Opinion

Are Cloud Computing Pay Walls Coming?

We’re all familiar with Web sites that start out free, then put up a pay wall. Think you won’t see the same thing with cloud services?

How to Achieve Better Results From Your Oracle Negotiation

By understanding how Oracle works, you can increase your chances of reducing costs and improving terms and conditions. Forrester Research shares some recommendations to help sourcing managers achieve better results from Oracle negotiations.

Cloud CIO: Are You Making Your Data Centers Cloud-Friendly?

Data center construction is growing ever more complex and expensive as data center facilities expand to meet enterprises’ seemingly limitless computing needs.

Reeling in top IT talent in a hot job market

Why You Should Develop an Office “Bromance”

Office bromances improve morale, increase job satisfaction, boost the bottom line and enhance careers. So go ahead and cultivate one today.

One More Cloud Benefit Becomes Cloudier

Supposedly, Cloud customers have to take responsibility for engineering a reliable and resilient Cloud-based IT infrastructure. If so, it’s one less reason to move your infrastructure to the Cloud.

BlackBerry OS Stats: More Than 50 Percent of Users Still on Last Generation OS

RIM wants BlackBerry developers to update their applications for the BlackBerry 6 OS…but with more than half of all BlackBerry subscribers still running older versions of the BlackBerry OS and a newer version just around the corner, developers may

Away with Finance-IT Bad Blood

Ellen Messmer, a former colleague of mine at Network World, recently wrote about a Gartner study that found CFOs lack faith in CIOs and their teams.

Google+: Users Need Better Social Network, Not Just Another One

For Google’s new social network to succeed in the mainstream, it needs something innovative, something new and something better than Facebook.

AT&T to Finally Okay BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet “Bridge” App

BlackBerry smartphone users on AT&T should today be able to finally download the official BlackBerry Bridge app for access to their BlackBerry e-mail, calendar, contacts and more via PlayBook tablets.

Hands On Video: The Sony Vaio SB Laptop

The Sony Vaio SB white laptop is both light and durable, with amazing battery life. Its overall specs are on par with the MacBook Pro, but with a price tag that’s a few hundred dollars less.

RIM Caves to Investor Pressure, Will Consider Division of CEO/Chairman Roles

RIM has agreed to establish a committee that will review its current executive structure and assess the need for a new chairman position independent of the current chief executive roles, due to recent pressure from concerned shareholders.

The Hellstrom Enterprise Chronicle

Sometimes, the best way to look at a corporation is as a single independent entity. In other situations it makes more sense as a collection of interacting individuals. The secret to success is knowing which is which.

ERP: It’s Going Nowhere Without the Buy-In of Your Users

It always amazes me when companies decide on an IT strategy and direction without talking to the people who use the applications. Idaho is experiencing this right now. Is your company taking the time to listen to your users?

Know Who Your Customer Is

To grow their businesses, companies need a deeper focus, not a broader reach

Next Step in Virtualization: Consolidating Network Appliances in the Data Center

New virtualization technologies make it possible to corral and organize the myriad network appliances in the data center that monitor network performance and usage as well as provide security.

RIM Scraps Planned 10″ PlayBook Tablet: Why That’s Good for BlackBerry Users

Gadget geeks and CrackBerry addicts won’t see a larger BlackBerry PlayBook tablet anytime soon, according to a recent report. But CIO.com’s Al Sacco says that’s actually a good thing, Here’s why.

Employees: Now’s the Time to Request Perks From Your Employer

With corporate hiring once again on the rise and competition for the best and brightest heating up, employees are well-positioned to ask for perks like flexible work schedules or tuition reimbursement.

Why Personal Leadership Style Matters When Disaster Strikes

CIOs say helping workers cope is key to recovery

Virtualization Check-Up: How’s Your Strategy Shaping Up So Far in 2011?

How a top-to-bottom virtualization review inside your enterprise can help make your systems more efficient.

What You Need to Know About Google’s New Social Network

While the similarities between Facebook and Google+ are obvious, Google’s new network may make it a contender in the social media arena. Here’s a look at the features it unveiled today.

Android, BlackBerry, iOS Expected to Get New Mobile Payments Apps in July

MasterCard and CSI Enterprises are expected to release a handful of new mobile payments applications for Android, BlackBerry and iOS this summer, but it’s unclear whether or not the apps will employ NFC for payment transactions or another technology.

Avoiding Web Domain Mistakes

News of the potential sale of domain name sales giant GoDaddy.com for more than $2 billion sparked me to research how many domains are in use today. And a quick Internet query turned that info right up.

Is Offshoring Different in the Cloud?

IT has been offshoring projects for 20 years. How does cloud computing change the situation?

On Eve of Office 365 Release, Google Airs It Out

The cloud brawl between Google and Microsoft heated up today as Google hurled some more fightin’ words about Office 365 via a company blog post.

Why You Should Ditch That “Sent from My Mobile Device” E-Mail Signature

Still using an e-mail signature to let recipients know you’re sending messages from your BlackBerry, iPhone or other handheld? CIO.com’s Al Sacco explains why now is the time to do away with that redundant “Sent from my” mobile device add-on.

Cloud Computing’s Present and Future: What You Need to Know

Cloud computing is entering companies with the momentum of a locomotive, writes CIO.com virtualization blogger Bernard Golden. Here, he shares the striking facts about cloud computing’s present and future that he obtained while attending recent confe

Twitter to Kill Older Interface “Very, Very Soon”

Twitter is migrating all users to “the new Twitter” platform imminently. If you haven’t already switched, here’s what you need to know.

Check Out Korn/Ferry’s Career Playbook for Job Search Advice

Executive search firm Korn/Ferry International recently published a primer on how to conduct a job search. Here are five practical highlights from the publication.

BlackBerry Co-CEOs Lose Billionaire Status

Recent woes at Research In Motion (RIM) have drastically decreased the net worth of both of the company’s chief executives, chopping their total values in half in just a few months.