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Baltika Brewery, based in St. Petersburg, Russia, is the second-largest brewery in Europe after Heineken. The company merged with three other breweries in 2006, creating a beer-making powerhouse with Read more...

It's no surprise that the United States is No. 1 on many lists, but this one is a painful headache. Security firm Sophos said the United States was responsible for nearly 16 percent of all spam Read more...

IT spending has been hit by the bad economy, and the turnaround will be slow. A new Forrester Research report is now forecasting that the IT spending growth rate will be only 1.6 percent next year, Read more...

The Internet attacks on Georgia by the Russians as their ground troops swept into that country are a clear signal of the danger that the U.S. computer systems could face. U.S. security experts say Read more...

IT alignment will save you money if you know what you are doing. But plenty of CIOs don't have a clue what IT alignment really is. Once they get it, they will understand that they can use this Read more...

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A new study finds that the United States, Sweden and Japan are the leading countries using technologies such as networks, cell phones and computers to increase social and economic prosperity. The Read more...

Global IT spending is expected to slow down in 2008, according to a new report from research firm IDC. The report says that total worldwide IT spending will grow from 5.5 percent to 6 percent, down Read more...

Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz was in Brazil last week confirming his belief that the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China deserve to be directly on his radar. While in the Read more...

When it comes to sourcing innovation, CIOs have several choices, including putting the entire creative burden on the internal team and buying technology from the outside. A third option, however, Read more...