Stories about: Jungle

The Apple iOS, which runs on its iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, has a flaw in how it reads PDF documents that makes it easier to hack. This flaw is exploited by JailbreakMe, a one-click site that makes it easy for anyone without any real tech skills to hack into their own iPhone.

For all the vagaries of IT services, traditional IT outsourcing has always been quite tangible--servers, data centers, networks, specifications, man-hours, lines of code. The rise of cloud computing, however, is changing all of that with flexible, asset-free IT services available on an as-needed basis for more aspects of enterprise technology.

Since the fall of 2004, I've invested a lot of time, given way too much thought to, and probably annoyed plenty of people over all things Lost. Like a crazy, unpredictable friend in your life, the show has consumed me, frustrated me, surprised me, exasperated me and kept me on my toes.

A phone call from a vendor of Enterprise Architecture software is another reminder to ask where the balance needs to lie between Enterprise, and Architecture.

That the PR hordes at Microsoft would begin the jungle drumbeat for the next version of Windows within an ace of the launch of Vista was, of course, to be expected. The company's default position whenever challenged about its latest products has always been to pique the appetite for the next version through calculated leaks, the drawing up of roadmaps, the tossing around of code names and the issuing of possible feature details. This predictable tactic is rearing its head again with a steady stream of stories appearing in the media: Google News today lists 862. The question is: why do we play along?

Has the end of the Cold War and the triumph of capitalism around the globe weakened the fibre of the West, robbing developed nations of their raison d'etre? Has the rush of digital technology and the fecklessness of global dynamism turned the corporation arthritic just when it should be at its zenith? Is the "B-school fad" of business process engineering at least in part to blame?

How many senior managers do you know who could run an ice cream store as well as the manager is running it now?

Negotiating for networked telecomms services is now largely the responsibility of CIOs. Fortunately, help is on the way.

CIOs are the executives best positioned to champion enterprise risk management. Use this five-step leadership strategy to get the ball rolling.

Everyone knows you need to be in it to win it.