Project Management

The completely wireless office has remained the holy grail of wireless aficionados for years, but when will all the workers in a company be able to cut the wires and operate with voice, data and video running over Wi-Fi to the cellular network, or an assortment of other networks?

Much like expecting a pediatrician to perform surgery, the chronic inability to align IT to business across industries is a symptom of an IT sub-discipline being asked to the wrong thing, says Peter Thompson in his new book.

Mandy Andress was working in IT at a university library when she told a user that to help correct a computer problem, she

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV is speeding up the process of spinning off its semiconductor business and will reduce its ownership of it to a minority stake, the company said.

Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said Thursday he would step out of his daily role at Microsoft in July 2008 so he could take on a full-time role at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the charity organization he runs with his wife.

When business decisions confronted Axa Tech with the daunting task of relocating 300 servers from Japan to Melbourne it considered all its options, including the use of cargo ships. But rather than drown in the relocation of so much hardware as part of a year-long data consolidation project, the financial services firm turned to a mix of server virtualization and WAN acceleration.

When Information Services performance sags, it may be time for you to respond as an outside turnaround specialist would. There is a whole group of CIOs

IT departments in mid-market companies provide many of the same services as those in large enterprises, but without access to the same resources. In a recent series of reports about IT management in small and mid-market businesses, Gartner suggests that CIOs in these companies can overcome limitations such as smaller staffs and smaller budgets through methods such as recruiting versatile employees, outsourcing, providing staff with training and other