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Where Has All the Innovation Gone? The vendors have forgotten an important rule when it comes to product development: figure out what the customers want, and give it to them. Midmarket CIOs Face Big Jobs The top tech people at midmarket companies have more duties than their counterparts at larger businesses, but get paid less. Driving IT Innovation at General Motors GM CIO Ralph Szygenda discusses the outsourcing payoff and plans for the future. When to License, Rent or Outsource Factors to consider include company size, degree of integration with other applications, need for customization and, of course, price. 100 Most Influential People in IT Ziff Davis Enterprise editors name the people shaping the future of technology. Ellison Tops the List of IT Influencers Larry Ellison's plans to roll up the enterprise applications space show no signs of slowing. Oracle has leveraged its strength in the data center to cement its status as one of the world's most important applications and middleware vendors. Report: IT Heads Back to Basics Companies with constrained staff and budgets are cutting back on tech spending to focus on security, disaster recovery and infrastructure consolidation, Forrester found. Invest in the Entire Cycle When acquiring a tech product, consider its energy costs and disposal. Brain Drain, Talent Mismatch Hold Taiwan Back Analysts say Taiwan needs to groom more talent in the financial and tourism sectors. Rediscovering E-discovery When it comes to finding information for legal or compliance purposes, enterprises find themselves repeating the same processes and racking up large costs. In this IT Link podcast, Robin Purohit, vice president and general manager of Information Management at Hewlett-Packard, says users should start planning to invest in e-discovery and approach it in a more proactive, prepared and integrated manner. What CIOs Want An exclusive Ziff Davis Enterprise survey reveals CIO desires for the coming year. 10 Techies in the Shadows Some of the people on this list are little-known co-founders playing second banana to more famous names. Others have broken new ground or developed much-heralded technologies without winning much fame for themselves. You should know them, and, more importantly, you should know what they do. By Michael Hickins The 25 Most Influential People at IBM IBM's ongoing successes are built largely on its global reach, which is reflected in the diversity of talent represented on this list. Here are the people who drive the IBM engine. By Darryl K. Taft The Best Time-Saving Technologies of 2008 Saved time could be spent strategizing and increasing profits. To get you there, try these major time-saving technologies in 2008. Six Six Sigma Resolutions for 08 Experts in Six Sigma, the process management technique designed for manufacturing, discuss six steps IT managers can use to improve operations in the new year. Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do Here are 12 things that IT managers should resolve to do in 2008, one for every month of the new year. New Years Resolutions for IT Pros There are many ways IT professionals can stand out from the crowd in 2008. The Mobile Blind Spot The world can be an unfriendly place to IP (intellectual property). How to meet those challenges is the topic of this IT Link podcast discussion with Victor DeMarines, vice president of Products for V.i. Labs. Rolling Out the Old Year Opinion: Green and virtual efforts help to push technology ahead in 2007. IT Spending Up ... For Now AMR Research president and CEO, Tony Friscia, and vice president of quantitative research, Bob Kraus, discuss the latest IT spending numbers, in this Research Matt |
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