CIO

Twitter hoax reveals another shift in information landscape

If Twitter were a person, it would just be turning 5 next month (they are so cute at that age). But in Internet time, Twitter has already gone through rehab, a foreclosure and a losing custody battle over the kids. But Twitter is still a good person, right? "There's nothing  intrinsically...

Load your iPhone 4 and iPad 2 with powerful database-building apps

Now that summer is officially here, you've undoubtedly been busy covering for vacationing co-workers or trying to squeeze a few hours of R&R in for yourself. Here's a quick rundown of the best of the blogs, in easy, bite-sized pieces, including the scoop on iPhone 4 and iPad 2 rumblings, an...

If you’re worried about business alignment, you’re doing it wrong

Why is IT so concerned with business alignment? That's the question that Dr. Michael Ali, CIO at Harman, asked during his Forrester IT Forum keynote that left many of the IT professionals in the audience stumped. It seems like a no-brainer,...

Public-sector CIOs leading IT transformation

I'm not sure about you, but my first impression of government's use of technology is that they are still working off VAX computers and dumb terminals. But, really, it's quite the contrary. Here are some leaders of IT transformation working in the public sector:

TrueCrypt and Dropbox go together like peanut butter and chocolate

We've scoured the Web and compiled a crib sheet for the best and most interesting tidbits from around the IT blogosphere last week, including using TrueCrypt and Dropbox for data encryption, the Twitter API and the age-old debate of Google vs. Apple. Here's what you might have missed: There was...

Living with the toys of Generation Y in the workplace

There's a scene in the old movie Network when Peter Finch's character screams "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" which then inspires the rest of the nation to realize that they, too, are not...

Outsourcing services need the right mix of commodity and strategy

Discover Card has made a celebrity out of "Peggy," but despite the credit card provider's efforts to humorously discredit outsourcing services in former Soviet Bloc countries, Ukraine is seeing steady growth in

Virtual security and hackers: A match made in heaven?

While you were putting out fires in your computer room, we were scouring the Web looking for tasty bits for you to peruse. From ensuring virtual security to the workforce of tomorrow, check out these greatest hits from last week's IT blogosphere:

• Researchers are...

World IPv6 Day: The change is coming. Are you ready?

The Internet Society has promoted June 8 as World IPv6 Day, a day of a "global-scale test flight of IPv6," promising that major Web companies will implement a day of free testing.

A new home for Domino applications

Apple recently announced that it has approved its 500,000th app for the iTunes App Store. IBM Lotus developers say, "Call us when you get to 10 million." That's how...