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IBM has launched a cloud virtual-desktop service that marries thin client computing, and virtualization as a single offering. The idea is that customers can tap into this new offering using nothing... Read more...

A poll of some 1,100 Windows customers by systems management specialist Kace has discovered that a staggering 84 percent of them will not be adopting Windows 7 in the next 12 months. Unsurprisingly,... Read more...

The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley securities law has meant that CIOs must formalize document retention policies and keep up to date with a growing volume of information. The result has been a constant to... Read more...

Harvard Business School CIO Stephen Laster is always looking for talented professionals, but when it comes to hiring, he places the greatest emphasis on whether an individual can fit in with his... Read more...

Spam, the bane of every office and personal email system, celebrated its 30th birthday on May 3 and as every CIO knows, age hasn't stopped the scourge from remaining ubiquitous. Microsoft founder... Read more...

Getting ahead in the IT world is not always easy. Like any work environment, there are internal politics, changing conditions and sometimes few opportunities for advancement. CIOs and IT recruiters... Read more...

It is a widely held belief that getting stuck at the IT help desk is a one-way ticket to Palookaville. An individual gets hired for that job and never leaves, in stove-piped organizations where... Read more...

As you will recall, just a few short weeks ago, Google expanded its enterprise offerings with Google Apps Team Edition, a... Read more...

During the last year, we've seen Google slowly sneaking into the enterprise, with a series of solutions that bring the company's web-based consumer technologies into a corporate environment. Read more...

The idea of computing power on demand--delivered via thin clients and virtual machines--has long been an elusive target for the enterprise. Sure,... Read more...