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China overtakes U.S. for total broadband subscribers

After growing by 28 percent last year, China finished 2007 with 71.6 million broadband subscribers, placing it ahead of the United States by more than 1.4 million subscriber. These figures, by market... Read more...

'Hyperconnected' users growing

A new wave of information workers are using multiple devices and applications, meaning that CIOs must begin making plans to accommodate this next-generation workforce. A worldwide study done for... Read more...

The CIO's first 100 days

Just like a new President moving into the White House, a new CIO has 100 days to get it right. The new CIO must figure out quickly what steps to take immediately in order to get consensus early.... Read more...

Plan for power outages

Most of us forget that computer systems are only as good as the electrical power that keeps them up and running. So it is especially alarming to hear that most business continuity plans could not... Read more...

Outsourcing in a more connected world

In today's issue, we highlight a couple of stories on outsourcing. It's been interesting to watch the market evolve over the last few years. I remember interviewing a Silicon... Read more...

Best Buy CIO spends his day focused on customers

Robert Willett, CIO of Best Buy, says that he spends 80 percent of his time focused on external customer issues, an area that more and more CIOs are choosing to focus on these days. "We've got to... Read more...

Soft issues gaining importance in networking decisions

When it comes to evaluating network viability and network providers, flexibility, Quality of Service (QoS), customer/partner relationship management, speed and ease of use are increasingly... Read more...

Effective CIOs are good marketers

You might be doing a bang-up job for your company, but if you don't market your successes and those of your company, your efforts will go unnoticed. Speaking up for your company's IT-related... Read more...

Don't discount older IT workers

Youth may have its advantages, but experience sometimes outweighs youth. While they might not have grown up in the Internet age or might not have as much energy as their younger counterparts,... Read more...

Spearheading innovation through IT

Innovation is something of a holy grail at many companies, but survey after survey shows that internal labs just aren't cutting it. This fact presents an opportunity for CIOs to use IT as the glue... Read more...

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