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It may not be what many CIOs would have imagined, but a revolution is taking place in the IT field. The changes involve the increased need for compliance and minimizing risk on all fronts, new Read more...

Every IT department worries about security lapses and outside hackers stealing confidential data, but a new survey suggests that CIOs believe the biggest threat may actually come from within. Secure Read more...

In an apparent bid to avoid the device driver compatibility problems that plagued the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has ordered hardware makers to begin testing on the first beta version of Read more...

Every CIO wants a bright, top-flight IT staff. But the smarter the employees, the greater the risk that they will be demanding, ignore the opinions of others, become easily bored and think they are Read more...

Government agencies in the United States are scrambling to plug a glaring security hole in the form of sensitive information stored on laptops and portable media such as thumb drives. Over

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Data theft is happening so often that it's not even news anymore. The latest reported theft occurred at Buffalo State College in New York, where a single laptop containing 16,000 students' Social Read more...

Pressure is growing for IT executives to figure out how to save energy. It's not just about the philosophy of going 'green,' it's about a growing mandate among more and more companies to save money. Read more...

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If Becky Blalock was not the senior vice president and CIO of Southern Co., she'd be a writer. But it's a good thing for the CIO world that she picked IT instead. As the CIO, she is responsible a Read more...

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