Global CIO: How CEOs See Cloud Computing

Column about a conversation between a CEO and a CIO about the power of cloud computing to reduce IT costs, accelerate processes and product development, and create opportunities to increase revenue.

Global CIO: BP’s Extraordinary Transformation Led By CIO Dana Deasy

BP CEO Tony Hayward told top managers the company had become a “serial underperformer.” Here’s how CIO Dana Deasy and the IT teams answered the challenge.

European Windstorm Xynthia Causes at Least 50 Deaths

High winds and flooding have caused widespread damage and fatalities in Portugal, Spain, France and Germany.

Simplifying Ownership of UPS Solutions

UPS products are an essential part of the datacenter infrastructure.

Top 10 Features Missing from the Apple iPad

The Apple iPad launch Jan. 27 was a success by most accounts, but Apple lovers, haters and supposed impartial observers came away with more questions than answers. While Apple CEO Steve Jobs took great pains to show what the iPad could do, many pundits fixated on what users can’t do with the iPad

HP Bids for Wider Market with Half-Size Portable Data Center

Hewlett-Packard, like any Tier 1 IT supplier, listens to what its customers and potential customers say. Back in July 2008, the company introduced its first portable data center product, the 40-foot, 22-rack, railcar-sized POD [Performance-Optimized Datacenter], because that size was the one most potential customers were interested in at the time. At a cost of $1.2 million apiece, only the largest enterprises could afford one.

National Database Tracks Truck Thefts

CargoNet provides data from multiple sources on when, where, and how trucks are stolen.

What Developers Think

Consider these 7 trends as you craft IT strategy

Apple iSlate Chatter Obscures Device Significance

Apple’s expected release of humongous-screened iPod will legitimize the platform for business users. It could, in turn, revive Windows-based tablets and make Webpads the big alt.platform story of 2010.

IBM Predicts Five Ways Cities Will Become Smarter in 5 Years

In this time of year-end predictions, IBM has offered a series of five predictions about how cities will grow smarter and what technologies will aid in that transformation over the next five years. – In this time of year-end predictions, IBM has offered a series of five predcitions about how cities will grow smarter and what technologies will aid in that transformation over the next five years