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Social Responsibility's Strategic Benefits
December 15, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Ed Granger-Happ, CIO of Save the Children, for a discussion of how creating an organization that is socially responsible improves staffing, retention, leadership development and overall corporate health.
Working With and Communicating to Your Board of Directors
January 13, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
CIO panelists who will share tips and experiences working with their boards: Twila Day of SYSCO; Jeff O'Hare, West Corp.; Marc West, formerly with H&R Block.
IT's Role in Growing Mid-Market Companies
January 14, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET (GMT-5)
Mid-market Council members will share their companies' stories and challenges in driving or coping with growth. Panelists represent Veterinary Pet Insurance, Medicis Pharmaceutical, and Intrax Cultural Exchange.
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Holiday Shopping Season Off To Strong Start Online
Online retail sales on Black Friday rose 22 percent versus a year ago
November 26, 2007 — CIO — E-commerce companies weren't blue on Black Friday.
The High-Stakes Search for Supply Chain Excellence During the Holiday Rush
Q&A: How to Win the Holiday Shopping Wars
Hackers Poised for Holiday Shopping Assault
Having prepared their sites and supply chains for the biggest shopping season of the year, online retailers welcomed a rush of shoppers who spent $531 million on their hearts' desires the day after Thanksgiving. That's up 22 percent compared to last year's Black Friday, according to comScore, an online researcher.
So far in November, online purchasing amounts to $9.4 billion, up 17 percent from the $8 billion booked during the same period a year ago, comScore says. Video games and accessories were by far the most-bought items, followed by furniture and appliances, consumer electronics and sports gear. Unlike in years past, when IT failures wrecked the holidays for consumers and companies alike, no major outages at big e-commerce sites have been reported so far.
Perhaps the turkey roasting didn't go well for some, however: Online shoppers spent $272 million on Thanksgiving Day itself.
Other stories by Kim S. Nash © 2008 CXO Media Inc.
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Learning from BPM Leaders
Optimizing Infrastructure Control
Constructing Partnerships That Work
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Data Protection: Challenges for the Traveling User
Revolutionizing Endpoint Security with a Single Agent
Gartner on Data Deduplication Cost Savings
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Court Puts CSIRO Wi-Fi Injunction on Hold
Adobe Says it Will Cut 600 Jobs, Lowers Revenue Guidance
Consolidation May Hit Worldwide PC Market, IDC Says
Networking Glitch Knocks Yahoo Offline for Some
Entellium Files Bankruptcy, Intuit Eyeing Assets
Forrester: How to Squeeze Your Vendors
Security, Civil Liberties Experts Question Data-Mining
Microsoft Tools Build Bridge Between OpenXML, Other Formats
Microsoft Market Share Slips: Pressure's On for Windows 7 and IE8
Shoppers Opened Their Wallets on Cyber Monday
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