9 Ways Google+ Can Help Your Business
Tue, February 21, 2012 Google+ hasn't exactily taken the world by storm. However, with features such as free videoconferencing and the capability to share and promote content at a touch of a (+1) button, Google+ is making a concerted effort to court businesses.

Is Your Cloud Project Ready to be Agile?
Tue, February 21, 2012 Agile development and the cloud are like hand in glove. But Agile can be dangerous if your organization isn't ready for it. Here are some questions you need to consider to determine if your IT organization is seriously ready to implement Agile.

Five Free Android Security Apps
Tue, February 21, 2012 There's been much controversy over mobile OS security, especially where Android is concerned. With ownership of 47 percent of the smartphone market in Q4 of 2011, according to ABI Research, it's no wonder that Android is getting attention.

Hot IT Skills in 2012

Research from two different firms suggests which IT skills are in the greatest demand this year. HTML5 leads the way. What skills are you after?

Office on the iPad? Don't Believe the Hype

Microsoft is denying that it will release Microsoft Office for the Apple iPad, despite a recent screenshot and report from The Daily.

SLIDESHOWS

How will Apple fare in the post-Steve Jobs era? Everyone is wondering whether or not Apple can deliver amazing technology in the future. From the wacky to the reasonable, here's a list of innovation ideas.

CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud computing is too often reductively branded as an economic calculus that would trade a CapEx model for an OpEx model. But it's a little more complicated than that. Bernard Golden explains what we talk about when we talk about cloud computing.

CONSUMER TECH

Sexting aside, celebrities often fall victim to a lot of bonehead mistakes with technology that CIOs are just as guilty of. Here are 10 examples of famous gaffes by famous people and tips for how to avoid making them yourself.

OUTSOURCING

Offshore outsourcing is again a hot topic this election year, but the solutions U.S. politicians are proposing will do little to prop up the American IT services industry. If government leaders really want to save U.S. IT jobs, here's what they should do.

EMERGING TECH

3D store-simulation technology can predict customer behavior and increase sales. Companies like Pepsi Co. are cashing in.

SLIDESHOWS

Not all business skills are important for IT, which is just as well, because if we needed them all, we wouldn't be IT professionals anymore. Here are the 10 business skills that truly matter to your career in IT. A lot.

SECURITY

Cybercriminals are increasingly using drive-by downloads to distribute malware without end users knowing something bad has just landed on their machine--until it's too late. Here are six ways IT departments can protect end users.

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE

Customer relationship management vendors and industry analysts discuss which CRM trends will continue to gain strength and what new trends IT professionals need to watch.

SLIDESHOWS

With a possible valuation of $100 billion, Facebook's IPO filing could make a lot of people very, very rich (or richer). Here's a look at the breakdown of who could get what, from Mark Zuckerberg to Bono -- yes, Bono.

LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT

Network World Editor in Chief John Dix and Managing Editor Jim Duffy recently caught up with Vikram Mehta, founder of BNT and now vice president of IBM System Networking, for an update on IBM's network visions going forward.

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Data Center Definitions & Solutions

What is a data center? How are data centers managed? What data center technologies should I be aware of?


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CIO 100 2011

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Verisign State of DNS Availability Report

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2012 Cyber Crime Threats and Trends

This document provides a valuable overview of key cyber security trends during 2011 and how those trends and others might unfold in 2012. iDefense intends for this report to serve as a reference and a strategic complement to daily tactical intelligence reports for the purpose of providing IT security and business operations with actionable and relevant decision support.

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DNS: Risk, Reward and Managed Services

In this report, Yankee Group Research outlines the pros and cons of in-house, ISP and managed service provider DNS management options.

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Virtualization KnowledgeVault

Virtualization initiatives are underway at most small and midsize businesses, but some unexpected challenges have prevented many organizations from achieving original goals. This virtualization Knowledge Vault has expert resources to move past the most common obstacles.

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Mobility KnowledgeVault

How "mobile ready" is your infrastructure? This Mobility Knowledge Vault provides a wide variety of expert advice on how to strike a balance between end user ease-of-use and security. Prepare your organization with primers on data encryption and user authentication, device disablement and devising an employee-liable device strategy that makes both IT and users happy.

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Virtualization Success is a Team Effort

As greater numbers of datacenter servers transition from the physical to the virtual world, the components of virtualization success come to the fore. What scores of organizations have discovered is that success is derived from an optimal pairing of the right software platform with the right hardware platform.

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Optimizing Networks for the Cloud

Join guest speaker, Rohit Mehra, IDC Director of Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, to explore current trends, discuss best practices for optimizing Data Center and enterprise campus network infrastructures for the Cloud, and identify ways to better allocate network resources, reduce operating costs and improve application performance.

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Executive Women in IT (EWIT) Webcast - March 22, 2012

Join Pamela Rucker, co-chair of the CIO Executive Council's EWIT community of practice, for a webcast featuring practical tips on how to manage your career in today's marketplace. From broadening your current set of responsibilities to looking externally for a new challenge, Pamela, founder of The Rucker Group and former vice president of IT at PSC, will discuss how advancing your career means more about getting to the place you ultimately want to be, not necessarily just moving up the corporate ladder. Register: Packaging Yourself to Move Your Career Forward

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The Future-State CIO®

The Future-State CIO® will be accountable for IT function success and business process transformation by adopting a more company-external focus and concentrating on using information to drive innovation and strategic advantage in pursuit of business goals. Learn more

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