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What Keeps Your CEO Up at Night: Worries About Change and Corporate Social Responsibility

Market factors, people skills, and technological factors top the list of external forces with the most impact on organizations; green issues wielding more clout.n

Whistleblowers: Women Experience More Retaliation Than Men, Study Reports

Women in technology who wish to blow the whistle on malfeasance but fear the consequences of reporting such information have good reason to be cautious.

Wi-Fi and Education: 802.11n Near-Ubiquitous at U.S. Colleges by 2013

802.11n Wi-Fi may still be a rarity at educational institutions and in the enterprise, but that will change dramatically during the next half decade, new research predicts.

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RIM Announces New BlackBerry Certifications for Administrators, Consultants, Developers

How do you spot a BlackBerry guru? A new certification program from Blackberry-maker RIM, set to begin this fall, should help IT leaders who have a growing need for mobile talent.

Fund Your Network the Right Way

One day (maybe now) you're going to upgrade the wiring in your office building or install Wi-Fi. But don't ask users to pay for it. Ask them for a loan, instead. n

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Trendlines from 5/01/08: New, Hot, Unexpected

In this issue: Google and privacy; The wait for EMR; Online litter; Security and virtualization; CIOs seek smaller companies; and Fan-cooled PCs.

New Tool To Help Companies Deal With Bandwidth Challenges of Online Video

With an explosion of online video on sites such as YouTube, company networks have felt the crunch. But deciphering legitimate use from messing around can be tough. eTelemetry, a company that handles networking monitoring, has introduced a tool analys

Can Google’s New CIO Ben Fried Fill Douglas Merrill’s Shoes?

Doug Merrill was known as much for his rock star persona as he was for his geeky intellect, but what do we know about Google's new CIO Ben Fried?

Hackett Group Research: IT Leaders Can Slash Nearly 40 Percent of their Spending

Recommendations from a new benchmarking study aim to help CIOs remove waste and weather the recession.

Cloud Apps: Third Cube From the Left

Frustrated by cloud apps? They can make even angels swear.

Forrester: Consolidated Web 2.0 Market to Reach $4.6 Billion By 2013

The vendor market will shrink as IBM and Microsoft absorb the majority of the Web 2.0 pie, says an analyst report.

Tossin’ and Turnin’: Jobs that literally keep us up at night.

Work-related stress keeps 51 percent of Americans up every Sunday night.

CIO’s 50 Most Popular Articles

From programming language dos and don'ts to must-have BlackBerry tips and downloads to expert advice on how to be more successful, take a look at the most popular articles from January through March.

PCI Standards Body Moves Ahead on Payment-Application Certification

PCI Security Standards Council releases list of certified payment applications under Payment Application Data Security Standard.

Text Analytics: Your Customers are Talking About You

When your company's customers talk, do you listen closely and nquickly enough? More CIOs are deploying text analytics ntechnology to examine customer comments on websites, surveys and the like.n

Why Leaders Need People Skills

To lead effectively, you must be able to connect and communicate your agenda to others.

Analysis: Salesforce’s Addition of Google Apps Shows Google’s Intent to Enter Business Software Market

By tapping into Salesforce's customer base and latching on to that company's reputation as a trusted corporate technology provider, Google can make inroads in selling its software to businesses.

CIOs in Survey Say They Have Seat at Leadership Table

IT executives also say that top leaders see their work as central to innovation, in a survey by Harvard and Sloan business schools.

Trendlines from 4/15/08: New, Hot, Unexpected

In this issue: The cap on H-1B visas; Corporate mash-ups; Face-reading computers; The lapsing landline; China and RFID; Banning of social networks; The value of big monitors; Efficiency in IT shops; and By the numbers, including IT modernization.

How Shutterfly Tapped Into Its Online Customer Community

The CEO of Shutterfly outpaced competitors by reimagining the online photo-finishing business as a way to build social connections between its customers.

Mobile/Wireless Skills to Top IT Manager Most Wanted Lists

IT workers looking to secure future employment would be wise to hone their mobile and wireless skill sets, according to new research, which suggests such skills will soon top security proficiency on the list of IT manager hiring priorities.

Despite Policies, Implementation of Electronic Medical Records Remains Slow

While the vast majority of healthcare CIOs are feeling the pressure to move towards keeping electronic patient records, only 18% have managed to get the technology implemented with most doctors still preferring to use paper templates.

Teleconferencing: Third Cube from the Left

An offbeat look at the technology space from inside the hive.

Can CIOs Make Good CEOs?

Are the analysts right? Is a CIO the wrong choice to lead a company? Or can CIOs become masterful CEOs?

Searching the Hidden Job Market for Opportunities

If you want to gain access to job opportunities that aren't publicly advertised, you need to develop contacts at your target companies.

What Do You Think About More Federal Regulation of Wall Street?

The government is floating the idea of increased financial services oversight and regulations for mortgage brokers in response to the ongoing economic crisis. What's your take?

How to Fund IT Innovation

Struggling to find the time and money for innovation projects? Take advantage of your IT governance process to get business buy-in for infrastructure investments, training and inventive applications of technology.

Net Neutrality: Why the Internet Can’t Remain Free

Most users want a free Internet, but that's not going to be possible by 2010, Gary Beach argues. Without a major investment by those who own the pipes, the likes of Verizon, AT&T and Comcast, Internet traffic will come to resemble rush hour

iPassConnect: U.S. 3G, Global Wi-Fi With One Laptop Card, One Password

Sick of toting around multiple notebook cards and remembering lists of passwords to access the Internet while on the go? iPassConnect lets you access U.S. 3G, global Wi-Fi and wired Internet connections from practically anywhere with a single card a

Giving Cell Phones to Low-Income Households Could Create $11B in Jobs, Study Finds

Mobile phones help Americans secure jobs, earn money and protect themselves in emergency situations, according to new research that argues giving cell phones to low-income families could create billions in improved wages.

Make the Connection Between IT and Business Strategy

Galderma's CIO has been planting the seeds of IT as a strategic resource for eight years; the crop is about to bloom in a single-instance ERP

Can’t Buy Them Love: IT Leaders’ Compensation Increases but Job Satisfaction Plummets

Research from the latest Harvey Nash CIO survey also reveals IT leaders feel less strategic and influential inside their companies, even though they're making progress on the IT-business alignment front

Data Center Optimization: The Value of Business Service Management

Tips on using BSM to increase business value from the mainframe on down.

Study: Nokia, RIM Lead in Smartphone Innovation, Implementation Strategy

Nokia is the number one smartphone vendor based on innovation and implementation strategy, followed by RIM and Samsung, a new smartphone vendor ranking says.

Unified Threat Management, Demystified

Considering unified threat management (UTM) appliances that combine many security jobs? Here's some advice from CIOs who've tried these all-in-wonders on for size.

Intelligence Community to Start Using Virtual Worlds

Using IBM's Sametime collaboration suite, as well as a virtual worlds platform from Forterra systems, the intelligence community will use virtual environments to discuss key topics such as preventing terrorism.

IT Winners and Losers: Verizon Wireless, Jerome Kerviel Up; Bear Stearns, Hannaford, The Spam King Down

Winners this week included a more open Verizon Wireless and two recently freed men (sort of): Jerome Kerviel and Joseph Nacchio. There were plenty of losers: an amazing fall at Bear Stearns, grocer Hannaford Bros., SaaS adoption rates and The King of

Third Cube from the Left

Lost in a twisty, turny maze of corporate passages.

Trendlines From April 1, 2008: New, Hot, Unexpected

In this issue: New York Talk Exchange maps telecommuting traffic; Vanity Googling pays off professionally; Microsoft implements energy-saving strategies; American companies embrace mobile apps; Retailers see the value of BI; Tech CEOs press Congress

IT’s Report Card: Doesn’t Play Well With Others

Inflexible, out-of-sync with business needs and unresponsive. No, that's not your users — it's how the non-IT executives see your technology group, according to a new survey of 1,650 executives.

IT Winners and Losers: YouTube Fans and IBM’s CEO Up; Eliot Spitzer, the ‘Sparking’ iPod, H-1B Debate and Wal-Mart’s Linux PC Down

Winners this week included YouTube fans everywhere and IBM's chief. There were plenty of losers: the "sparking" iPod, those on both sides of the H-1B debate and the $199 Linux PC at Wal-Mart.

Garmin GPS Dominates Consumer, Corporate Market: What’s Next?

Global Positioning System (GPS) device maker Garmin currently owns the U.S. portable navigation system market with more than half of all consumer and enterprise users, but will it face upcoming challenges and succeed with its new smartphone?

What’s Your Priority in Focusing on Total Cost of Ownership?

Managing costs is critical. Where do you prioritize when it comes to IT systems? Take this instant poll.

Report: More Companies Ban Social Networks, Web 2.0 Sites

IT departments must update their electronic use policies to reflect the explosion of consumer applications on the Web, says report by security vendor MessageLabs.

Trendlines from 3/15/08: New, Hot, Unexpected

In this issue: The executive level job market; Microsoft opens its APIs; How to find a mentor; Staffing in a recession; IT spending eases off; Blackberry tips; and Consumer tech by the numbers.

Study: Widescreen Displays Boost Employee Productivity

New study claims companies can realize significant productivity gains by adopting larger, widescreen displays.

You Used THAT Programming Language to Write What?!

How to determine which programming languageu2014Perl, PHP, JavaScript, Python or Rubyu2014is right for your task.

IT Winners and Losers: Wal-Mart, Microsoft, Facebook Up; Bill Gates and Apple (Stock) Down

Winners this week included a Web 2.0 Wal-Mart, a SaaSy Microsoft and a grown-up Facebook. Losers? Apple shareholders, Credit Suisse IT and computer science graduation rates.