| David Hemendinger is both COO and CIO of the midmarket firm Summer Infant--and likes it. Here's why he thinks a hybrid COO/CIO/CTO role will become an increasingly common IT strategy at SMBs. |
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| Facebook Inc priced its initial public offering at $38 per share, valuing the world's largest social network at more than $100 billion. |
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| Hewlett-Packard Co is considering cutting its workforce by 8 to 10 percent, or a minimum of 25,000 jobs, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as newly installed CEO Meg Whitman strives to return the storied Silicon Valley institution to gro... |
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| Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who has renounced his U.S. citizenship, was accused on Thursday by two U.S. senators of dodging taxes on Facebook stock-market profits. |
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| Information security systems based on quantum computing techniques are one of the holy grails of the industry but the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to change that with a program that could develop such a system in 3... |
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| Companies that cut costs thoughtfully and deploy their resources strategically will be prepared for the next round of expansion. Drawing on experience from Ikea, Aetna, SABIC, Pitney-Bowes, and elsewhere, this step-by-step article shows the three act... |
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| So, I want to start this blog post by stressing that, like all of my posts, according to Gartner’s policies, it is strictly personal opinion . But I feel like this issue is important, and that I can say something constructive in the conversation aro... |
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| Have you ever been in a situation where everyone seemingly agrees on a particular strategy , but somehow it never happens? See if you identify with this example: A technology firm — with a number of different product areas, geographic units, and ser... |
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| To stay competitive, organizations need to continually find opportunities for innovation in key processes such as customer service and product development, and adoption of a new process almost always requires the implementation of new information te... |
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| If you've spent any amount of time in executive retreats or leadership off-sites, you've probably been asked to participate in a familiar evaluation of your career and impact. "Take twenty minutes," a facilitator will say, "and write your profession... |
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| Peggy Ward, director of the Enterprise Sustainability Strategy Team at Kimberly-Clark Corporation As director of the Enterprise Sustainability Strategy Team at Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Peggy Ward helps to oversee a company with a long and impressi... |
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| Nvidia on Tuesday announced technologies that could make its upcoming Tesla graphics processors more accessible to cloud deployments in enterprises, while also reversing a trend of relegating highly parallel chips to specialized ... |
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| If you're wondering what to do next in your career, you're hardly alone. The debate about where and how we may best feed our hunger for mastery, service, prestige, approval, safety, achievement — whatever we're after — is fiercer than ever. Do you g... |
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| An inside view from SearchCIO-Midmarket.com IT leadership awards judge Harvey Koeppel on his renewed his belief that business and IT are truly aligning. |
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| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is hoping its deal with Rogers Communications to allow customers to pay for purchases with smartphones will help it steal clients from banking rivals who must now rush to match the offering. |
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| Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it. More than 40 percent of American adults log in to the site... |
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| The worldwide supply chain management (SCM) software market totaled $7.7 billion in 2011, a 12.3 percent increase from 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. It was the second year of double-digit growth for the SCM software market as supply chain investme... |
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| A new study suggests that Google's social network is a virtual ghost town, where user engagement is rapidly waning. |
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| Facebook Inc will increase the size of its initial public offering by 25 percent, a source familiar with the matter said, and could raise as much as $16 billion as strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network trumps debate about the ... |
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| CNN Every "like," or other action Facebook users take contributes to the advertising model that has made the Web giant worth billions. (CNN) -- Every post you "like." Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, ... |
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| Cloud computing has been a useful tool as CIOs look to help transform business and leverage IT for business success, but many organizations have blazed a cloud trail without a cohesive strategy in place. A report from Forrester Research, "Achieve Cl... |
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| "The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime..." -- The Architect, The Matrix Reloaded... |
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| IPO analysts universally are predicting a strong pop for Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering, expected this week, but there is some caution about how the stock might perform longer term. The social-media company, which is aiming for a ... |
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| Guest post written by Mark Settle Mark Settle is chief information officer at BMC Software. IT organizations have conventionally operated under an ‘own and operate’ model in which they buy or build the hardware and software needed to construct essent... |
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| To some enlightened people, the glass is always half full and I must say, having had a good look at our newly released Global BPM Report, there is always a good reason to consider Business Process Management. Even – or especially – if you don’t like ... |
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