August 26, 2011 1:32 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
CIO,
IT/business alignment,
IT/Business LeadershipYou may have heard that Steve Jobs has decided to step down from his successful tenure as Apple's CEO. Without a doubt, Jobs' effective leadership style was directly...
August 23, 2011 3:43 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
CIO,
HP,
IT business transformationEveryone is in the middle of IT business transformation these days.
You could call it re-engineering the corporation,
August 19, 2011 2:21 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
CIO,
network security policy,
rogue employees,
security riskPicture this scenario: Employee A leaves the company to take another position. Your network security policy demands that you kill his ids and passwords, right? What about if Employee B leaves the company in a way that isn't entirely voluntary? You certainly kill his access, tout suite, but...
August 16, 2011 6:12 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
CIO,
Google,
Linux,
mobile workforceIt's been a busy week in tech. Google's acquisition of Motorola has everyone wondering how it will affect their mobile workforce. Here's a tasting menu of the choicest bits around the Web, including Google's acquisition of Motorola and how you'll have to pry the smartphones from the cold dead hands...
August 9, 2011 5:13 PM
Posted by: Lmartinek
CIO,
iPhone 5,
mobilityI was with some friends last week when we landed on the topic of phones. The conversation began when one person said she was planning to buy a new phone within the next couple of weeks, but it wasn't long before her brother interjected. He began adamantly telling her she should wait for the iPhone...
August 4, 2011 11:17 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
CIO,
Hacking,
security riskBack in the '90s and early 2000s, I had two acquaintances who called themselves "hackers." Being a burgeoning geek girl myself, I kind of figured that they were affecting the moniker to be cool. Back then, the image of a hacker was different, more like the Robin Hoods of the Internet age. It was...
August 2, 2011 5:02 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
CIO,
data backup,
SecurityIn my spare time I run a little PC service repair business, mostly for friends and family. It's mostly cleaning computer viruses, installing wireless networks and sometimes building gaming systems.
No matter what the job is, however, I always end up lecturing the owners about security and data...
July 29, 2011 1:21 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
CIOHow are you feeling today? Lonely? Upset? Vaguely withdrawn from society? If so, quick -- check your Twitter stream on your smartphone. Better now?
We've all heard BlackBerry jokingly referred to as a "CrackBerry," but according to a recent study of 1,000 U.K. workers, 53% of technology users...
July 26, 2011 6:35 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
CIO,
IT jobsI found it amusing/disturbing during the NFL player lockout that players were worried about making ends meet. Many players should certainly...
