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The Tenuous Ties that Bind High-Tech Together

One day two vendors are partners, the next they’re trash-talking each other. It’s all part of the game in high tech.

Cloud Computing and Open Source: The Next Generation of Apps

Open source apps combined with cloud infrastructure do more than free enterprises from the speed and cost limitations of traditional packaged software. Open source combined with public IaaS and SaaS can power a new generation of applications, says CI

Think Tank: Fad-free performance management

Windows 7 Tablets: How Long Can Microsoft Wait?

A new report questions Microsoft’s ability to release Windows 7 tablet PCs on time. Can Redmond get away with a tablet delay?

SAP Torn Between the Old World and the New

SAP tries to wow the new world with Super CRM apps, while also mollifying cranky, old legacy ERP customers.

Feeling Overclouded? You’re Not Alone

Our 8th annual global security survey indicates a whopping 62 percent of you have little to no confidence in cloud-provider security. Itu2019s no wonder many CIOs are feeling clouded out.

IT Spending: CIOs Explains Their Budget Increases

Businesses are projected to increase technology spending by 8.2 percent in the coming year. Whatu2019s caused the turnaround? CIO publisher emeritus Gary Beach talked to CIOs around the country to find out.

BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet: Images and Video from DevCon 2010

CIO.com’s Al Sacco shares images and a video clip of the upcoming BlackBerry “PlayBook” tablet computer from RIM’s DevCon 2010.

Enterprise IT “Stack Wars”: No New Hope

Supervendors threaten to upset the balance of the IT force with a super weapon: a stack of hardware, software and services.

CRM Records: Dummy Tricks for Smarter Searches

Search is often a weak link in CRM systems, but users shouldn’t have to write a special report just to find one piece of information. Dummy tricks can help fix the problem.

Business Change Methodology Gaps

Business change requires a design, a plan, and political dexterity.

BlackBerry by the Numbers: BlackBerry Stats from DevCon 2010

RIM made some high-profile announcements on Monday at DevCon, but it also talked up a set of interesting BlackBerry stats.

Brand New Anti-Offshore Bill: Politics or Progress?

A group of Democratic Senators have introduced a new bill aimed at creating jobs and deterring offshoring. Will it work?

IT Jobs: The Other Side of the Foreign Worker Debate

Employers looking to fill IT jobs may not be as eager to hire foreign workers as American IT professionals think.

East Coast CIOs vs. West Coast CIOs: A Feud in the Making?

Where are CIOs seen as most strategic? A new survey shows New York area CIOs are gaining on Silicon Valley IT leaders.

P2P File Sharing On College Campuses

Police Warn Burglars Are Using Social Networks

How Much for a Fake I.D.?

The Cloud Crusades of Ellison and Benioff

Larry Ellison and Marc Benioff seem to be looking to the pulpit for inspiration as they guide their flocks down different paths.

Job search: The 10 professional attributes employers want most in employees

Indeed.com studied millions of job ads to identify the professional attributes that employers most commonly seek in employees.

Microsoft to Customers: Don’t Let IE9 Keep You from Windows 7

Updated: Microsoft is making it unnecessarily difficult for Windows users to install the final version of IE9.

Cloud Computing: The Truth About What Runs on Amazon

You hear lots of talk that Amazon’s on-demand public cloud offering is used mostly by small companies, but that’s not the reality, says CIO.com’s Bernard Golden. And as happened with open source, developers are leading the charge.

‘America’s Neighborhood Grocer’ Offshores IT to India

SuperValu has signed a multi-year outsourcing deal with TCS, but there’s more to the story.

Are CIOs Embracing the iPad?

CIO magazine CEO Michael Friedenberg has noticed a surprising number of iPads in the hands of CIOs during his travels.

CIOs Of The Future Need To Capitalize on New Data Sources

As The Internet of Things paves the way to cars that recognize their driver and washing machines that call in for repairs, CIOs should reach out to colleagues in R&D and be at the forefront of driving business strategy.

Geolocation Technology; Please Stalk and Rob Me

iTunes a Platform for Phish Scammers

Facebook’s Rumored Phone: 3 Reasons to Dislike

Facebook’s rumored phone could be a dream for over-sharers, but is unlikely to win over casual users.

3 Million Businesses Go Google, But Microsoft Battle’s Still About Search

The more money Microsoft has to throw at Office, the less it has for Bing. Google is no dummy when it comes to its cash cow.