Opinion

Norton ’12 Cybercrime Report Magically Makes $278B in Damages Disappear

CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman says Norton’s 2012 cybercrime report commits a huge sin of omission and just plain doesn’t make sense.

Want Firefox on Your iPhone? Forget About It

Mozilla and Apple have divorced. Firefox Home has been pulled from the iTunes Store and Mozilla won’t develop for iOS as Apple’s tight restrictions have turned the browser developer away.

Hey Seinfeld: Stick to Standup, Leave Device Advice to the Pros

Jerry Seinfeld is a talented actor and comedian, but broken iPhones are no laughing matter.

How to Develop a High-Performance Enterprise Architecture

Even if your Enterprise Architecture (EA) program is effective at managing technology or helping application development, you need to work on repositioning EA to be more business-focused. Here are some recommendations to help you develop a strategy t

History, IT Innovation and the Pace of Change

A visit to the English countryside gave CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden the chance to see Roman ruins, a medieval church and a replica of the first supercomputer. It wasn’t until he returned home and saw a driverless car on a California freeway that

Why Nokia Lumia 920 Is Another Great Windows Phone Nobody Will Buy

Windows Phones are falling on deaf ears despite innovation, marketing and smart partnerships, and that’s not likely to change with the new Nokia Lumia phones running Windows Phone 8.

How to Succeed at Social Business

Social business can be tricky to succeed at if you don’t have the right culture, support or proper integration.

Office Suite for iPad Supports Word’s Track Changes

Office˛ HD for iPad is one of a handful of mobile apps that fully supports Microsoft Word’s Track Changes feature. It’s a solid Office-compatible suite, and CIO.com blogger James A. Martin says it’s well worth the app’s $8 price.

Microsoft Stores: Waiting for Windows 8

Microsoft opened a store Boston with a new physical layout and plenty of colorful products to sell. The problem is none of them run Windows 8 and late-to-the-game Microsoft can’t start pulling consumers into an Apple-like ecosystem until tablet-frien

Purloined Apple IDs: Either the FBI or AntiSec is Lying

An anti-government hacktivist group says it stole millions of Apple IDs from an FBI agent’s laptop. The FBI says it never had any of the data. Somebody is lying, according to CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman, and it shouldn’t take long to figu

CIO Required Reading: Apple’s Secret Genius Manual

The traditionally rocky business-IT relationship stems from poor people skills. Apple’s leaked Genius Training Student Workbook helps create empathy.

New Microsoft Mouse Ditches Scroll Wheel for ‘Touch Strip’

The upcoming $45 Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse is an evolution of the company’s earlier Arc Touch and Explorer Touch mice, and it has a “touch strip” that can be used for rapid vertical and horizontal scrolling, among other things.

Top 3 Back-to-Work iOS, Android Productivity Apps

Labor Day has come and gone; now it’s time to get back to work. But not all work gets done in the office. Here are three iOS and Android apps CIO.com blogger James A. Martin relies on to get work done while on the road.

RIM’s First All-Touch BlackBerry 10 Phone Caught on Camera

A new photo of RIM’s first all-touch BlackBerry 10 “L-Series” smartphone leaked this week, and it probably won’t be long before an image of the full QWERTY BlackBerry 10 “N-Series” device is similarly caught on camera and shown on the Web.

BYOD Trend Highlights Need for Chief Mobility Officers

Weekly Security Roundup: No More World of Warcraft for Iranian Gamer Geeks

This week’s IT security news roundup has stories on a World of Warcraft shutdown in Iran; Presidential campaign apps that collect users’ personal information; a former IT contractor who’s charged with stealing data from Toyota; and much more.

Can IT Open New Sources Of Revenue?

At an IT strategy offsite a senior director of IT asked this simple question: “How can we use information technology to help our company open up new streams of revenue?” A refreshing question, given that nine out of ten CIOs ask the opposite: “how ca

RIM Details BlackBerry Enterprise SERVICE (BES) 10

RIM released a number of new details about its upcoming BlackBerry Enterprise Service, which will merge all of its BlackBerry, iOS and Android smartphone-and-tablet management products into one unified IT management product.

Cloud Computing Confusion: Survey Says US is Clueless about Cloud

Cloud computing may be the hottest technology trend of 2012, but a new survey suggests many Americans don’t even know what it is.

How to Prepare for IT Service Delivery of the Future

IT’s industrial revolution is here, and it’s all about service. In the future, IT will focus on the customer, services and automation. To stay relevant and competitive, business leaders must embrace industrialized automation as a way to deliver custo

It Doesn’t Matter Where EA Lives — So Let’s Stop Arguing About It

George Colony, our CEO, just released a post on his blog about enterprise architecture, aptly enough named “Enterprise Architects For Dummies (CEOs).” I retweeted the post to my followers and received a flood of responses, most of which wer

Do Enterprise Architects Have Value?

I love nothing more than a good debate, so when I read George Colony’s recent blog post “Enterprise Architects For Dummies (CEOs)” and then read the comments from infuriated architects I just had to chime in and post a comment.

iPad Meets the Art of Sushi

More and more, the iPad is popping up as a single-purpose device such as a cash register or menu. At Shoyu Japanese restaurant, you can order sushi, sake and noodles on an iPad.

Sleek Jabra HALO2 Wireless Headphones Blend Style and Function

The $130 Jabra HALO2 Bluetooth headphones sound good, and they look even better. But some degree of comfort is sacrificed in the name of style, according to CIO.com blogger Paul Mah.

Why Your Coffee Server Hates Dunkin’, Starbucks Mobile Apps

You love the Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts mobile payment apps that let you pay for breakfast with your smartphone. But your coffee server, or barista, probably feels very differently. Here’s why.

Why Some CIOs Earn the Big Bucks

CIOs can earn bigtime bonuses when their businesses meet financial goals. CIO magazine’s editor in chief Maryfran Johnson weighs in on our exclusive research into CIO pay.

How to Measure the Cultural DNA of Your Company

When Yahoo appointed Marissa Mayer as CEO, it wasn’t her gender or pregnancy that made it relevant, it was her product expertise. What does your CEO bring to the table and how should IT support that goal? If you don’t know, you should.

Apple Patents: Samsung Crossed the Line

Did it really take a team of lawyers well-versed in complex patent law to tell us Samsung ripped off Apple?

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cyber Weapons

As part of the government’s No-Contractor-Left-Unfunded Initiative the Air Force started soliciting sales pitches for cyber weapons. That’s all well and good, according to CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman. Just don’t expect the weapons to

Office 365’s Lingering Enterprise Problem

Office 365 continues to keep Google Apps honest and win over small businesses, schools and governments. But the enterprise? Not so much. A new CIO.com feature story explores why enterprises won’t go all in for the cloud.