Project Management

CIOs surveyed last month predicted that IT spending would grow by just 6.7 per cent during the next 12 months, down from the 8.4 per cent growth rate they had predicted in November, according to the latest CIO Magazine Tech Poll, which was released Monday.

Actually, there are lots of troubles with contracts. WSIB's Val Adamo has a few that are hot button issues for her. And it's not just the vendors that she's frustrated with. Sometimes it's her IT management peers.

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IT Managers irrelevant to enterprise mobility?I was struck recently by this headline that appeared in the daily news section of our Web site,...

If there were any lingering doubts that we are in the post-PC era, several big stories this year should have cleared them up. The sale of IBM Corp.'s PC business to China's Lenovo Group Ltd., and the death of Comdex, were powerful reminders that IT is in a transitional stage.

When a cheese grater comes in really handy...Satan crashes cyberchurch party...and how annoying are you, really? The best of the strange goings-on from the past 12 months.

Sit back and take a big-picture look at your business strategy. Is it still the optimal path, given the changes to the industry and to your company?

This first beta test is scheduled to start this month, but will be limited to about 1,000 specially selected testers, a Microsoft spokeswoman said. A second, public beta is planned for the first half of next year, she said.