CIO News

March 5, 2007

Report: Palm Discussing Strategic Options With Bankers

Smart phone maker is considering selling itself off.

Acer Expands U.S. Sales Through Best Buy

Taiwanese PC vendor is offering laptops via popular retailer.

One Alcatel-Lucent Claim Against Microsoft Dismissed

Last week, Redmond was ordered to pay co. $1.5B in damages for infringing on patents.

Sanyo, Lenovo May Share Cost of Battery Recall

More than 200,000 laptop batteries were recalled.

Tech Informer

Virtualization Now Available Via USB Drive
Toshiba to Hasten NAND Flash Expansion
Komodo 4.0 Extensibility Challenge
Researchers Say They Peeled The Onion Router (Tor) Network
European Retailer to Put RFID Chips in Shoes

Editor's Picks

EXECUTIVE COACH

Coaching for Leadership

Executive Coach Susan Cramm illustrates how a little encouragement goes a long way. For those inclined to take on the role of a coaching leader but are uncertain as to approach or time requirements, she dispels a couple of myths, offers a caveat and provides encouragement.
February 26

BALDONI ON LEADERSHIP

Lead with Humor

A little levity does a world of good in the workplace. These considerations from leadership guru John Baldoni can help leaders lighten things up.
February 26

CAREER

How to Answer the Salary Requirements Question

Are you stymied when a job ad asks for a cover letter, "complete with salary history and requirements"? Most of us are. We all know why companies do it. But what's the best response? Readers weigh in.
February 22

OUR NEWEST BLOG

The Collaboratory

CIO's C.G. Lynch looks at how mass collaboration and collective intelligence affects business and IT—from open source to wikis to IM.
February 20

MUNICIPAL WI-FI

More Than Just Hanging Out on the Corner

Municipalities are expanding beyond end-user community support to enable public Internet access to roles that are less customer-facing. Among them are telemedicine, public safety, transportation and emergency response.
February 15

PEER TO PEER

Formula for Alignment

Take an equal measure of business experts and IT professionals. Mix well. And watch IT-enabled processes flourish. It's worked for CIO Tom Abendroth.
February 15

SUCCESSION PLANNING

Are You Automated?

Too many companies still rely on a paper-based process. Here's how and why you should change—before your best people walk out the door.
February 15

SPAM

Five Things to Know About Fighting Spam

The battle for your users' e-mail inboxes probably will never end, but it's not a failure of technology. Experienced e-mail and system administrators share the key points they really, really wish you understood.
February 15

VOICE OF EXPERIENCE

Craig Newmark

The founder of Craigslist talks about what he's learned in the course of his organization's phenomenal growth.
February 15

Reader Voices

On Permission to Laugh

"Amen! Just remember to laugh AT yourself, and WITH others, not the other way around..."

Nancy Crouch, assistant CIO, Wake Forest University

On How to Take Your Warehouse Wireless

"We also successfully deployed a wireless environment in our warehouses and offices. One of the things we overlooked was how fast the adoption of this technology would take hold..."

Fernando Gonzalez, CIO, Byer California

On Indian Outsourcing and Deconstructing IT

"Outsourcing becomes possible when you as a customer can toss a 'specifications document' to a vendor and basically say, 'Please do this for me' and then walk away...”

Michael Gentle

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