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Survey: Most Companies Clueless About Costs of Unsecured Data

Risk, regulations drive content security initiatives: But 69 percent of companies have "no appreciation" for the costs of lost data.

Visual Studio Updates Provide Greater Visibility into Application Development Projects

New features in Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 Team System enhance managers' view of software projects, the company says. More to the point: automating status reports means you don't need as many project update meetings.

Outsourcing Continues to Rise, “State of the CIO” Data Show

Nine of out 10 corporate heads of IT outsource some functions, up from 85 percent a year ago, yet very few outsource the majority of their IT operations.

When Best Practice, isn’t

Pacific Gas and Electric Promotes CIO Patricia Lawicki

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What Bush’s Import Safety Plan Means to Supply Chain Managers

A White House call for more product inspections and recall authority would add a layer of supply chain complexity and regulatory compliance for many IT leaders.

Microsoft Unveils Sync Framework to Improve Collaboration Technologies

New data synchronization components from Microsoft designed to ease the process of connecting applications across both computing devices and services.

Corporate IT Systems Unprepared for Product Recalls

Companies need to revamp supply chain processes, technology to respond better to recalls of defective products, a survey by software vendor RedPrairie finds.

Study: Mobile Workforce Represents Security Threat in ’08 Due to Lack of Training, Awareness

Nearly 80 percent of study participants allow their mobile workers remote access to data, but less than one-third have implemented any security awareness training for those staffers.

IT Fails To Communicate Business Value of Core Software

Businesses need to manage core software assets such as ERP systems for value creation, not cost containment, new research says. But 60 percent of CIOs and CFOs don't even understand the size of those assets. n

Everlasting Internet or Dissolving History?

Outsourcing to Bangalore? That’s So 2002.

Outsourcing Vendor Genpact Makes Mexico a Passage to India

India-based outsourcer Genpact has greatly expanded its Mexican operations in the last year, focusing on lower-end business process outsourcing instead of IT services work. The former GE unit calls Mexico a gateway to India offshoring and a "nea

Five Things Tom Perkins Has Learned About Business

Venture capitalist Tom Perkins on entrepreneurship, bringing new technology to market, and his resignation from Hewlett-Packard

The Secret to Successful Business Intelligence: A Top-Notch Data Warehouse

Outdated information and disagreement over data definitions was impeding Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's progress. To the rescue: a business intelligence plan that emphasized end user buy-in and support for accurate data.

The “Dog’s Brain” Strategy for IT

Study: RIM BlackBerry Users Are Most Satisfied Business Smartphone Customers

Ranking of business-handheld-user satisfaction is based on factors like ease of use, form factor and battery life.

Google’s OpenSocial a Step Forward, but Real Value Depends on Who Joins Up

MySpace, Oracle, Salesforce.com sign up for Google's developer environment for social networks. Will Facebook join them?

Selling Yourself Without Selling Out

Advice for IT professionals on how to promote their accomplishments without crossing the smarmy line.

Information Technology Budgets: Which Industry Spends the Most?

The 2008 "State of the CIO" study shows that financial services companies spend big on IT as a percentage of revenue, and have the lowest IT staffer-to-user ratio. Who has the highest ratio? Non-profits.

IT Workers’ Job Satisfaction Declines

Weaker sense of job security contributes to decline

Don’t Be A Jerk Manager

A Prayer to Google

Former HP CIO Gilles Bouchard Appointed COO of Opnext

Data Center Staffing Problems Grow: Virtualization Skills Scarce

86 percent of data center managers say they're fighting to find virtualization experts and other specialists, new research shows. And 60 percent call their current staff skill set too narrow.

Business Process Management: It Ain’t All About the Technology

Aberdeen advises CIOs on how to minimize islands of application functionality and manual workflow integration points to lead to more flexible business processes, fewer integration headaches and achievable ROI goals.

For Those Who Can Afford to Pay, the Video Conference Grows Up

Video conferencing systems have matured so that unobtrusive equipment allows face-to-virtual-face meetings. Those who use it say the saved travel expenses outweigh the steep costs to deploy the systems.

What Does It Mean to Have Market Knowledge?

IT leaders who excel at understanding their company's market can make strategic decisions about technology and business trends, say consultants from Egon Zehnder Internationaln

How to Become a Market-Savvy CIO

The CIO of Quest Diagnostics studies technology trends, customer needs and market drivers to develop IT-enabled products and services that create competitive advantage.n

How to Set IT Policies the Right Way

Your rules for running IT should derive from the people who have to live with them.

Total Cost of Ownership: Comparison of Outsourced Versus Captive Solutions for Capturing Outsourcing Value

With companies like Citigroup putting their wholly owned offshore service centers up for sale, there's been much discussion about whether the captive model makes financial sense. A recent study from the Everest Research Institute confirms that g

Is Bigstring the next BIG THING on the web?

Business Intelligence: Why Is Getting It Right So Difficult?

Employers Change Corporate HR Policies to Cater to Generation Y, Survey Finds

The younger generation's entitled attitude (think pay and benefits) is clashing with older workers' values. Ultimately, however, Generation Y's presence is improving workplace policies for everyone.

The Next Wave of Globalization: Offshoring R&D to India and China

The globalization of research and development is already under way. Two Harvard researchers explain what's going on, and why the research and development done in China and India is not all bad news for U.S.-based companies.

The Storm Worm Dresses Up as a Dancing Skeleton

Hackers using virulent malware worm dressed as Halloween fun to target victims. Warning: Do not click if you see the image in this story in your e-mail.

Five Key Business Intelligence Trends You Need to Know

Business intelligence is one of the top technology priorities for companies today. Here are five trends smart IT leaders are examining to get insight from their organization's avalanches of data.

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Election 2008: Technology Issues Will Play a Key Role

What will the key technology questions be for the 2008n presidential candidates? Taxes, education, math and sciencen training and trade issues will heat up in this election,n says the former RNC chairman.

Data Centers: Where Does the Power Go?

It may come as a surprise that more than half of data center power actually isn't used by the servers.

Technology Profession Discriminatory Toward Gay Men?

New study finds employers in some fields discriminate against gays when it comes to pay

Who Wants to Buy Cognos?

Potential suitors are lining up to court the belle of the business intelligence ball, though Cognos says it loves its independence. So who will make the BI powerhouse an offer it can't refuse: HP, IBM, Microsoft, SAP or Oracle?

Advice for Aspiring CEOs

It's never too early to start preparing to become the top executive. Here's how.

Open Source ERP: Today’s Hottest Emerging Technology?

What's the most exciting technology of the next few years for the enterprise? Forget folding displays and virtual worlds: Think open source ERP, say some pioneering information technology leaders.

Competitive Intelligence, Corporate Security and the War on Terrorism

Counterterrorism measures also play a role in intellectual property theft and other security steps taken by corporate America.

How to Comply With E-Discovery Rules Before You’re Hit With a Lawsuit

Your corporate e-mail is now choice evidence whenu2014not ifu2014your company is sued. Here are five steps to help you stay on the right side of the law.

Business-IT Alignment: Too Binary

The Great H-1B Debate: Where Are All the CIOs?

Why you should create a vendor management office

Combining information technology savvy with legal and procurement expertise in a vendor management office can yield both better deals from vendors and strong relationships with them.