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Starbucks CIO Gillett moves to Best Buy
Stephen Gillett, who developed considerable renown as CIO at Starbucks, is leaving the coffeehouse empire to head up e-commerce, digital business and IT at Best Buy. As InformationWeek's Chris Murphy
Cisco brings Umi TelePresence for the home
Cisco ( NASDAQ: CSCO ) this week unveiled Cisco Umi (pronounced YOU-me), a high-definition telepresence system for consumers. The system consists of a high-definition camera with a built-in microphone,
Best Buy CEO says laptops will live to see another day
Laptop computers are not facing an imminent demise in light of the growing popularity of tablets, says Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn, even though he himself suggested as much in a newspaper report earlier
What predictive analytics might find in your data
Through a quantitative examination of its massive volumes of data, Best Buy discovered that 43 percent of its sales were made to just 7 percent of its customers. With that knowledge, the retailer had
Best Buy in N.J. hit with heist, 'Mission Impossible' style
Acrobatic thieves cut a hole in the roof of a Best Buy store, and rappelled down to snatch $26,000 worth of laptop computers. The sophisticated ‘Mission Impossible' inspired operation allowed
The five highest paid CIOs
You've heard of that person: The gold-plated CIO whose compensation is in the millions. Business Week took a good look at who they are and listed them for all to see. Don't be too jealous, because
Top CIOs still make the big bucks
A survey by Janco Associates Inc. has found that the recession is having a negative impact on the overall pay levels of IT executives, but those at the top are still pulling in big bucks. The
Symantec buys into online storage
Symantec
has quietly paid
an estimated $123 million for privately-held online storage firm
Dell pulls AMD machines from website
Dell's on-again-off-again relationship with AMD has always seemed rather tenuous , so this news doesn't
Got burnout? Build a more flexible workweek
It turns out that consistent 50-60 hour work weeks are leading to burnout in the workplace. Go figure. That's why more and more companies are offering flexible work schedules. According to the
