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Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment Marten Mickos is probably best known for his time as chief executive of open source database company MySQL, a position he held from 2001 until the beginning of 2009. In an exclusive interview, former MySQL boss and... [19 Nov 2009]
Salesforce to launch social networking for businesses
Chief executive Marc Benioff announced the service in San Francisco at the company's Dreamforce conference, which he said drew 19,000 attendees. Salesforce.com on Wednesday announced a social-networking service called... [19 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment As Nick Kirkland, chief executive of IT leaders' forum CIO Connect, says: "Most CIOs I know are considering [UCC] projects rather than doing them. Vendors may be making a lot of noise about unified... [17 Nov 2009]
SSO Over the Internet: The CISO's Misperceptions and Realities
White Paper Ping Identity conducted anonymous interviews of seventeen Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and Information Security Officers across financial services, healthcare, education, insurance and business services. [13 Nov 2009]
Risk at Home: Privacy and Security Risks in Telecommuting
White Paper But for the chief technology officer or chief risk officer of today's organization, perhaps no issue presents more complexity - or more headaches - than the necessity to protect corporate and personal... [13 Nov 2009]
Business Advisory Services Finance Improvement
White Paper Industry challenges have never been greater for chief financial officers (CFOs). The current market conditions and the pace of regulatory change have all pushed CFOs into a more active role. Today, the role of the CFO... [13 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Granted, virtualisation's not on every IT chief's shopping list just yet but there's no shortage of firms already using the tech. So I get to put on a funky headset and walk around a simulated landscape... [11 Nov 2009]
Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News Businesses thinking of switching to cloud computing should expect a bumpy probation period, if the experience of The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is anything to go by. The company's CIO Paul Cheesbrough knows all about the challenges of... [04 Nov 2009]
Momentum Webcast: Drive Real-World Business Processes With Microsoft Dynamics CRM (Level 100)
White Paper Whether you are a sales manager, a customer service representative, a marketing director, or chief executive officer (CEO), you can have a consolidated, fast, and current views of all the measurements and key performance... [28 Oct 2009]
Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News According to Michele Hyron, Atos Origin's chief integrator to the London 2012 Games, the team remain acutely aware of the countdown to the big event. With just over 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2012 London... [27 Oct 2009]
From fear to value; CIO strategies for propelling business through the economic crisis
White Paper Your aspiration: As a Chief Information Officer, drive change, innovation and efficiency to help build a smarter enterprise that will prosper amidst global competition. Your daily challenge: As a Chief... [27 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News Anything that requires capex is under the microscope from finance directors and chief execs. It's never been easy being green, especially when it comes to electricity-hungry... [22 Oct 2009]
IT tsar confirmed: Cabinet Office names Angela Smith
News According to the list of ministerial responsibilities released this week, Smith's will include responsibility for the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, Information Security and Assurance. [16 Oct 2009]
John Chambers
AS Profile As one Agenda Setters judge put it, the Cisco chief has achieved "the classic impossibility of 're-routing the oil tanker' while rebuilding it in the process". Cisco CEO John Chambers is... [08 Oct 2009]
Steve Ballmer on Microsoft software 'gotchas'
News The Microsoft chief added there are some elements of licence agreements where the company's software auditors should use their discretion, saying: "There may be fine print that sometimes is a gotcha that's deliberate and... [06 Oct 2009]
