Opinion

Public sector still challenged by ICT ‘silver bullets’

IT Outsourcing Continues Growth in Healthcare, Life Sciences

Several unrelated news announcements illustrate growth in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.

U.S. Military Will Battle Test the iPhone

Soldiers have been using iPhones in battle zones for years, but now the U.S. military will make it official.

BlackBerry Gets Free Amazon MP3 Music App

RIM and Amazon.com today announced a brand new on-device music application and service for BlackBerry smartphone users.

The Lack of Future of Employment: Part 3 of the “Future of Work Trilogy”

For most IT professionals the trend is clear: More contract work, less employment. Here’s how to adapt.

Consumer Tech Meets Your Sourcing Group: How to Transform

Social, mobile, cloud and video are changing the way enterprises consume technology — whether sourcing and vendor management teams like it or not. Forrester Research shares advice on how those groups can use the trends to their advantage.

Online Shoppers Concerned About Identity Theft

New Jersey Home Robbery: One Unlocked Window Brings a Life of Pain

Online Privacy: Fighting for Your Eyeballs

Top Twitter Trends of 2010

Which technology terms dominated Twitter feeds this year? Did we care more about #iPad or #Bieber? Check out the top ten lists.

Holiday Tip for BlackBerry Shoppers: AVOID RIM’s ShopBlackBerry.com

Looking to buy some BlackBerry accessories this holiday season? CIO’s Al Sacco explains why you should avoid ShopBlackBerry.com.

WikiLeaks Teaches Enterprises 5 Hard Truths

WikiLeaks shows that enterprises can’t ignore the reach of social networking or changing notions about privacy. Jive Software’s Brian Roddy shares 5 lessons about risk and opportunity that enterprises should absorb now.n

Grinch Who Stole the iPad

Apple iPad 2 rumor may stymie iPad holiday sales.

Keyboard Shortcuts: The Ribbon, Microsoft Word and IE

Here are some lesser-known keyboard shortcuts in Office and Internet Explorer to free you from all that mousing and clicking.

RIM’s Annual WES Event Now Part of New “BlackBerry World” Conference

RIM’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium event is now part of the larger—and not just business-focused—BlackBerry World conference.

Twitter Crime on the Rise

15 Break-ins at Boston Area Churches – Nothing is Sacred

Forecast Your Marketplace: The Future of Work in the U.S.

To plan your career, you need to do what companies do: Forecast your marketplace.

Cloud Computing: 2011 Predictions

Looking ahead, CIO.com’s Bernard Golden discusses ten developments he expects to see in cloud computing for service providers and enterprise users.

Information Risk in the Wikileaks Era

The recent revelations about Wikileaks shine a new light on the challenges faced by the financial services industry in controlling information risks.

The Fallacy of Vendor-Driven IT Innovation

Sadly, we’re not that far from vendors talking about their “innovative innovations.”

Cross-Site Scripting Criminal Hacks

Prolific Burglar Shares Tips from Prison

BlackBerry PlayBook Update: New Video Demo, App World, Multiple Tablet Sizes

RIM still hasn’t announced a release date for the PlayBook tablet but the company’s slowly dropping new info to tease the gadget

Dreamforce 2010: 8 Cloud Lessons

You don’t have to be a Salesforce.com customer to get some useful info from their annual user and developer conference.

Top 5 Vishing Techniques

Holiday Shopping: Beware of Unethical Online Merchants

Deloitte on Application Outsourcing in 2011

Larry Calabro, principal with Deloitte Consulting, talks application outsourcing trends in the coming year.

Throwing Enterprise Software Vendors Under the Bus

ERP customers love to bash their on-premise vendor’s software. So why do they keep buying it?

Black Friday Launches Holiday Fraud Horrors