October 18, 2011 3:50 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
CIO,
GARP,
GARP AssessmentWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Here at the ARMA International 56th Annual Conference and Expo, records information managers cringe a little when their Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (GARP) get mentioned with the words "The World...
October 17, 2011 7:53 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
BlackBerry outage,
CIO,
Google Plus,
iPhone 4SHere's what you may have missed last week while you were standing in line to get your new iPhone 4S or waiting for your email during the cataclysmic BlackBerry outage:
• As anyone with a BlackBerry is already well aware, Research In Motion suffered
October 14, 2011 2:43 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
CIO,
data centers,
disaster recovery planAs any CIO knows, you must be prepared for just about anything. Hurricanes in Vermont? Sure. Earthquakes in Virginia? You bet. But many CIOs forget about one very obvious hole in their disaster mitigation strategies: an uprising of the undead. In the spirit of Halloween, let's think about how your...
October 11, 2011 4:19 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
Apple,
CIO,
IT innovation,
Leadership and Strategy,
Steve JobsThere have been many timelines, retrospectives and other examinations of Apple founder Steve Jobs' career, aka the Steve Jobs Way, and it would be a waste if we don't learn lessons from him about how to run businesses going forward.
Jobs' legacies include the company itself, its products and its...
October 10, 2011 9:58 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
Apple,
CIO,
Leadership and Strategy,
RAMCloudIt's been a busy week around the Web, and chances are you missed some things. Between the news of the iPhone 4S and Steve Jobs' death, it seems like the Web was absolutely sticky with Apple juice -- so you might have missed the latest RAMCloud buzz and a handy-dandy little crib sheet to help you...
October 4, 2011 5:44 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
CIO,
security risk,
strong passwordsI recently asked one of my sons for passwords to his online accounts, for gaming, email, etc. Not because I'm nosy but because I'm trying to be a responsible parent and home IT administrator, and having strong passwords is a good thing. One I got back was "QWERTY1234." I made him change it.
It...
October 3, 2011 7:24 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
Amazon Kindle,
CIO,
iPad,
managed servicesThings getting hectic as you enter Q4? It seems like no matter what you do, you still just keep feeling like you're two steps behind. We know how it feels, and we're here to make it better. We've chased down the best commentary and news tidbits from all around the Web to provide you with optimized...
September 29, 2011 6:11 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
Amazon Kindle,
CIO,
tablet PCsTo the surprise of absolutely no one, Amazon has announced the newest player in tablet devices, the Kindle Fire. The most amazing thing about the Amazon tablet PC isn't its screen resolution, the Android guts or the partnerships with various content providers for instantaneous streaming via Amazon...
September 27, 2011 4:12 PM
Posted by: Scot Petersen
CIO,
HP,
IT/Business LeadershipBy my reckoning, HP management hasn't made a good decision since about 1999. After Lew Platt, HP did the following: hired Carly Fiorina, bought Compaq (which hadn't yet digested Digital Equipment Corp.), fired Fiorina, hired and fired Mark Hurd, and hired and fired Leo Apotheker in less than a year...
