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Feature
28 Aug 2026
Enterprises aren't rushing to Microsoft 365 E7's AI promise
Microsoft 365 E7 bundles productivity apps with AI tools like Copilot into one SKU, but customers are hesitating to adopt over ROI, hidden consumption costs and contract lock-in. Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2026
Where should CIOs invest next? IT leaders weigh in
Six CIOs share where they would invest if their IT budgets increased. AI leads, with data, infrastructure and security investments helping to scale it. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Nov 2008
SaaS integration easier said than done
Questions for you Software as a Service (SaaS) devotees about SaaS integration: Did your vendor give you enough information up front about the potential difficulties of integrating the SaaS ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Nov 2008
The Web 2.0/social media revolution inches along
More evidence this week that the Web 2.0/social media revolution may be advancing, but it ain’t here yet: Instant messaging hasn’t become the preferred method of communication among IT staff; nor ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Nov 2008
Google Chrome: How secure is your information?
Google is growing. From Chrome to G1, it’s not just for searching anymore. As the Google giant is creating new breeds of consumers (“cross-consumers,” I call them -- spanning email, news, mobile ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Oct 2008
Gmail apps: Text your contacts
Google Gmail users now have the option to send text messages to mobile phones. The experimental app, found in Gmail Labs, was made available to all users Thursday night. The feature is very similar ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Oct 2008
Tech warriors on the offensive
Downturn, shmownturn. Your peers at technology companies apparently don't need a global recession to get their juices flowing. A new survey of 151 U.S. technology company executives by Deloitte ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Oct 2008
Sunrise, sunset: Sun Microsystems’ Bechtolsheim decamps to take on Cisco
Sun Microsystems co-founder, early Google backer and computer engineer extraordinaire Andreas von Bechtolsheim is leaving his job as chief architect at Sun to apply his considerable talents to ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Oct 2008
Three men arraigned in alleged IT kickback scheme
Three Boston-area men have been arraigned in connection with allegedly setting up kickbacks from a vendor in exchange for securing computer software and service contracts for Partners Healthcare. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Sep 2008
Work email: When it just can’t wait until morning
With the growing popularity of smartphones and business VPNs, it's getting tougher and tougher to let an email just sit in your inbox unread for any period of time - even in what are technically ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Sep 2008
A CIO by way of Jack Welch
I recently interviewed Carole Cotter, CIO of Lifespan Corp., a health care system affiliated with Brown Medical School in Providence. R.I. Cotter talked about how her IT department balances the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Sep 2008
Think like a hacker (and other World of Warcraft-inspired musings)
Yesterday, I attended Forrester's security forum in Boston. In one of the morning sessions, "Exploiting Online Games," Gary McGraw, chief technology officer at Cigital (and co-author of a book by ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Sep 2008
Don't ignore internal security (and don't write passwords on Post-it's)
Last year 8% of the IT budget went towards security. This year? 10%. Khalid Kark, principal analyst at Forrester Research, Inc., presented security statistics at Forrester’s Security Forum 2008. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Aug 2008
Joe Biden: RIAA stooge
Joe Biden, huh? Talk about strike three. 2000: Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Lieberman “loses” election. Flash forward to 2008 and this stuffy jerk – who spent part of his career going ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Aug 2008
Seinfeld vs. Justin Long? Please, let's get someone with some funny.
Can we all agree that Jerry Seinfeld was never the funny one? For all his quirks and humorous relationships, Jerry was always the straight man to his consistently hilarious compatriots. Good at ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Aug 2008
Save the data! How safe is our personal information?
The search for the missing Registered Traveler laptop is finally over. The laptop, belonging to Verified Identity Pass Inc.(VIP), was reported missing from a locked office in the San Francisco ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Aug 2008
Forrester: No room for cowboy culture in IT
Just like Toby Keith, I should have been a cowboy. Alas, I went into journalism and never did get the hang of a lasso. If you’re in IT, a new Forrester report says, you should let those cattle ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2008
Driving while surfing?
As if having a computer at the office and at home - with a BlackBerry to tide you over when you're not at either of those places - weren't enough, now comes the AutoNet Mobile, which transforms ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jul 2008
Does it matter who CIOs report to?
Gather the typical left-brain, articulate, umm-less group of CIOs around a conference lunch table and, guaranteed, the talk will eventually turn to reporting relationships. You answer to whom? ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Jul 2008
Boston Globe: Cognos contract with state “raises ethical issues”
News flash: The Boston Globe reports today that a representative of Cognos ULC, the business intelligence software maker, improperly offered a Massachusetts state official a job in 2006 when the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jun 2008
All Ears: Susan Cramm on ITopia
Earlier, I wrote about Susan Cramm, former CIO of Taco Bell turned "leadership" coach, talking about how IT and the business could -- should! -- function in 2015. Cramm was the keynote speaker at ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Jun 2008
Title Town – it’s all in the stats
I don't look anything like a basketball player, or even the stereotypical fan. I'm 4'11". I prefer high heels and dresses to jerseys and sneakers. Even some of my closest friends said they didn't ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jun 2008
Calling FedEx out
Sometimes you hear something and think: “Hey, that can’t be true.” Take this statement from FedEx Corp. CIO Rob Carter at his Enterprise 2.0 Conference keynote this week. “There's also a cool new ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 May 2008
Sarah Lacy says Facebook doesn't need my best friend. He doesn't seem to care.
Sarah Lacy, author of Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0, has blogged about me blogging about her book. So I feel compelled to respond. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 May 2008
Will a Chief Blogging Officer get a Golden Parachute?
Excellent little news blurb on HealthLeaders Media this morning: “Chief Blogging Officer title catching on with corporations.” Chief Blogging Officer. Ok, one more time: Chief Blogging Officer. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Apr 2008
Justifying IT expenditures: Outsourcing isn’t always the answer
Accountability, budget constraints and cost of provisioning services – these are all issues that CIOs hear about when presenting IT budget numbers. “Why does this cost what it costs?” and “Can’t we ... Continue Reading
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Definition
31 Mar 2008
CKO (chief knowledge officer)
Chief knowledge officer (CKO) is a corporate title for the person responsible overseeing knowledge management within an organization. Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Mar 2008
Computer recycling: Dangers for even the well intentioned
Recycling computers involves more than just passing them off to another company for cleaning. Due diligence requires CIOs to go even further to make sure data is eradicated. Continue Reading
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Definition
06 Mar 2008
FFIEC compliance (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council)
FFIEC compliance is conformance to a set of standards for online banking issued in October 2005 by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)... (Continued) Continue Reading