Sunday, November 21, 2010

CEO Guide to Technology

CEO Guide to Mobile Business Apps

As more companies let smartphones into the workplace, demand is surging for downloadable apps that let employees work on the go
November 1, 2010

The CEO Guide to High-Performance Computing

Learn how General Motors is using high-performance computers made by IBM to make cars safer and market new automobiles. Other companies harnessing high-power computers include Boeing, DreamWorks, Eli Lilly, and Speedo
October 4, 2010

The CEO Guide to Collective Intelligence

Learn how companies including Pitney Bowes, AT&T, Cisco Systems and Electronic Arts are using software to tap workers' collective knowledge and ideas to solve problems at a low cost
September 7, 2010

The CEO Guide to Aging IT Workforce

IBM and CA are hard-pressed to replace the aging corps of Baby Boomers who support their still-indispensable mainframe business
August 2, 2010

The CEO Guide to Apple's iPad

Learn how large companies including Wells Fargo and SAP as well as smaller businesses such as restaurants and nail salons are using Apple's iPad to make employees more productive and keep them better connected to the office
July 6, 2010

The CEO Guide to Robots in the Workplace

Safety advances and a keener sense of their surroundings are putting robots to work in such new settings as hospitals, warehouses, and offices
June 1, 2010

The CEO Guide to Wellness Technology

Companies are turning to individualized plans for employees to improve their fitness, assisted by wearable technology and Web sites, in an effort to contain health care costs
May 3, 2010

The CEO Guide to Cyberwar

The U.S. government is stepping up recruitment of engineers who can help wage cyberwar
April 5, 2010

The CEO Guide to Counterfeit Tech

Fake chips, routers, and computers cost the electronics industry as much as $100 billion a year; distributors and law enforcers are fighting back
February 3, 2010

The CEO Guide to 'Patent Trolls'

Microsoft, McAfee, and Symantec are countering costly infringement litigation by joining a year-old group that buys and licenses its own patents
January 5, 2010

The CEO Guide To PC Alternatives

IT departments attempt to cut costs by experimenting with thin clients, netbooks, virtual desktops, and other substitutes for traditional computing
January 4, 2010

The CEO Guide to Context-Aware Technology

Context-aware computing draws on vast amounts of data to help consumers buy from vendors that know more about them, too
December 7, 2009

The CEO Guide to Augmented Reality

The technology for meshing digital data with actual images, or augmented reality, makes a jump to smartphones, and the market is taking off
November 2, 2009

The CEO Guide to Smart Grid Technology

Smart-grid technology will bring huge savings to companies as varied as Cisco, PG&E, and Cargill, and to consumers, too. But who will foot the bill?
October 5, 2009

The CEO Guide to the Tech-Job Outlook

Hiring at small, venture-funded tech firms is on the rise, raising hopes for an industrywide turnaround by 2010
August 31, 2009

The CEO Guide to Broadband Stimulus

Companies seeking some of the $7.2 billion in federal money to bring broadband to underserved areas are rushing to meet an Aug. 14 deadline
August 3, 2009

The CEO Guide to Cyberthreats

How a top payments processor responded to the largest-ever criminal pilfering of credit-card data, and what other companies can learn from it
July 6, 2009

The CEO Guide to Carbon Accounting

Coca-Cola, Cisco, Intuit, and others use ever more sophisticated tools to measure their environmental impact and meet emissions goals
June 1, 2009

The CEO Guide to Apple's iPhone

Despite such worries as data security, IT staffs are beginning to support Apple's device—especially if the CEO starts carrying one
May 4, 2009

Electronic Health Records

Electronic medical recordkeeping may not cut the overall cost of care, but by eliminating redundant procedures and reducing errors, quality may be improved
November 12, 2010

Business Intelligence

The recession is fostering interest in BI software, which helps companies analyze the data they collect for new cost-cutting or sales opportunities
February 2, 2009

Outsourcing in a Recession

Discretionary IT projects are getting the ax as companies review costs, hurting sales and growth for outsourcing providers
January 4, 2009

The Desktop of the Future

Companies as varied as Nortel, Nationwide, and Bechtel are experimenting with virtual desktops that are likely to improve security—but will they reduce costs?
November 30, 2008

Open-Source Software

As the recession puts pressure on tech spending, many companies are turning to open-source software to handle more IT tasks
November 3, 2008

Refurbished Tech

With credit tight in a rough economy, businesses are offloading equipment while bargain hunters are picking up retooled hardware on the cheap
October 5, 2008

3D Computing

Diverse fields such as medicine, fashion, combat and architecture are adopting 3D computing applications
September 6, 2008

Microblogging

Microblogging lets an airline, for instance, monitor customers' gripes—and tweet back. Is this a creepy trend?
September 5, 2008

Cloud Computing

A major shift in the way companies obtain software and computing capacity is under way as more companies tap into Web-based applications
August 4, 2008

Disaster Readiness

Many companies are realizing that they can play a crucial role in helping communities recover from natural catastrophes
June 2, 2008

Innovation Prizes

Competitions from the likes of Microsoft and Virgin are sparking innovation and drawing thousands of contestants from around the world
May 5, 2008

Virtual Worlds

Moving beyond Second Life marketing, many companies are infiltrating virtual worlds for employee meetings, mixers, and recruiting
April 7, 2008

Emerging Outsourcing Hubs

Efforts to send IT work anywhere but Bangalore are taking on added urgency as costs of doing work in India rise and the dollar sinks
March 3, 2008

Widgets

The customizable bits of software on Facebook and other social networking sites are the latest trend in viral marketing. But are widgets here to stay?
July 16, 2007

Consumer Tech at Work

Companies large and small are seeing their proprietary information compromised by employees' personal devices, and they're taking action
May 14, 2007

Green Computing

As a threat to operations and the bottom line, corporate computing's fast-growing power consumption is forcing companies to adopt green energy
November 5, 2007

The Web of the Future

A rising tide of companies are tapping Semantic Web technologies to unearth hard-to-find connections between disparate pieces of online data
March 12, 2007

Wikis

The online tools for building collective info banks are making deeper inroads in corporations and rewriting the rules of collaboration
February 12, 2007

The Virtual Workplace

The benefits include lower costs and greater productivity, but figuring out how to communicate with off-site employees is crucial
January 16, 2007

Viral Video

A growing number of companies turn to online video, and the word of mouth that accompanies it, for everything from advertising to recruiting
December 11, 2006

Outsourcing

Companies are increasingly sending IT work to hubs outside India. They're saving money but facing a whole new raft of challenges
November 5, 2007

Mashups

Corporations from IBM to Google to E*Trade are jumping onboard the trend of mixing and matching software from different sources
November 5, 2007

Location-Aware Technologies

Radio frequency identification, or RFID, has been slow to reshape retailing, but it's finding unexpected uses in health care and beyond
November 5, 2007

Social Networking

Networking technology gives companies a new set of tools for recruiting and customer service—but privacy questions remain
November 5, 2007

Prediction Markets

More corporations are setting up their own markets for economic forecasts, hoping to tap into the wisdom of employees
November 5, 2007

VoIP

Companies are upgrading old phone networks to reduce bills and add features. But cost savings can take time, and IP systems aren't risk-free
November 5, 2007

Web 2.0

What every CEO needs to know about the array of new tools that foster online collaboration—and could revolutionize business