CIO News

January 17, 2006

Cognos Buys Real-Time Dashboard Provider

Celequest Acquisition Positions BI Provider for Mid-Market.

HP Unifies BI and Information Mgmt. Product Lines

Part of companywide restructuring of software business.

Intel Profit Down 39 Percent

Company’s still recovering from effects of recent reorg.

India’s Wipro Posts Strong Growth in Revenue, Profits

Firm is country’s third largest outsourcer.

NXP to Exit Chip Alliance, Forge Closer Ties With TSMC

European chip maker opted out of Crolles2 Alliance.

Tech Informer

Symantec to Employ SONAR to Find Zero-Day Attacks
Sun Undercuts Red Hat On Support Pricing
Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux Released
IBM Entry-Level Storage Offerings Get a Boost
SAP Launches New All-in-One Version

Editor's Picks

ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY

Mobile Mastery

Treos, BlackBerrys and smart phones don’t have to wreak havoc on enterprise IT. Here’s how to keep users happy, data secure and costs in check.
January 15

VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

More than a decade into the practice of vulnerability disclosure, where do we stand? Are we more secure? Or less? The experts weigh in. You can too.
January 11

WEIGH IN

Building Alliances Across Divisions

Collaboration is easier to say than to do, but these tips from organizational consultant Maya Townsend will help you build effective alliances throughout your organization.
January 8

CAREER BOOST

7 Strategies to Attract and Retain Top IT Talent

Recruiter David Reff explains how to improve your own career by maintaining a stellar IT staff.
January 4

PREDICTIONS FOR 2007

The Efficient IT Shop

McKinsey says two trends will improve IT efficiency in the year ahead: SOA and a lean approach to hardware. Do you agree?
January 2

ARCHIVING

Ready to Produce IMs in Court?

New rules expand the types of electronically stored info that companies could be required to produce in a lawsuit. Are you prepared?
January 1

BENEATH THE BUZZ

New Year's Resolutions and Corporate Culture

Organizational consultant N. Dean Meyer gets beneath the buzz of "resolutions," and shows how to do them right.
December 28

BUSINESS PULSE

Workplace Communications

If you want to communicate effectively in the workplace, says leadership expert and author Chuck Martin, make sure you check what was heard, not what was said.
December 28

BALDONI ON LEADERSHIP

Are You Ready for the Nexter Wave?

The upcoming cohort of IT and business workers has different habits and styles from previous generations. Don't be alarmed; embrace it. Leadership consultant John Baldoni tells how.
December 26

BOOK EXCERPT

Innovation Games

One kind of innovation occurs when you realize you can do more with your current product; another comes from discovering you can create a better solution by partnering your offering with other offerings. Luke Hohmann's book Innovation Games describes exercises for getting at these realizations.
December 22

EXECUTIVE COACH

The Disciplined Transition

The very nature of starting a new job jeopardizes the chances of a smooth transition: Just when you need to be at your best, you feel the greatest anxiety, which can impair judgment and social skills. Executive Coach Susan Cramm offers tips and invites your questions on starting a new gig.
December 19

Reader Voices

On Why the Apple i-Anything Is a Non-Issue for Corporate America

"People simply want to do more with their existing Web-enabled phones, and both the content and handset players are ignoring this large market segment..."

Jeff Peck

On Efficient IT Shops: Two Trends Foreseen

"As an active participant in the lean movement (in manufacturing) it is obvious to me that the application of Lean Sigma brings tremendous cost savings..."

Steve Romeo, IT director, Breg/Orthofix

On The Four Stages of Enterprise Architecture

"Unless there is an industrywide effort to align packaged applications with standarized IT components and standards, there will always be a challenge within the enterprise to integrate...”

Narendra Lingegowda, enterprise architect, SHMC

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