Companies as varied as Nortel, Nationwide, and Bechtel are experimenting with virtual desktops that are likely to improve security—but will they reduce costs?
November 30, 2008
As the recession puts pressure on tech spending, many companies are turning to open-source software to handle more IT tasks
November 3, 2008
With credit tight in a rough economy, businesses are offloading equipment while bargain hunters are picking up retooled hardware on the cheap
October 5, 2008
Diverse fields such as medicine, fashion, combat and architecture are adopting 3D computing applications
September 6, 2008
Microblogging lets an airline, for instance, monitor customers' gripes—and tweet back. Is this a creepy trend?
September 5, 2008
A major shift in the way companies obtain software and computing capacity is under way as more companies tap into Web-based applications
August 4, 2008
Many companies are realizing that they can play a crucial role in helping communities recover from natural catastrophes
June 2, 2008
Competitions from the likes of Microsoft and Virgin are sparking innovation and drawing thousands of contestants from around the world
May 5, 2008
Moving beyond Second Life marketing, many companies are infiltrating virtual worlds for employee meetings, mixers, and recruiting
April 7, 2008
Efforts to send IT work anywhere but Bangalore are taking on added urgency as costs of doing work in India rise and the dollar sinks
March 3, 2008
The customizable bits of software on Facebook and other social networking sites are the latest trend in viral marketing. But are widgets here to stay?
July 16, 2007
Companies large and small are seeing their proprietary information compromised by employees' personal devices, and they're taking action
May 14, 2007
As a threat to operations and the bottom line, corporate computing's fast-growing power consumption is forcing companies to adopt green energy
November 5, 2007
A rising tide of companies are tapping Semantic Web technologies to unearth hard-to-find connections between disparate pieces of online data
March 12, 2007
The online tools for building collective info banks are making deeper inroads in corporations and rewriting the rules of collaboration
February 12, 2007
The benefits include lower costs and greater productivity, but figuring out how to communicate with off-site employees is crucial
January 16, 2007
A growing number of companies turn to online video, and the word of mouth that accompanies it, for everything from advertising to recruiting
December 11, 2006
Companies are increasingly sending IT work to hubs outside India. They're saving money but facing a whole new raft of challenges
November 5, 2007
Corporations from IBM to Google to E*Trade are jumping onboard the trend of mixing and matching software from different sources
November 5, 2007
Radio frequency identification, or RFID, has been slow to reshape retailing, but it's finding unexpected uses in health care and beyond
November 5, 2007
Networking technology gives companies a new set of tools for recruiting and customer service—but privacy questions remain
November 5, 2007
More corporations are setting up their own markets for economic forecasts, hoping to tap into the wisdom of employees
November 5, 2007
Companies are upgrading old phone networks to reduce bills and add features. But cost savings can take time, and IP systems aren't risk-free
November 5, 2007
What every CEO needs to know about the array of new tools that foster online collaboration—and could revolutionize business
A new app called Pinger brings multiple communication streams—calls, instant messages, and Twitter and Facebook messages—into a single application
The latest improvements to iLife and iWork will keep the Mac's prices up and its market share rising
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