Wed, May 16, 2012 - There are several factors that need to be considered when thinking about a services initiative. Sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals need a structured yet flexible approach that evaluates the vendor's stability as well as its service, solution, or delivery capability.

Wed, May 16, 2012 - The technology may get a big push from mobile adoption, but integration among multiple UC components is still a tough slog.

Tue, May 15, 2012 - MasterCard Worldwide is a year into its BYOD policy and the program is growing strong while the company keeps a watchful eye on security.

Mon, May 14, 2012 - New research finds a link between IT spending and corporate profitability, but only for IT projects that are focused on revenue growth.

Mon, May 14, 2012 - As everything from application delivery to security and monitoring is seemingly shifting to the cloud, IT faces a chaotic and difficult to manage world. The good news is the tools are there, but you just can't go to a single provider as you did in the past. Given this shift, it's no surprise that Interop returned to its interoperability roots last week.

Fri, May 11, 2012 - For more than 30 years, Gartner has dominated the IT analyst market. CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle sees Ombud, a new analyst firm focusing on social CRM and pulling member profiles from LinkedIn, as a viable challenge to a firm founded before there were even PCs.

Thu, May 10, 2012 - The deals are getting smaller, with new pricing models, while security and cloud computing become hot topics.

Wed, May 09, 2012 - A well-thought-out link-building strategy will help drive customers, prospects or partners to your website. To help you devise a plan, three experts offer proven link-building techniques. Here's a teaser: focus on quality, keep it in house and, above all, put someone in charge.

Tue, May 08, 2012 - The Big Data hype machine is in full swing. While the promise is great, Big Data projects also can be an expensive trap if you fail to prove the business case or give your vendors leverage over you.

Tue, May 08, 2012 - Printers are evolving from passive devices as vendors cram more features into them and buyers find ways to better integrate them into the overall environment.

Mon, May 07, 2012 - Recursive deletes, deep-sixing servers, bugs that become rewarding features -- let he who is without IT sin cast the first bits

Fri, May 04, 2012 - Intel, which last year acquired McAfee for its security expertise, today described work it is doing to provide enterprises with a way to secure data stored in public or hybrid cloud environments.

Wed, May 02, 2012 - Google Drive raises several concerns about cloud storage. Many of these consumer-level questions -- who owns your data, how data can be used and what happens if the data is lost or stolen -- are ones enterprise IT executives should be asking, too.

Tue, May 01, 2012 - CIO magazine's Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson discusses our May 15 cover story and why CIOs are changing their outsourcing strategy to bring more IT jobs back in-house