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Open Source: Making Success Your Biggest Problem

Tips on operating an open-source project and establishing a solid business around it to provide financing and additional resources.

Open Source: Step Back for Progress

Occasionally you need to take a step back to facilitate change and progress for overall improvement. These steps may help you avoid some of the frustration many associate with change to make the evolution of an open-source project and business a smoo

Open Source vs. Business

Some say that paid services belittle the efforts to facilitate free and open sharing of source code. Can profitable businesses and open source really coexist?

Study: Who Gets the Most for the R&D Buck?

Want to reap more rewards from R&D spending? Think strategic alignment and customer focus.

Study: Average Value of Business Info on Travelers’ Laptops Equals $525K

The average value of personal information on travelers' laptop computers is $330,000, according to iBahn.

Hate to Travel? You’re in Good Company

Face it, flying is a major hassle. And everyone complains about the same thingsn

Reader Q&A: Fostering strategic thinking in your organization

IBM, Linden Lab Team to Make Virtual Worlds More Business-Friendly

IBM and Linden Lab will collaborate to enhance the 3D Internet.

AT&T Wireless Chief Sigman to Retire

The company's current Group President of Regional Telecom & Entertainment, Ralph de la Vega, will take the CEO reigns.

The Bits and Bytes of Beijing’s Olympic Games Build Up

How SAP’s Business Objects Purchase Affects You

Oracle bought Hyperion, and now SAP has made this bold BI move. Here's what analysts say CIOs should be asking themselves and their vendor reps.

Report: Hackers to Target Web 2.0, Mobile, RFID Technologies in ’08

The coming year will see hackers set their sights on users of Web 2.0, mobile and RFID technologies due to the vast potential for financial gain each represents, according to a cybersecurity think tank.

A New Model for IT Demand Management

Why do so many IT leaders do such a terrible job of running their departments like a business? Because they put too much emphasis on supply and not enough on demand.

Situational Awareness 101

Situational awareness–knowing where you are, what you can do and how to do it–is a vital to leadership skill. Here's how to hone your own.

CRM’s Integration Blues

On-demand applications like Salesforce.com have many nadvantages, but can they integrate easily with your other core apps? Results still vary.

Challenge the Conventional Wisdom

Small business is the engine that drives America's new economy. In The Engine of America, former administrator of the SBA Hector Barreto reveals the winning business strategies of CEOs from 50 companies. We share an excerpt about the value of &q

Tear Down that Silo: Compliance in the Executive Suite

Treating compliance as a one-time project may cost your business up to 10 times more for IT measures than for those who take a proactive and integrated approach.

Managing Your Reputation Online

The results that appear when recruiters and hiring managers search for your name online may determine whether or not you get called in for an interview. To improve your profile online and increase your career opportunities, take advantage of blogs an

What Service-Based Costing Really Means

A concept from ITIL could make a huge difference this budget cycle.

The CIO Hall of Fame: 20 IT Leaders of Accomplishment

Meet the 20 CIOs whose influence and accomplishments have earned them a plaque in CIO's Hall of Fame.n

CIO to CEO: Dawn Lepore’s Lessons Learned

Dawn Lepore won Web success as CIO of Charles Schwab. Now CEO of drugstore.com and a CIO Hall of Famer, she tells her own CIO that all IT investments should be customer-focused.n

Too Few Manners at Work

Want to make an impression? Be polite.

How to Move Up During Restructuring

Sometimes, you can make lemonade when your company is reorganizing or being acquired.

How to Say Goodbye to Spreadsheets

Want to trade in your company's ancient spreadsheets for more nimble business intelligence applications? We talk to CIOs who've done it.

Get a Grip on Vendors

What's a vendor management office and who wants one? A quick peek at the state of the VMO.

Global Wi-Fi Hotspot Use on the Rise, Driven By Business

Worldwide use of Wi-Fi technology is increasingly rapidly and that's largely due to how often businesspeople connect in airports and hotels, according to a recent report.

Making Strategy That Sticks

Rule One: Never approach strategy making as a purely analytical exercise

When Times Change, Leaders Obtain New Skills

CIOs today need a broader set of competencies to succeed in the C suite

How Good Are You At Collaboration and Influence?

CIOs have room to improve when it comes to influencing others. Ask yourself these questions to see how you stack up.

Forrester Report: CIOs See Value in Web 2.0

Analyst study finds rogue usage of consumer-grade technologies still on the rise.

New “Blue Sky” PC Is Lenovo’s Smallest, Most Energy-Efficient Desktop

The tiny, "green" ThinkCentre A61e desktop PC can save users up to 50 percent in annual energy costsu2014and it can be powered by a small solar panel.

Beyond Benchmarking

To make a great leap forward, you need to study something completely different

Survey: CIOs In Hiring Mood In Q4

Business growth cited as the key driver for staffing

Containing Supply Chain Costs Won’t Help Customer Service

Business needs to align strategic goals with supply chain priorities.

Advice on Leadership and Workplace Behavior

How To Do Storage Virtualization Right

Virtualization can help you go supersonic with the speed of backup and disaster recovery, plus trim costs. But you will need to rethink storage management.

Capgemini Will Watch Your Back on Google Apps

Consulting powerhouse will offer backup help and custom tailor Googleu2019s enterprise suite, answering enterprise IT concerns about support and security.

Toy Recall Tests Mattel IT

Lead paint, dangerous parts force toymaker's supply chain backward.

Germany Aims to Protect IT Systems With Security Plan

Business Intelligence Merger: Cognos Acquires Applix

Deal meant to boost Cognosu2019 standing in mid-market financial analysis applications.

25 Questions a Chief Executive Should Ask About Software

This article discusses 25 key questions that CEOs should ask to ensure that the software their companies depend upon is an asset and not a liability to the corporations they control.

Let the Business Drive IT Strategy

Some CIOs are better than others at executing an IT strategy. Their secret: A simple plan that helps business leaders make the right technology decisions.

What’s Next for Housing Industry CIOs

Mid-Market Suites Tune In to iPhone, PDAs

Hotel Room of the Future Packs Tech Toys

IPv6 Checkup Time

Despite the hype, U.S. enterprises seem to be in no hurry to adopt the next-generation Internet protocol. Hereu2019s why.

How to Negotiate a Flexible Work Schedule

To get your boss to agree to such an arrangement, your proposal should spell out exactly how the arrangement will work, the value it will bring to your employer, and how your performance will be measured.

Learn Customer Service Principles from the Ritz

Three rules for ideal customer service.

Maintaining the Agile Mainframe

Nights and weekends arenu2019t what they used to be.

How to Make Better Decisions

Make better and faster decisions by changing your approach to the process