Applications

Tue, July 06, 2010 - What do golf and ERP have in common? Pro golfer Ernie Els, also known as "The Big Easy," sports the SAP logo in competition around the world. In this Q&A, he discusses unusual questions from fans--and whether he might inspire a new SAP marketing slogan.

Tue, July 06, 2010 - Virtually every employee, process and transaction depends on an overly complex business application environment that has grown organically over the decades with no overarching strategy. The environment is populated by aging applications whose ownership, management and user base can be hard to identify. Sometimes these applications are serving inefficient processes that don't meet business demands. And all of this is managed by an already overwhelmed technology staff.

Tue, July 06, 2010 - Virtually every employee, process and transaction depends on an overly complex business application environment that has grown organically over the decades with no overarching strategy. The environment is populated by aging applications whose ownership, management and user base can be hard to identify. Sometimes these applications are serving inefficient processes that don't meet business demands. And all of this is managed by an already overwhelmed technology staff.

Mon, June 14, 2010 - CIOs should look to the ancient Greek polymaths -- also known as Renaissance men or jacks of all trades -- for inspiration, writes Vinnie Mirchandani in his intriguing, new book. Too bad so few of these big problem-solvers run today's software companies, he says.

Fri, May 28, 2010 - From rock star analyst to chief strategy officer for ERP vendor Infor, Bruce Richardson's had quite a ride this year. He recently gave CIO.com's Thomas Wailgum a peek at what Infor has up its sleeve next.

Mon, March 29, 2010 - CVS Caremark has no technology projects, says CIO Stuart McGuigan, just business projects. In this Q&A, he outlines the retail chain's strategy for keeping the IT and business relationship healthy -- and successful.

Tue, March 16, 2010 - IT has told enterprise software vendors that they want more choices. Now, licensing models have morphed and IT has its wish -- and a whole new set of chores, IDC's software licensing guru Amy Konary explains in this Q&A.

Tue, February 16, 2010 - Don't dismiss Jeff Liedel as just another auto-industry guy. His interesting path to the CIO slot started on a plant floor and led him to listen to Apple about dealing with tough times. One personal rule: There's no such thing as a bad career assignment.

Thu, February 04, 2010 - Kaspersky Lab may not be a household name in the United States, but in some parts of the world, it's the most popular consumer antivirus software. In China the company boasts 100 million users, and the software is also popular in Germany, and, of course, Russia, where Kaspersky got its start in 1997.

Tue, December 15, 2009 - Chris Capossela's career is a throwback, just like Dom's, the Italian restaurant in Boston's North End his parents ran for 45 years. Capossela has been at Microsoft ever since graduating 18 years ago, working his way up from being Bill Gates' speechwriter to head of the Microsoft Project business, to his current role running marketing for some of Microsoft's most lucrative products: Office, SharePoint, Exchange, as well as their new hosted equivalents. He talked to Computerworld about how his family background prepared him for Microsoft, how Microsoft plans to beat Google Apps, and how it is adding Twitter-like features to Office.