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• A tech-tonic shift — from consumer device to enterprise tool

  By David Bartlett | 03 May, 2012 09:57

  In less than 18 months tablet computers have become the mainstay within the lunchrooms, meeting rooms and boardrooms of modern corporate enterprises.

• Cisco sending enterprises to the Cloud

  By Jim Duffy | 13 January, 2012 08:27

  In an effort to accommodate enterprise users looking to implement private and hybrid Clouds, Cisco - in the coming months - will unveil an "integrated" WAN routing system of existing, but enhanced, products.

• Android arrives: Consumerisation of IT becomes muddy

  By Tom Kaneshige | 10 January, 2012 05:40

  Memo to CIO: I'd like to get email and some cool apps on my shiny, new Amazon Kindle Fire. Make it happen.

• Solving the great issues dilemma

  By Tony Jaques | 18 November, 2011 07:00

  Most CIOs and IT managers are used to dealing with ‘issues’. But what about those bigger public or semi-public issues that have the potential to impact the whole organisation?

• Marketing IT to the business: Part 3

  By Mark Phillips | 16 November, 2011 11:57

  Chief information officers have some things down pat. For a start, they’re good at working with a business to find out how information technology can automate processes to improve productivity and efficiencies.

• Marketing IT to the business: Part 2

  By Mark Phillips | 15 November, 2011 15:44

  Chief information officers have some things down pat. For a start, they’re good at working with a business to find out how information technology can automate processes to improve productivity and efficiencies.

• Enterprise software: Why usability matters

  By Rob Stummer | 15 November, 2011 11:10

  The world is more interconnected and intelligent than ever and most companies operate in a global market place. Best practices and operational excellence from a single innovative company, instantly affect the market for another company on the other side of the globe. As business gets more complex, the IT applications and systems that support it need to do the exact opposite -- become simpler and easier to use.

• Marketing IT to the business: Part 1

  By Mark Phillips | 14 November, 2011 12:57

  Chief information officers have some things down pat. For a start, they’re good at working with a business to find out how information technology can automate processes to improve productivity and efficiencies.

• Can Windows play well on the iPad?

  By Tom Kaneshige | 09 November, 2011 09:40

  All those iPads racing into the enterprise must maneuver around a tricky corner: getting Windows desktop apps to run on iPads without wrecking the user experience. Sure, Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI, can render entire Windows desktops and their apps on the iPad-but not always well.

• Forrester to CIOs: End the Mac prohibition

  By Tom Kaneshige | 28 October, 2011 07:45

  Forrester analyst David Johnson likes to compare Macs in the enterprise with the heady days of the Prohibition Act of 1920, the great thirst, stealthy bootlegging, and the rise of the speakeasy bar.

• IBM IOD 2011: CIOs must look to real-time analytics for 'big data'

  By Chloe Herrick | 26 October, 2011 17:32

  CIOs faced with the encroaching issue of ‘big data’ should look to investing in real-time platforms in order to remain competitive in the future, according to IBM chief scientist, Jeff Jonas.

• Driving big business with big data: Extracting value from information

  By Clive Gold | 19 October, 2011 11:09

  Imagine this -- a typical Tuesday morning, the corporate network is down. A few years ago, this would have sent offices into panic mode, leaving employees helpless to act until the IT department fixes the problem. Not anymore -- today’s employees have their email and diaries on their smart phones, client lists on their Blackberrys and documents on their iPads. What started as organisations tolerating the odd iPhone and Tablet at the workplace is rather reluctantly evolving to a Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) culture.

• Google CIO: Don't fight the consumerisation of IT

  By Shane O'Neill | 04 October, 2011 04:12

  In a recent issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, Google CIO Ben Fried penned an ode to letting go.

• Enterprise mobile: 7 things CIOs need to do now

  By Gary Beach | 30 September, 2011 04:59

  I recently met with rock star CIOs at a conference focused on enterprise mobility. Here's a snapshot of what I learned:

• Tips for better mobile security

  By Matt Rodgers | 26 September, 2011 12:25

  In the last 18-months, the mobile computing landscape has changed completely. People are bringing their own computers to the office and carrying smartphones and tablet devices that are as powerful as desktop computers were only a short while ago. Here’s how to make sure these devices don’t compromise your organisation.