What Star Wars Teaches Us About Career Management
It's been really difficult using the Force to convince your HR manager or boss to see things your way: Your threats of turning fellow workers to the Dark Side sound hollow and that Jedi mind trick...
View ArticleThe Truth About CIO Tenure
Conventional wisdom has long held that CIOs should never say "Wait until next year," because that year often doesn't come for them. Everyone knows that CIO stands for Chief Information Officer, but in...
View Article5 Reasons Businesses Still Hate Enterprise Software
Got Issues? Enterprise software sure does.
View ArticleLarry Ellison in Pictures: It's Good to Be The King
The charmed life of Larry Ellison wasn't always caviar and megayachts.
View ArticleData everywhere, but not enough smart management
Today, most enterprises are finally facing up to the "data, data everywhere" phenomenon-an awe-inspiring and unprecedented push and pull of data and information needs. The push: Terabytes of data...
View ArticleSAP Sapphire 2010: Observations, News and Tweets
SAP's annual Sapphire conference is over, and here's a round-up of some of the important news, announcements and high-tech happenings that came out of the show.
View ArticleSaaS's Troubled Adolescence: 3 Signs of Immaturity
Just when you thought it was safe to jump into the SaaS waters, a new survey finds that IT and enterprise software decision-makers don't feel totally comfortable with SaaS-namely those nagging...
View ArticleTaming the ERP Integration Beast: A Work in Progress
CIOs have been talking about enterprise application integration for as long as they've been talking about business-IT alignment or proving the value of the IT function. That is to say,for decades.
View ArticleStarbucks CIO Brewing Up Much More than Free Wi-Fi
Yesterday, coffee-purveyor Starbucks reversed course on its long-standing in-store Wi-Fi policy by announcing that starting July 1, Wi-Fi would be free in all its U.S. establishments.
View ArticleWhy People Love to Hate Their Office Printers
Who hasn't wanted to take a bat to their office printer? From confusing error messages to unfixable paper jams, today's office printer is a source of frustration and angst. This is why we hate you,...
View ArticleTop 10 ways CIOs can prepare for another recession
As Gartner warns IT leaders in the US to be ready in case a second recession hits, CIO.com's Thomas Wailgum shares his thoughts on how CIOs can actually slash pesky budgets. Hint: Unpaid interns, meet...
View Article10 Ways To Know You're in the Twitter Twilight Zone
All too often, it seems like there's a full moon out when it comes to Twitter: People who use the microblogging service do some very strange things.
View ArticleIn-flight Wi-Fi turbulence: Travellers reluctant to pay
In 2008, the number of commercial aircraft that offered in-flight Wi-Fi service totaled just 25, according to market researcher In-Stat. By the end of 2010, however, In-Stat predicts that number should...
View ArticleThe trouble with supply-chain best practices
Best Practices: It's an often overused term that can apply to literally any decision-making process: parenting quandaries, personal finance questions, buying a house, getting a job, or selecting a...
View ArticleRetailers Going Green, But Customers Remain Apathetic
You have to feel bad for most retailers: The global economy tanked in 2008, sales plummeted and many well-known chains went out of business. Today, shoppers have come to expect half-price sales on...
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