April 6, 2012 2:56 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
AppAssure Software,
Cisco,
Clerity,
cloud applications,
cloud computing,
cloud security,
Dell,
Hacking,
Hewlett-Packard,
IBM,
Make Technologies,
security tools,
SonicWall,
Vendor Relationships,
Vendor selection and management,
Wyse TechnologiesIt's been a busy week for Dell, not to mention for managing CIO vendor relations. This past Tuesday, Dell announced its impending acquisition of Wyse Technology Inc., a cloud software and hardware company (and the source of one of our favorite
April 3, 2012 7:44 PM
Posted by: Wendy Schuchart
Best Buy,
CIO careers,
consumerization,
IT consumerization,
IT training and certification,
Outsourcing,
Vendor Relationships,
Vendor selection and managementConsumer electronics retailer Best Buy announced recently that it is extending its Geek Squad computer help services to small businesses and other partners. In its own way,...
February 24, 2011 5:38 AM
Posted by: 4Laura
cloud computing,
Vendor RelationshipsThe topic of innovation made for choice dinner conversation last week when President Barack Obama met with a dozen titans of the IT industry at a private home in Silicon Valley, Calif. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Obama wanted to know how lessons learned by the technology industry --...
February 15, 2011 3:14 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
cloud computing,
disaster recovery,
Vendor RelationshipsDisaster recovery in the cloud is manna from heaven for some IT executives.
There’s no grappling over IT dollars for DR for a given project. The cost of DR is simply slipped in as part of the monthly...
December 19, 2008 3:58 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
CIO,
Midmarket CIO,
Vendor RelationshipsTwas the night before deadline and all through the office,
we worked with our heads down, appeasing our bosses.
But what to my weary eyes should appear?
The USPS delivery, bringing vendor-purchased cheer!
Brown, unmarked boxes of who knows what,
Cookies?...