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India’s Unequal Access

India's urban infrastructure is at the breaking point, threatening its tech boom–and the fortunes of its many Western customers. The challenge is much bigger than money: It requires addressing the frustrations of 700 million rural Indians who h

Brazil Offers Free Internet to Indians in the Amazon

Technology helps expand rain forest conservation efforts

Your Role in National Intelligence

What is the government's approach to using IT as an intelligence tool? What role doesu2014and shouldu2014corporate America play?

Web Services

The "wave" of Web services has been a long time breaking. We've been tracking the trends, cautionary advice and hopeful outlooks.

Vendor Management 101

This Special Report takes a look at how CIOs can set the tone and the ground rules for good partner relationships.n

Technology Policy

This special report covers the government's attitudes and approach to outsourcing, R&D, spam and spyware, and other technologies and technology issues that will ultimately change the way you run your IT department. Because before you know it

Service-Oriented Architecture 101

Combine easily connected chunks of code written to accurately describe business services, and you have the foundation of a service-oriented architecture. Determining if you can benefit from SOA requires in-depth analysis of your company's needs.

Running IT Like A Business

Evolving from a cost center, IT is taking on the character, rigor and practices of a business within a business.

IT Means Business

Asiff Hirji Bids Adieu to TD Ameritrade

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Vendors Eye Mid-Market

The Interim CIO Jinx

Recent CIO turnaround at Kaiser Permanente reflects a trend.

Mobster Metrics on HBO

Why Small Loans Need Big IT

CEOs Rate IT: Steady But Uncreative

Early Google Apps Adopters Like the Price

The Rise of Service-Oriented IT and the Birth of Infrastructure as a Service

The next IT area to embrace a services orientation may be infrastructure.

Getting Organized at the New Job

CIOs share tips for the first 90 days and beyond

Top 10 Priorities of a CIO’s Success

CIOs ranked the importance of 30 activities to a CIOu0019s success in the first three months of the job. These were the top 10.

Can IT Make Your Company Green?

Outsourcing Strategies

The mad rush to outsource as much work as possible to less expensive offshore operations seems to have been tempered by time, consideration and results. The right strategy and decisions regarding outsourcing for your organization will depend greatly

Open Source

The options for using open source have never been greater, and you owe it to yourself-and your company-to take a close look.

The Mid-Market CIO

The mid-market CIO has a harder job than the big-ticket CIOu0014or at least it often seems that way. Limited resources, limited staff, limited budget. These are all challenges shared wtih the big players. But, still, the needs of the mid-market CIO a

Microsoft’s New Live Software

On November 1, Microsoft unveiled its software-as-a-service strategy, an effort to provide a more seamless connection between customers and their business and personal data by offering a range of services accessed over the Web by various devices.

When is the Right Time to Move to Vista?

Should I stay or should I go? For most organizations, there is no one-size-fits-all answer.

Choosing a Linux Distribution for Enterprise Work

You know you need Linux. Gone is the day when it was just a curiosity that the engineers had to keep in the back room. When deciding on which distro is right for your enterprise, keep these four essential considerations in mind.

A CIO’s Guide to China

Looking toward China for outsourcing, supply chain or even a base of operations? Our special report will give you a firm foundation for your eastern foray.

Innovation

Innovation is now part of your job. At the very least, you should be driving innovation on the wheels of IT. This compendium offers examples and tips on how to pursue that prized goal of ingenious change.

Why Green IT is Better IT

Thereu2019s a sweet spot where good ethics meet goodn business. And IT canu2014and shouldu2014be sitting at then nexus.

Three Tips for a Cleaner Data Center

Agile definition and solutions

Agile Programming topics covering definition, objectives, systems and solutions.

Circuit City to Outsource IT Infrastructure

Will affect some 130 IT employees

Grid Computing

This collection of stories looks at the basics of grid computing.

Government IT

Governmentu2014both federal and localu2014seems to have an especially hard time with IT.

Coping With Katrina

Here are the stories of some CIOs who struggled literally (at times) to keep the lights on.

An IT executive’s guide to compensation and termination

How to get the working and earning conditions you deserve.

Groups Press for E-voting Paper Trail

Sample Executive Severance Agreement

An example to guide your negotiations.

How to Negotiate an Employment Contract

Want a sweetheart deal if the job goes sour? Here's how to negotiate it before you start work.

Getting Ready for Windows Vista Deployment

Oh no. Not another operating system upgrade! Here's a road map for IT managers who are contemplating an enterprise migration to Microsoft's newest operating system.

RFID Research Project Examining Security and Privacy in the Supply Chain

The primary focus of the "Privacy and Security" module addresses security aspects of data storage, processing and sharing in the RFID-enabled supply chain.

Efficient Energy Star PCs Could Save Billions of Dollars

CTIA: Cisco Adds 3G to Branch Router

Cisco introducing a 3G module for its ISR line of branch and small-business routers.

Tools to Reduce Your Contribution to Global Warming

PayPal Asking E-Mail Services to Block Messages

PayPal is trying to persuade e-mail providers to block messages without a digital signature, a recently implemented security feature, a company attorney said.

Delayed GPLv3 Third Draft to Debut Wednesday

After much delay, the Free Software Foundation expects to release the third and penultimate draft of its GPLv3 license.

Hitachi to Close Plant in Mexico, Cut 4,400 Jobs Globally

E.U. Competition Commissioner Calls Microsoft Tactics ‘Unacceptable’

International Trade Commission to probe Microsoft-Alcatel patent dispute

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