• CIOs see potential for innovation, but lack delivery: survey

  By Rebecca Merrett | 22 May, 2013 09:00

  There are only a few CIOs who are delivering on their innovation initiatives in their organisations, with the majority struggling to find the time and resources to make it happen, according to Harvey Nash’s 2013 global CIO survey.

• Dell dumps OpenStack and VMware for public cloud, focuses on private clouds

  By Brandon Butler | 20 May, 2013 22:19

  Dell has dramatically shifted its cloud computing strategy, canceling plans it once had to launch a public cloud service based on the OpenStack open source platform, and discontinuing a VMware-based public cloud it already has on the market.

• Successful companies embrace shadow IT

  By Quinton Wall, director, technical platform marketing, Salesforce.com | 20 May, 2013 20:33

  Businesses move quickly, and those that make missteps along the way or fail to adapt to the times rarely go unscathed. Consider the fate of the original 12 companies listed in the Dow. While General Electric is still an independent company, most of the others have been acquired by larger companies or have vanished altogether.

• The benefits of cloud-based BPM

  By Art Landro, CEO, Cordys | 20 May, 2013 20:33

  In 2011 Gartner's Jim Sinur predicted that business process management and the cloud would be the "real thunder." He stated that moving operations to the cloud would free up money and efforts for businesses, and those organizations would be remiss to ignore BPM.

• How VMware will try to shake up the Cloud market this week

  By Brandon Butler | 20 May, 2013 16:17

  There have been rumors and speculation. There have been whispers and rumblings. But this week VMware is expected to release details about its plans to launch a public Ccloud offering, the central part of its new hybrid Cloud strategy.

• 5 New Gmail Tips for Power Users

  By Kristin Burnham | 15 May, 2013 18:45

  Gmail's newest features include ways to search for old emails, quickly add meetings to your calendar, send large files and more. Here's a look at five of Google's latest email features to help you make the most of the popular Web-based service.

• Get 5GB of free cloud-sync storage from SugarSync

  By Rick Broida | 11 November, 2010 09:42

  Wouldn't it be cool if you had a "magic" folder on your PC, one that automatically synced its contents with the Web, your other PCs, your cell phone, and other devices?

• Tech Titans Talk: The IDG Enterprise Interview Series

  By CIO | 17 May, 2013 14:15

  In the IDG Enterprise Interview Series, you'll hear from technology CIOs and CEOs on today's burgeoning trends, ongoing headaches and upcoming product plans. Check out this informative series from IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant and his team of editors.

• What the man behind HP's new internal IT plan has in mind

  By Bob Brown | 23 April, 2013 15:06

  As someone who spent billions with HP over 20 years while in IT leadership roles at Boeing and Verizon Wireless, John Hinshaw knew the big hardware, software and services company from the outside as well as anyone. In the year-and-a-half since becoming executive vice-president of technology and operations at HP, he's been putting that knowledge to use on the inside.

• Cloud tools abound. Is enterprise IT ready?

  By Christine Burns | 08 April, 2013 11:00

  The sky is the limit for both the number and the types of tools that will eventually help enterprise IT fully embrace the cloud, say industry analysts and cloud integration experts.

• Top 10 Cloud tools

  By Christine Burns | 08 April, 2013 11:00

  Cloud vendors are delivering boatloads of new tools to help enterprise IT build, buy, manage, monitor, tweak and track Cloud services. These tools are designed to help IT execs free up their budgets and their staff so both can be used towards more strategic, line of business projects.

• Amazon's biggest competitor in the Cloud: Salesforce.com?

  By Brandon Butler | 04 April, 2013 20:11

  Who is Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud?

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