Important Than IT Business-Alignment

Alignment takes backseat to retention, says SIM study.

A Shallow Talent Pool Means Hiring Challenges

Managers see fewer qualified workers and want to retain the people they have. But managers at smaller companies are more optimistic about hiring.

How a CIO Can Survive a New CEO

As Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Time Warner lose their chief executive officers, the IT groups at those companies face major changes.

Average CIO Tenure Slips But Still More Than Four Years

Average tenure has slipped more than six months since 2007, but CIO job lifespan still exceeds four years.

Conference Internet Connections Suck

Thomas Friedman, India, and the E2K Scare

CIO Departures Usually Quieter than Microsoft’s Ax of Stuart Scott

Most IT execs, like those from Cablevision, Mellon Financial and Spherion, have been dismissed to "pursue other interests."

You’re Fired! What a High-Profile Termination Means to a Career and Tips for Rebounding from Controversy

Executive recruiters say a public firing such as Microsoft's ex-CIO Stuart Scott endured can seriously injure a career but doesn't have to end one.

Picture This: New Format Successor to JPEG

JPEG has been the standard for photographic images on the Web and in online presentations for 20 years. Now it's up for replacement.

Study: CIOs Struggle With Mobile Device Management, Look to Operators for Help

Two thirds of technology execs would dump their current mobile operators if they could get better MDM from another provider, says a recent survey.

Need for Business Intelligence Grows: Too Much Information, Not Enough Insight

A new IDC study says managing information overload is a pressing need for organizations today.

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Intelligent Notification: Another Reason the Apple iPhone May Soon Infiltrate Your Business

A new application from intelligent notification vendor MIR3 promises to enable IT administrators to use an iPhone to manage, send and receive notifications from anywhere there's connectivity. The move suggests Apple's mobile phone may break

Holiday Gift Guide 2007: Best Technology Bling

Five fabulous gifts for the tech lover in your life…even if that's you!

Under Pressure, ERP Giants Struggle to Innovate

Facing mounting competition from upstart application providers and mounting gripes from CIOs, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP nare scrambling to innovate with ERP applications. It's about time, IT leaders say.

Reduce Information Technology Complexity, Costs with Consolidation

Unnecessary IT complexity adds costs, reduces effectiveness and stalls innovation. According to Forrester research, the answer lies in strategic and ongoing consolidation.

Offshore Outsourcing: Can This Captive Center Be Saved?

Executives with captive centers in India are starting to wonder whether it's time to offload their offshore assets as GE did and Citigroup is reportedly doing. But Cliff Justice, an expert at EquaTerra, says that most captive data centers can be

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Week 11(a): Refining Your Project Plan for Your Job Search

CIOs Want a Single-Vendor Supply Chain

But does one actually exist? A Forrester Research report wades through the players (Manhattan Associates, RedPrairie, Oracle, SAP) and offers a surprising answer.

Recruiters: Microsoft Should Seek Internal Candidate to Replace Ousted CIO

In the aftermath of CIO Stuart Scott's firing, executive search experts say Microsoft would benefit from appointing a new IT leader who's already familiar with strong executive personalities atop a complex organization undergoing constant c

Get Your Lawyer: Executives Under Internal Investigation Should Seek Separation, Not a Fight, Experts Say

Microsoft's dismissal of CIO Stuart Scott after an internal investigation points to the near-futility of an executive's continuing in a leadership role with a credibility cloud hanging overhead.

Great Leaders Build Off Great Relationships

How to improve your leadership abilities by using relationship building and collaboration

Operational Business Intelligence: Spot Problems Sooner

Nancy Drew's got nothing on operational business intelligence (BI). This valuable sleuthing tool helps business teams identify and fix problems earlier in manufacturing and business processes.