Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Former Google CIO says business misses key people During a lively keynote at this year’s CA Expo in Sydney, Douglas Merrill said the six years he spent at the search engine giant were the most fascinating part of his career
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Job experts: Fresh skills a key for a return to IT Hiring experts offer anecdotes about some IT professionals who lost senior-level positions and took more junior-level jobs instead or of others who left the field entirely
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The Cloud Information Officers cometh The most disruptive computing model to emerge in years will also accelerate some of the evolution that’s already happening among senior IT leaders. How to prepare for the transition
Friday, June 17, 2011
15-year-old creates cloud, Web app integration program Perl and Python solution-maker ActiveState acquires Phenona to bolster features of new Stackato cloud platform. The company's newest employee is part-time, until he finishes high school
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
IDC: Consumerization is overhauling IT's role Many businesses were striving to allow in some devices and self-provisioned systems, but retaining central control, the researcher says, is a balancing act.
Monday, June 06, 2011
MISA 2011: How municipal IT leaders can drive change A motivational speaker gives the attendees of the Municipal Information Systems Association's annual conference ideas on dealing with negative employees, being a good pilot and why you can't make excuses for people
Monday, April 18, 2011
Cisco CIO offers tips for talkin' business Rebecca Jacoby discusses the future of the enterprise worker, as well as how IT can manage different mobiles devices and operating systems and justify cloud investments 
Friday, April 15, 2011
Obama unvarnished: U.S. government IT is 'horrible' The president, in an unguarded moment, shares his criticisms of government IT operations
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Four skills CISOs need now Today's chief information security officers will need to build a comprehensive skills matrix that places them on the same level as other senior executives. How to get started
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Why CIOs fail -- and what they can do about it Even the most seasoned IT executives won't always be successful, but the elimination of chief information officer positions at some firms points to a credibility problem. How to turn perceptions around
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Toronto professor wins Gerhard Herzberg award University of Toronto professor Geoffrey Hinton gets a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for his work in artificial intelligence
Thursday, February 10, 2011
IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes The attack targets Apple's password managment system. It is based on existing exploits that provide access to large parts of the iOS file system even if a device is locked
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Linux skills are hot in an improving IT hiring front Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports that employers announced plans to cut only 46,825 IT jobs during 2010--a full 73 per cent fewer than the 174,629 technology job cuts in 2009
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
What CFOs want from IT Now is an excellent time for you, as an IT manager, to hear what Finance has to say. Computerworld asked several CFOs what message they'd most like to get through to their top technologists
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Schmidt steps aside as Google CEO, Page takes over The search engine giant announces a major shakeup in its executive ranks, with one of its co-founders taking on a more corporate role. The switch will be official in April
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Oracle patching fewer database flaws, says researcher Researchers say increased emphasis on acquired products makes it harder for Oracle to stay on top of database flaws
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Peering at the new world of IT work The vast majority of executives have never pictured themselves becoming the boss. What does that tell us about today's workplace? The findings of a poll, interpreted through four different lenses
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
China, Taiwan agree to annual tech conventions Possible agenda items are joint research, high-tech parks, laxer rules
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Businesses will buy 25 per cent of tablets, Deloitte says The retail and medical markets will be quick to adopt the new form factor, the consulting firm said in its annual predictions for the tech market
Monday, January 17, 2011
With thick skin, Google CIO finds his job rewarding In an inteview with IDG News Service, Ben Fried spoke candidly about his job and shared tips and advice for fellow CIOs, including the urgent need for tablet device strategies
Thursday, January 13, 2011
U.S. IT hiring shows gains, but jobs may be shifting TechServe Alliance, an IT services industry group that analyzes U.S. Labor Department unemployment data, said the tech employment added 3,500 workers, or .09 per cent, bringing the overall IT workforce to 3.9 million
Monday, January 10, 2011
Big day out for CIOs Today's CIOs are busier than ever, but business strategist Donna Sturgess says a day off from the office for an "immersion" will refresh their view of the organisation
Monday, January 10, 2011
Local governments go paperless with ECM Wayne County in Michigan and the Borough of Hackney in the U.K. streamline processes on a platform from Waterloo, Ont.-based OpenText
Monday, January 10, 2011
Intel says Light Peak interconnect technology is ready The company said the technology will be based on copper wires as fiber optics are too expensive. It would transfer data at bandwidths starting at 10 gigabits per second over distances of up to 100 metres
Friday, January 07, 2011
Intel to integrate DirectX 11 in Ivy Bridge chips CES: DirectX 11 will improve the graphics capabilities in future Intel chips
