Total Recall

From peanut butter to toys to pot pies to bikes, product recalls are on the rise. There have been more product recalls this year than ever before. Will your supply chain be ready when you have to run it backward in order to track, trace and collect a recalled product? It had better be. Your companys future may depend on it. Full story »

Q&A

No Innovation for You!

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

Columns

Executive Coach

Strategy With Oomph

A strategic mindset is worthless without the ability to mobilize commitment. Communication and collaboration are the keys to making strategy stick. Full story »

Executive Coach

Reader Q&A

Executive Coach Susan Cramm answers questions about how to get your organization thinking strategically, plus putting leadership responsibility where it belongs. Full story »

Expert View

Cool Rules for Hot Computing

The manager of a high-end data center offers lessons learned from past upgrades. Full story »

Expert View

What Women Want

More young women would choose careers in enterprise IT if CIOs would market them as business—not technology—jobs. Full story »

Departments

Editor's Letter

A Tale of Two CIOs

IT is both utility and innovation engine. But what does that mean for CIOs? Full story »

CEO Letter

IT's Never Easy

Consumer IT in the enterprise is the new challenge. Google CIO Douglas Merrill and IBM CEO Sam Palmisano share their thoughts on the CIO role. Full story »

Essential Technology

Getting Your Vendors to Flock Together

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. Full story »

Trendline

What's More Important Than Alignment? People

Alignment takes backseat to retention, says SIM study. Full story »

Trendline

The Ferrari of Phones...Literally

Limited-edition Ascent Ferrari phones are as sleek as sports cars, and similarly pricey. Full story »

Trendline

Expensive and Dangerous

Survey suggests travelers need to do more to lock down their laptops. Full story »

Trendline

Press Release of the Month

Evian Natural Spring Water has just announced its very first venture into the virtual world, partnering with Second Life. Full story »

Trendline

Big Brother Is Watching You in Chicago

Operation Virtual Shield may serve to recognize suspicious behavior. Full story »

5 Things I've Learned

Five Things Tom Perkins Has Learned About Business

VC legend Tom Perkins cofounded Silicon Valleys Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which jumpstart companies such as Google and Genentech. He shares his thoughts on on CIOs, bringing new technology to market, and the Hewlett-Packard affair. Full story »

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