Doug Bartholomew

With CIOs focused on achieving the green data center by reducing energy consumed for cooling and shifting to server virtualization to cut power consumption, there remains a dirty little secret many IT organizations would just as soon ignore: where their old PCs end up. “We estimate that 55 percent of all PCs are in the […]

Jimmie Johnson, a shoo-in with an 86-point lead, is expected to win his second consecutive NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship at the Ford 400 in Miami this Sunday. The tens of thousands of fans who attend the race, plus millions more who tune in to watch on television, will see him compete in his now famous […]

Boeing, which only a year ago was cruising smoothly through design, development and early manufacturing of its new 787 Dreamliner commercial aircraft, has hit some heavy turbulence. Just months before the first 787 was to roll out off the assembly line at Boeings Everett, Wash., plant, the company said it would be delayed six months […]

For most organizations, software development is seldom easy. Projects are often fraught with miscommunication between the information-technology department and the business units. Key requirements may get short shrift or be omitted altogether until the last minute, when both costs and tempers are likely to soar. Now, one of the nations largest health maintenance organizations is […]

A selected list of technology companies that are the subject of formal of informal probes by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Justice Department, or have announced their own internal investigations related to backdating options. Affiliated Computer Services Altera Analog Devices Inc. Applied Micro Circuits Asyst Technologies Broadcom Corp. /zimages/4/28571.gifRead the full story on […]

Options backdating, the latest scandal to hit corporate America, may be more widespread than anyone is willing to admit. If thats true, what can be done to prevent this fraudulent practice in the future? Can information technology be used as a backstop? Ostensibly, the practice of granting options to executives serves as a carrot, giving […]

PromiseThe ROI for the utility computing model is a no-brainer. But not even the vendors pushing the concept think its ready for prime time.IBM Corp. calls it “on demand computing.” Hewlett-Packard Co. says that it goes hand in glove with its vision of the “adaptive enterprise.” Computer Associates International Inc. has launched a fleet of […]