• CIOs bemoan lock-in and the 'false flexibility' of the Cloud

  By James Niccolai | 20 June, 2013 00:33

  Despite the promise of portability from service providers, the reality of the Cloud for big customers is a similar type of lock-in as they experience with on-premise apps vendors such as Oracle and SAP, two CIOs said Tuesday.

• Dell committee says Icahn's new proposal is not 'actionable'

  By John Ribeiro | 19 June, 2013 04:17

  A Dell special committee has rejected a new proposal from a key shareholder Carl C. Icahn, and said it will continue to support the proposal by founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners to take the company private.

• GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the Cloud

  By Stephen Lawson | 18 June, 2013 22:52

  Internet tools are just starting to be applied to industrial tasks such as maintaining equipment and optimizing operations, but the wealth of data being produced by industrial systems could make this a major focus of development in the coming years.

• How to Evaluate the Risk of Outsourcing Locations

  By Stephanie Overby | 18 June, 2013 13:07

  IT organizations and CIOs don't contract and outsource to countries, they contract and outsource to companies. Given that, it's time to stop assessing location-based risk in a vacuum because sometimes the 'riskiest' suppliers may have the most innovative solutions.

• 5 ways to evaluate your IT outsourcing maturity

  By Stephanie Overby | 18 June, 2013 14:30

  IT outsourcing has become increasingly integral to building and operating the enterprise IT environment, but many IT services customers remain frustrated with their results.

• 7 More IT Outsourcing Lessons From Offshoring Pioneers

  By Stephanie Overby | 22 April, 2013 15:36

  In part 2 of our two-part series on IT offshoring lessions, we look at seven more examples of successful IT outsourcing offshoring best practices.

• 7 lessons of the offshoring pioneers

  By Stephanie Overby | 19 April, 2013 17:58

  The need to remain competitive has kept offshoring an essential part of nearly every company's sourcing strategy. The questions that remain are what and how to offshore. Offshore pioneers who have navigated the changing IT offshoring terrain have some answers based on a decade's worth of lessons. In part 1 of a two-part series, we look at seven of those lessons.

• Oracle's strategies to get real-world verdict at Collaborate user event

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 April, 2013 20:55

  Oracle's sprawling annual OpenWorld conference doesn't kick off until September, but next week the Oracle user group-backed Collaborate event will be held in Denver.

• Wello aims to bring the gym home through live training service

  By Agam Shah | 28 March, 2013 20:38

  Maggie Perkins was mulling whether to give up her gym membership when she tried out Wello, whose fitness trainers offer workouts through live two-way video feeds. Four months later, she has no regrets about her decision to forego the gym.

• 9 tips for how to use operating level agreements in multisourcing

  By Stephanie Overby | 15 February, 2013 20:18

  The rise of multisourcing has thrust operating level agreements in the IT outsourcing spotlight. But establishing OLAs among service providers can be difficult.

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