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Office 2010: stick, twist... or cloud?

Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 26 Jul 2010

Choosing the right office suite is no longer just about waiting for the next Microsoft release ...Read more

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The longevity gene

Posted by Kenny MacIver | Mon 14 Jun 2010

Commitments to R&D are keeping IT’s founding companies on top. Of the top five companies (all of which have annual revenues of over $50 billion), three have been delivering innovation to customers since the early part of the last century ...Read more

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Carbon report cards

Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 7 Jun 2010

Mandatory greenhouse gas reporting and the emergence of carbon-trading schemes are fuelling a rush to implement emissions reporting packages - and CIOs are ideally placed to oversee this ...Read more

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The path to cloud

Posted by Kenny MacIver | Fri 4 Jun 2010

Cloud computing presents a compelling opportunity for the delivery of IT as a highly efficient, dynamic service. But the market - at this immature stage - is marked by hype and confusion. So how should companies stage their strategic journey to the cloud? ...Read more

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"Cloud liberates you from a dead paradigm," says Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff

Posted by Kenny MacIver | Thu 22 Apr 2010

Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, corporate maverick and software-as-a-service pioneer, speaks exclusively to i-cio.com about the new world order of cloud computing, the creation of "a Facebook for the enterprise" - and how he tied a ribbon around the App Store for his hero, Steve Jobs ...Read more

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Gallium nitride chips

Posted by Kenny MacIver | Mon 19 Apr 2010

Gallium may be an element from the far reaches of the periodic table, but in the view of researchers at Fujitsu Laboratories its application in power conversion will have a radical impact on server costs ...Read more

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The IT of people

Posted by Dr Kazuo Murano | Mon 29 Mar 2010

Dr Kazuo Murano of Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd foresees a shift from technology-centric to human-centric computing ...Read more

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"Europe must open its digital borders," says European commissioner Viviane Reding

Posted by James Lawrence | Mon 18 Jan 2010

For the past five years, EU commissioner Viviane Reding - the most powerful person in European ICT - has pursued the vision of a single digital market for Europe. In our exclusive interview, she explains what that means for global CIOs ...Read more

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Diversity on the desktop

Posted by Kevin White | Mon 14 Dec 2009

Will the launch of Chrome OS - Google's free, lightweight, Linux-based PC operating system - finally mark the beginning of the end for Windows' dominance on the x86 desktop? ...Read more

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This Way Up: ABB's Haider Rashid

Posted by Kevin White | Mon 19 Oct 2009

As group CIO and head of real estate at power and automation engineering company ABB, Haider Rashid manages nearly $2 billion of costs and around 4,000 internal and outsourced employees. His management roles at some of the world's largest life science companies, where he led major consolidation and strategy projects, provided the grounding for a shift into one of the top jobs in global IT ...Read more

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Cells forecast: are femtocells the future?

Posted by Andrew Donoghue | Mon 21 Sep 2009

Femtocells mean mobile providers would be able to compete with fixed broadband networks – but success depends on persuading consumers to buy into the idea ...Read more

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Essential reading for CIOs

Posted by James Lawrence | Mon 10 Aug 2009

Successful environmental strategies from "green" business leaders and the inside track on Apple's ruling genius - two of the latest must-reads for CIOs ...Read more

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The business of micro-blogging

Posted by i-cio.com staff | Tue 26 May 2009

The growth of micro-blogging sites, such as Jaiku, Plurk and Twitter, has been startling. Now businesses are beginning to work out how they can benefit from them ...Read more

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This Way Up: 3663's Jane Scott

Posted by Andy McCue | Fri 1 May 2009

Jane Scott is CIO of food service distributor 3663. She joined the company in 2003, after seven years of working internationally, including in the US and Japan, for Mars and Coca-Cola Schweppes. Here, we chart her rise to the top ...Read more

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Technology investment key to recession survival

Posted by Jessica Twentyman & Andrew Donoghue | Mon 30 Mar 2009

Smart companies recognise that IT isn’t an overhead – it could also be key to dragging their business back into the black. Investment in innovation is just as important to boosting financial performance as cutting overheads ...Read more

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Personal Details Exposed Via Biggest U.S. Websites

europe.wsj.com: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:07:50 +0000

The largest U.S. websites are installing new and intrusive consumer-tracking technologies on the computers of people visiting their sites—in some cases, more than 100 tracking tools at a time—a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.

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How to Avoid Prying Eyes

europe.wsj.com: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:51:38 +0000

The Internet is rife with surveillance technology, but you can protect your privacy by following these steps.

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The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets

europe.wsj.com: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:20:51 +0000

A Wall Street Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on American consumers. First in a series.

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