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Innovation and the Future of Management

A Very Public Bump in the Road for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner

Can’t Innovate? It’s Management’s Fault (Really!)

Business strategy guru Gary Hamel blames obsolete management practices for your failure to establish a culture of innovation. One solution: Stop focusing on efficiency.

Analysis: Oracle’s Takeover of BEA Would Reduce Enterprise Software Choices

If Oracle succeeds, or someone else enters to acquire BEA's middleware offerings, the number of enterprise technology choices will dwindle yet again.

Technologies We’re Glad Are Dead

It's easy to cry over the products we loved and lost. But let's take time to appreciate the many ways in which technology really has improved, and the many geeky things we no longer need to worry about.

How to Get a Grip on Ajax Security

Ajax, today's tool of choice for developing Web 2.0 applications, opens up a wider attack surface for old security vulnerabilities. Do most enterprise developers understand the risks?

IBM, Linden Lab Team to Make Virtual Worlds More Business-Friendly

IBM and Linden Lab will collaborate to enhance the 3D Internet.

Oracle, SAP and INFOR ?????

Does the world spend 6% of GDP on IT?

An Open-Source Project with a Marketing Team. Imagine That.

The Weak Dollar: What, Me Worry?

AT&T Wireless Chief Sigman to Retire

The company's current Group President of Regional Telecom & Entertainment, Ralph de la Vega, will take the CEO reigns.

The Bits and Bytes of Beijing’s Olympic Games Build Up

Week 9: Job Search Lessons from . . . My Kids

A Nobel Prize for Hard Drive Technology

How SAP’s Business Objects Purchase Affects You

Oracle bought Hyperion, and now SAP has made this bold BI move. Here's what analysts say CIOs should be asking themselves and their vendor reps.

A Delicate Operation

Lives may not hang in the balance of your company's data mining efforts. But the experiences of those in the business of curing patients could help you come up with a prescription for a healthier business.

Reaching for Help

Plenty of vendors stand ready to help health-care providers mine their data. Here are some pros and cons of relying on outside assistance.

A Tech Chief Reviews the Apple iPhone: My First 90 Days

Hugh Scott, a VP of IS for Direct Energy, tells how this year's mega-gadget fits into his personal life, and why it doesn't fit into his work life.

Report: Hackers to Target Web 2.0, Mobile, RFID Technologies in ’08

The coming year will see hackers set their sights on users of Web 2.0, mobile and RFID technologies due to the vast potential for financial gain each represents, according to a cybersecurity think tank.

CIOs’ Top Concern: People

New CIOs at Ferro, ProVest and More

A New Model for IT Demand Management

Why do so many IT leaders do such a terrible job of running their departments like a business? Because they put too much emphasis on supply and not enough on demand.

Captive Audience: How to Partner with Service Providers to Improve In-House Offshore Operations

Many IT leaders who opened captive centers in India to reduce costs while retaining control of assets, have found themselves disappointed and given up. Here's one solution for salvaging a captive center offshore: partner with local providers.

Reader Q&A: Advice for Managing Business Meetings

In person or via teleconference, improve your decision-making processes in the meeting room.

SAP Gets Business Intelligence. What Do You Get?

IT’s Third Epoch…and Running IT at Google

If there's anyone who understands the impact of consumer technology on the enterprise, it's Google CIO Douglas Merrill. He believes we're not only entering a new business epoch; it's one in which IT leaders with real technical ski

IT Value Metrics: How to Communicate ROI to the Business

CIOs are always faced with pressure to justify their IT expenditures. Now, new research can help correlate those IT dollars spent with business value accrued.

Situational Awareness 101

Situational awareness–knowing where you are, what you can do and how to do it–is a vital to leadership skill. Here's how to hone your own.

Want Innovation from Outsourcing? You Have to Pay for It

To get new ideas from your outsourcer, you have to be willing to rethink your approach, including how you pay for the services.

What Does It Take to Get IT Outsourcers to Innovate?

IT leaders say they want outsourcing providers to go beyond traditional services. And the providers want to market themselves as partners in innovation. So why isn't it happening?

What a “Fast, Cheap and Out of Control” Economy Means for Business Leaders

Changes in IT and customer expectations mean business executives need to be more customer-focused than ever.

The main proponents of “CIO bashing” are CIOs themselves, apparently

Power to the People: IBM Withdraws Offshoring Patent

The trouble with online collaboration tools

CRM’s Integration Blues

On-demand applications like Salesforce.com have many nadvantages, but can they integrate easily with your other core apps? Results still vary.

Five IT Projects That Need Your Attention Right Now

You have only so much funding and time, so don't waste either of them. These projects can make you a hero or at least can save you from one of those terrible "learning experiences."

Sun’s interesting virtualization initiative

How Do You Make Meetings More Effective?

CIOs chug through Chapter 11

Surviving corporate bankruptcy takes a toll but makes some CIOs stronger.

Data Strategy at the Department of Defense

Michael E. Krieger, director of information policy for the Department of Defense, discusses the challenges of implementing the DoD's data strategy

Fast Cash: How to Speed Up Invoicing

Invoicing takes much too long: It's a classic problem dumped at the door of many an IT department. Here's how one company ntook a fresh look at its poky process following an ERP revamp and cut days from cash collection.

How Wal-Mart Lost Its Technology Edge

Two decades ago, the world's number-one retailer used IT to reinvent global supply chains. The world caught up and now Web 2.0 technologies are forcing retailers to pay more attention to customers. No longer a leader, Wal-Mart's IT is at a

Want business innovation from IT outsourcing? Start with your company’s Operating Model for IT.

CIO Announcements from Kansas City Southern, US Technology, Intraware and more

Fall Foliage 2.0

2007 Young Innovators: Technology Innovation that Defines Geek Chic

A Model for Software Innovation

The Rupee’s Rise, the Dollar’s Demise and You: Managing Currency Risk in Offshore Outsourcing

The U.S. dollar has depreciated more in the last year against the Indian rupee than it has in more than a decade. That's bad news for Indian IT services providers and their customers. Here's what to look out for and how to manage the offsho

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