CXO Outlook

Executives’ Frustration with Innovation Spending Grows, BCG Study Finds

Risk-averse culture and lack of speed remain barriers to growth.

PCI Is Security Simplicity, Not Complexity

Payment card industry data security: the standard that makes people stupid.

The TCO of Operating Systems: Compare the Big OSes

Financial reasons for and against adopting Mac, Linux or Windows operating systems in the enterprise.

Open Source Helps Stop Traffic Accidents

To send help to accidents faster, engineers at the University of Maryland are using an open-source database to connect disparate traffic data.

Right-sizing Public Cloud Instances Can Cut Costs 20%-40%

Make History! Win Prizes! What’s the Greatest IT Success?

The FCC’s 700MHz Spectrum Auction, Hotel California and Dick Tracy’s Wrist Radio

Would You Actually Outsource to These Countries?

Software Companies: Old vs. New, Round 1

Geek Bonding (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Star Trek)

The manager of a team of programmers is faced with a unique challenge: how to apply general principles to the weird and lead the unleadable so as to create a functioning group out of the unsocial. Blake Watson examines techniques and stereotypes that