Thursday, January 19, 2012 5:52 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer So, in other words, having declared that the federal government must turn to the cloud in order to shed its wasteful IT past and adopt more cost-effective and user-friendly IT platforms--admittedly sound thinking--the nation's first CIO Vivek Kundra, at the ripe old age of 37, has managed to maneuver himself into a position where he'll be one of the notable financial beneficiaries of that strategy.
Friday, October 07, 2011 6:49 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer In the end, both executives were really exchanging what amounted to a lot of hot air. After all, the two men, and their companies, operate in different paradigms.
Thursday, October 06, 2011 1:22 AM/EST
By Tony Kontzer When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs departed this world on October 5, 2011, he left behind the most valuable and influential technology company in the world, one that he rescued from the ashes during his 14-year second stint as CEO, and which subsequently revolutionized the personal computer, music, smart phone and tablet industries.
Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:16 AM/EST
By Marc J. Schiller There isn't a CIO in the world who isn't wrestling with the revolution in consumer technology that Steve Jobs started. And there isn't a CEO who doesn't wish for the innovative prowess that he infused into Apple.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 8:35 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer How does this week's OpenWorld conference contrast with Salesforce.com's Dreamforce event held a month ago, also at San Francisco's Moscone Center? Let me count the ways.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:55 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer Make no mistake--Steve Jobs may be resigning as Apple CEO, but he isn't going anywhere, yet. From his new throne as Chairman of the Board, Jobs will no doubt continue to have his fingerprints over much of the company's culture, in particular its innovation pipeline and legendary product-release schedule.
Monday, May 23, 2011 11:39 AM/EST
By Tony Kontzer Cloud computing isn't as grandiose as it sounds. It's a nebulous term used to describe a very general concept, namely the idea of tapping into a utility IT model so that a company can focus on what it makes and sells, rather than investing oodles of time and energy creating its own IT environment.
Monday, November 16, 2009 3:47 PM/EST
Google CIO Ben Fried has some strong feelings about the caliber of technology businesses offer to their employees. The first of several excerpts from a wide-ranging interview with the IT leader.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:43 AM/EST
Business intelligence is on the upswing, and Kimberly-Clark CIO Ramon Baez has some advice on how to manage the technology and processes around it.
Thursday, September 10, 2009 6:01 AM/EST
Big Blue's new CIO, Pat Toole, talks about his priorities and what CIOs must do to weather the recession.