Technology strategy for CIOs and business executives
Minority Report: Looking back at 12 months of Apple
An absent leader, an absent product, iPhone highs and legal woes Read more »
Ballmer on Google, Bartz on Yahoo! and Berners-Lee on web snooping
Quotes of the year part one: The words that defined the tech world in 2009
Your top CFO tech priorities for next year
How to make IT work for your finance department in 2010 Read more
CIO Insights
Avoiding the biggest tech disasters at Christmas
How to dodge the dreaded Christmas callout
CEO Essentials
Cheat Sheet: NFC and contactless payments
Update: What do you get when you cross RFID with a credit card and stick it on a mobile phone?
Finance
Your top CFO tech priorities for next year
How to make IT work for your finance department in 2010
Sales & Marketing
Sales and marketing: Where should you be spending your cash in 2010?
Twitter to sales force automation, mobile marketing to virals
HR
Does your business really need an office?
Future Company: Banishing physical workplace brings perils as well as perks
Public Sector
Questions asked over legality of e-Borders data gathering
"We cannot have another massive IT project which flounders," says Commons Home Affairs Committee
Mobile
Photos: Tesco taps visual search for Wine Finder iPhone app
A fine vintage or a bottle of cheap plonk? Just ask your iPhone...
Software
Photos: How to spend Christmas in Second Life
Go for a skate or hang out with Father Christmas...
Security
Beware your digital footprint when shopping online
Law must address 'right to be forgotten'
IT Services
Europe has become world's highest spender on outsourcing
US has fallen behind EU in 2009, says report
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