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Mobile goes to Mach 1
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Thu 10 May 2012
A new breed of superfast smartphone from Japan is about to hit the US and Europe. ...Read more
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3-D printing for the masses
Posted by Jessica Twentyman | Tue 8 May 2012
As manufacturers of industrial 3-D printers start to target the consumer market, stand by for a revolution in manufacturing, hardware and product innovation. ...Read more
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The m-security challenge
Posted by James Lawrence | Tue 10 Apr 2012
The race for watertight mobile authentication that won’t compromise user convenience. ...Read more
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This Way Up: Oliver Bussmann, global CIO, SAP
Posted by Andy McCue | Mon 12 Mar 2012
“You have to be a risk-taker, spot things that will have a major impact on the business and be an enabler,” says Oliver Bussmann, the global CIO of the world’s largest business applications company. In this in-depth interview, he also discusses his career move from IT buyer to vendor, the need for increased business agility, and deploying iPads to half the SAP workforce. ...Read more
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New rules of cyber disclosure
Posted by Rob Buckley | Mon 5 Mar 2012
If there’s one thing worse than being hacked, it’s having to tell the world about it. Moves on both sides of the North Atlantic could lead to this being a requirement everywhere in the US and EU. ...Read more
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App stores open for business
Posted by Jessica Twentyman | Mon 27 Feb 2012
The app store model that has been so successful in building “ecosystems” of software developers is now rapidly moving into the corporate environment. ...Read more
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Supercomputing: The next generation
Posted by Jim Mortleman & Kenny MacIver | Thu 2 Feb 2012
A new class of high-performance computers is bringing solutions to many of the biggest challenges of business and society within reach. ...Read more
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Supercomputing in the cloud
Posted by David Smith | Thu 2 Feb 2012
The latent power of “big data” will push high-performance computing into the cloud, argues Fujitsu’s David Smith. ...Read more
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2012… and beyond
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Thu 26 Jan 2012
From spending forecasts, to the widespread uptake of enterprise cloud computing, to CIO salaries: a handy round-up of key predictions from the analysts. ...Read more
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The rise of user-developed software
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 9 Jan 2012
Why writing apps is fast becoming child's play. ...Read more
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Delivering data in the cloud
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Fri 2 Dec 2011
Selling datasets "as a service" is set to become a new revenue stream for organizations. ...Read more
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Where mobile meets social
Posted by Kevin Lynch | Mon 14 Nov 2011
The era of location-based social computing has only just begun, says Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe Systems. ...Read more
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IPO fever takes hold
Posted by Kenny MacIver | Mon 17 Oct 2011
The billions raised in the new wave of public flotations of technology companies will position some unlikely candidates for starring roles in mainstream IT. ...Read more
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Cars head into the cloud
Posted by James Lawrence | Thu 4 Aug 2011
Innovation in the automotive industry is beginning to be driven by cloud-based IT, as highlighted by Toyota's new partnership with Microsoft. ...Read more
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Essential reading for CIOs
Posted by James Lawrence & Kenny MacIver | Mon 25 Jul 2011
Latest must-read books: on Google, social media and how to be a stellar CIO. ...Read more
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China: The CIO challenge
Posted by Kenny MacIver | Mon 18 Jul 2011
Global organizations expanding into China are riding on an unprecedented wave of growth in a country that throws up a unique set of IT challenges. In this Special Report, we examine how CIOs from a wide range of major multinationals are meeting those challenges and powering expansion in the world’s most dynamic economy. ...Read more
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Smartphone apps for real-time translation
Posted by James Lawrence | Fri 1 Jul 2011
Voice translation software is undergoing live trials — will it make us all instant polyglots? ...Read more
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Visibility in the clouds
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 30 May 2011
Ensuring maximum uptime will be crucial to the adoption of cloud computing. ...Read more
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The year of the enterprise tablet
Posted by James Lawrence | Mon 9 May 2011
Employees are proving eager to adopt the fashionable form factor. ...Read more
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Is your organization ready for the Internet protocol switchover?
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 2 May 2011
June 8, 2011 — aka "World IPv6 Day" — is likely to expose flaws in migration plans. ...Read more
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Mobile money wars
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 25 Apr 2011
The proliferation of new m-commerce models is about to disrupt the consumer payments market. ...Read more
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The pain of mobile platform proliferation
Posted by James Lawrence | Mon 18 Apr 2011
Conflicting mobile environments are creating an apps support headache for CIOs — with no end in sight. ...Read more
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How the developing world will change global business thinking
Posted by Rohit Talwar | Mon 4 Apr 2011
The developing world’s continued rise will have an even bigger impact on your business than you may realize, argues leading futurist Rohit Talwar. ...Read more
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Can the promise of cloud computing live up to the hype? Part 2
Posted by JP Rangaswami | Mon 28 Feb 2011
Two IT leaders assess how much of the cloud model is realizable today and how much is illusion and wordplay. Here, JP Rangaswami, chief scientist at Salesforce.com — and a former CIO and IT trailblazer at telco BT and investment bank DrKW — argues that cloud represents a global inflection point for enterprise IT. ...Read more
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Desktop on a stick
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Fri 25 Feb 2011
The Portable Zero Client is, essentially, a USB stick that provides secure access to a user’s virtual desktop from any machine. ...Read more
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Can the promise of cloud computing live up to the hype? Part 1
Posted by Ian Cohen | Mon 21 Feb 2011
Two IT leaders assess how much of the cloud model is realizable today and how much is illusion and wordplay. First, Ian Cohen, CIO at Jardine Lloyd Thompson, argues that IT execs should ignore the hype and ask what cloud computing can do for their businesses. ...Read more
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How green is your IT vendor? Six essential questions to ask
Posted by Jessica Twentyman | Mon 7 Feb 2011
The World Wildlife Fund and research group Gartner have performed the most detailed independent assessment to date of the green IT credentials of the world’s leading technology suppliers. ...Read more
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Public cloud for the enterprise
Posted by James Lawrence | Tue 1 Feb 2011
Early cloud services lacked the SLAs demanded by large organizations; now, that’s all about to change. ...Read more
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“We need to ignite an energy tech revolution,” says controversial environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg
Posted by Kenny MacIver | Mon 24 Jan 2011
No stranger to controversy, Bjørn Lomborg says the headlong rush to cut CO2 emissions is a “hysterical response” to global warming. The renowned author, business school professor and think-tank founder explains why the world needs to attack the problem of climate change on multiple fronts. ...Read more
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The new wave of computing
Posted by James Lawrence | Mon 3 Jan 2011
Gesture-based computing – that is, controlling PCs with simple hand movements – is no longer just the stuff of sci-fi movies ...Read more
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Augmenting the enterprise
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Thu 2 Dec 2010
SAP’s new augmented reality mobile app could revolutionise the way organisations visualise their data ...Read more
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"The cloud wants smarter devices," says Microsoft's Steve Ballmer
Posted by James Lawrence | Fri 19 Nov 2010
Why the Microsoft CEO believes that, contrary to popular opinion, the cloud will demand more sophisticated client hardware ...Read more
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The art of the deal
Posted by Jose Carlos Eiras | Mon 15 Nov 2010
Most CIOs are not great negotiators, says José Carlos Eiras. The former CIO and lauded strategist offers a playbook to ensure IT contracts fulfil strategic objectives ...Read more
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The new deal
Posted by Jessica Twentyman | Tue 19 Oct 2010
The nature of IT contracts is changing fast, driven by a lower appetite for upfront investment and a structural shift to cloud services. We examine how CIOs are responding to this new environment ...Read more
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Mass market mobility
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Tue 19 Oct 2010
Mobile apps are revolutionising the way organisations engage with their customers. And that presents CIOs with game-changing opportunities – and industry-toppling threats. In this Special Report we examine how leading organisations are responding ...Read more
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One charge, one day
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Wed 25 Aug 2010
The speed and capacity of mobile PCs is continuing to grow at an incredible pace, while form factors continue to shrink. Battery life, however, has failed to keep up – which is an issue that has been addressed by Fujitsu ...Read more
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Sharing made easy
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Wed 18 Aug 2010
Every knowledge worker is familiar with the situation where files such as Excel spreadsheets are transferred back and forth by email, making it difficult to track revisions or the status of a project, and increasing the potential for error. In a bid to tackle this challenge, Fujitsu has launched a new SaaS solution called RapidWeb+ ...Read more
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Google chief Eric Schmidt on the data explosion
Posted by Kenny MacIver | Wed 4 Aug 2010
“Between the birth of the world and 2003, there were five exabytes of information created. We [now] create five exabytes every two days. See why it’s so painful to operate in information markets?” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google ...Read more
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The European Union's 2020 vision
Posted by James Lawrence | Mon 2 Aug 2010
After unveiling the EU's digital strategy for the next 10 years, the new European Commissioner for ICT, Neelie Kroes, issued a stark warning. "Without proper use of ICT over the next decade, Europe will become a broken economy," she said. ...Read more
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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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Greek Leftist Leader Challenges EU on Debt
: Fri, 18 May 2012 02:37:24 +0000
Alexis Tsipras, head of Greece's radical left party, said in an interview with the Journal that there is little chance Europe will cut off funding to the country and if it does, Greece will repudiate its debts.
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: Fri, 18 May 2012 02:31:14 +0000
A behind-the-scenes account of J.P. Morgan's huge losses provides new details about the drama inside the bank as executives sought to understand the scope of the disaster and decide what to do about it.
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: Fri, 18 May 2012 02:26:46 +0000
Facebook priced its initial public offering at $38 a share, a move that values the Internet company at more than $100 billion. It tried floating higher numbers to investors but was rebuffed.
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