Features

On the front lines of IT

Technologists are key to protecting corporate assets and information exchange during wartime

Xeon vs. Xeon

Not all Intel Xeon processors are created equal

MySQL’s open challenge

MySQL CEO says enterprises embrace benefits of open source but also move toward commercial licensing

The danger of assumptions

Don't lead your ethics astray by basing decisions on imagination 

Prevention options

Weighing the pros and cons of IDS vs. IPS

Interview: ‘Gentle’ SAS out to conquer (banking) world

CEO Jim Goodnight charts the company's course

Keeping it simple

Avoid the seduction of feature-rich solutions that produce more pitfalls than productive results

Mission statement masters

Spinning a brilliant beer brand into a memorable — and meaningful — mission for IT

Winner: Wall Street’s IT innovator

John McKinley led Merrill Lynch through difficult times, using innovative technology to realize business goals

Runner-up: CTO of Reuters

Forging alliances and looking offshore for development talent

Runner-up: CTO of Salesforce.com

Turning Web services into a successful business model

Editor’s note

CTO of the Year was a clear choice

MYOB: Still good advice

How to not deal with a fellow employee's 'drinking problem'

Rocking the boat

An enlightened navy captain whips his ship into shape by empowering his crew to implement improvements

Microsoft’s security strategist

Searching for the right framework to manage enterprise security

Debunking benchmarks

If test driving systems isn't about winning a race, why keep your eye on the stopwatch?

CTOs extend sales reach

With no end of tight markets in sight, CTOs are becoming the sales team's go-to executive to bring the tools and face needed to close the deal

Are anti-spam measures fair?

Growing problem leaves system administrators few — and problematic — options

Collaborating in success

Taking the role of producer is risky but far more rewarding than sitting on the sidelines and giving a thumbs down

A virtual vision

Linuxcare CEO says an environment that separates logical and physical systems gives IT managers flexibility

Yanking my supply chain

IT fails when technologists build systems that don't work for end-users

Assessing the technology of war

Should EMP bombs be used in civilian areas?

Putting p-to-p through enterprise moves

IT leaders use enhanced p-to-p technologies to cut costs and easily move data across networks

KM’s father figure: Robert Buckman

‘Chaos makes serendipity’ in the KM world

CTOs build merger foundations

CTOs face complicated technical issues when merging two companies

Experience that counts

Financial services business background helps CTO tie IT strategy to the bottom line

Pick your poison

Will it be DLL hell or the infernal shortcomings of the Linux desktop?

Dawn of the application network

Next-gen application integration

Is e-mail private, or in the public domain?

 Expectations of confidentiality may not be realistic

The downturn’s lasting impact

Integrating off-the-shelf software and outsourcing are trends that will outlast the bad times

Interview: CA set to move on distributed computing

CEO Sanjay Kumar, CTO Yogesh Gupta discuss pervasive computing

Untethering the enterprise

Even with a general air of mistrust surrounding it, wireless gains traction in the enterprise

Redefining the marketplace?

It's still too early to tell whether wireless will become a truly disruptive technology

Layering Wi-Fi security

Growing complexity of wireless networks demands serious consideration of security needs and best practices

Tomorrow’s 5g cell phone

Cognitive radio, a 5g device, could forever alter the power balance from wireless service provider to user

Wireless: the dark side

Wireless brings the benefits you've heard about but creates support and interaction problems

Dell takes the blade-server cake

PowerEdge 1655MC outmuscles HP, RLX offerings

The ethics of paying taxes — or not

How many people cheat, and what constitutes cheating?

Interview: IBM Lotus goes modular 

VP Ken Bisconti discusses the roadmap for next-gen products 

Securing the supply chain

Who's insuring the security of U.S. ports? Chief technologists

Embrace limited chaos

Total lockdown not only frustrates those you serve but it also impedes productivity

Building entertainment’s future

TiVo's CTO develops tools in-house to stay flexible and keep up with the fast pace of change

Tools for the short hike

Don't overlook the skills your best scripters bring to the enterprise environment

Being smart about business intelligence

The case of the missing ‘free’ hotel night

Combining business with pleasure presents interesting problems

The IT lab evolution

CTOs protect innovation and testing amid budget slashes

No growth in IT budgets? No problem

Protecting IT budgets all depends on how you map projects

Getting ahead of ourselves

No lab? You still must test

You need to confirm that the products and packages you plan for your enterprise actually work

Interview: McNealy all aboard the NC train

Sun's CEO discusses blade servers' impact on the datacenter