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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
How to secure the mobile app talent you need
Walmart and the Financial Times both opted in recent weeks to bring mobile application development expertise in-house by swallowing up development firms. While most organizations probably don't have
With Gillett at the helm, Starbucks percolates with emerging technologies
Starbucks has turbo-charged its use of emerging technologies over the past couple years since Stephen Gillett took the job of CIO. The company has upgraded its infrastructure, recently deploying a
Starbucks gets taste of new BI tools
Business intelligence tools have been making their way into the hands of non-analysts for some time, a trend that Starbucks has been pioneering. The coffee behemoth is now trying out new BI
Careless Starbucks customers targeted by laptop thieves
The New York Times ran an article last week about the growing trend of thieves targeting customers enjoying a cup of coffee at Starbucks. While there is little doubt that bad guys can and do strike
A quiz to reveal your management style
As a CIO you are bombarded with advice on becoming a better manager, but how do you really know what kind of manager you are to begin with? You could start by taking a quiz put together by
What's risky about the next Windows?
Rumors are bubbling about the next version of Windows, and Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) CEO Steve Ballmer fanned the flames last week when he called the upcoming OS the company's "riskiest product bet."
Hotspots multiply while legal questions over data privacy persist
If your company's road warriors like to duck into Starbucks or McDonalds to get a little work done online, make sure they're not sending any unprotected company data over the stores' Wi-Fi systems.
Starbucks to offer free Wi-Fi from July
Starbucks stores in the United States will offer free Wi-Fi Internet access in its retail locations starting July 1, says chief executive Howard Schultz, in a move seen as a reaction to the
