Is data now at the heart of competitive advantage? How is it changing the traditional role of business intelligence, and what stage are we at in the maturity of useful, actionable, timely, and relevant information? Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO of O'Reilly...

How does a company like Microsoft facilitate operational business strategies that foster corporate growth while reducing costs? Learn about the 5 strategies that support this mission within Microsoft and some of the key challenges the company must address...

With analytics technology available to practically any business person, IT professionals have an opportunity to help business leaders ask the right questions and make the most of “big data.” But how do you talk to business people and learn...

By Paula Klein, TechWeb Now that your sales force is accessing files on tablets, your retail customers are tweeting about products on your website, and executives are arranging meetings on their smartphones, how are you managing? Better yet, if your...

How can CIOs with globally diverse teams deal with the complexity of a rapidly changing technology environment? Meet Walter Puschner, Microsoft VP of Worldwide Field IT, Strategy and Planning. Responsible for supporting 136 Microsoft subsidiaries, Puschner’s...

Cloud Computing can help CIOs differentiate their businesses from the competition, securely and reliably. Microsoft Business Division Senior VP Chris Capossela reflects on Cloud Computing solutions from Microsoft, which give customers new options to offload...

What are some of the key issues that keep CIOs up at night, and what is Microsoft doing to help put them at ease? Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner spoke with Microsoft CTO Barry Briggs about this and other topics following a panel discussion...

How can CIOs help make IT a driving factor behind business success? How does the move from older models to a global model affect the way companies are being managed? Join Microsoft CTO Barry Briggs as he quizzes the University of Oxford’s Jeffrey...

Have you ever wondered about the top challenges for one of the world’s leaders in consulting and information technology? What are some of the actions and initiatives that can help make IT greener? How can you get information to field workers when...

What does Intel VP and CIO Diane Bryant see as her company’s top challenges? How does she balance corporate priorities? If the trend of more women entering the IT field is to continue or accelerate, what factors will help attract them? Watch as...

There are plenty of blogs by and for marketing executives that spend an inordinate amount of time and energy denigrating IT’s efforts to “control” technology. One of the most vociferous is Chief Marketing Technologist ( http://www.chiefmartec...

How is the CIO of one of the world’s largest consumer electronics and entertainment corporations addressing collaboration and communication across an organization that is making the transition from a multi-national concern to a truly global competitor...

How is IT helping a once local brand grow to global proportions, make better decisions, and increase its competitive edge? To learn the answers, check out this CIO Network interview with Carlsberg Group VP and CIO, Kenneth Schmidt, conducted by Microsoft...

How is Korea’s largest telecom using IT to integrate internal business operations, address new business opportunities, and improve efficiency? What efforts is the company making to embrace green IT strategies? Get the answers as Microsoft CTO Barry...

Should people have the ability to connect to any other point on the Internet? Have copyright extensions deadened the pace of U.S. innovation? And what is the generative pattern of technology? Microsoft CTO Barry Briggs chats with Harvard Law School Professor...

By Paula Klein, TechWeb Stephen Gillett, Starbucks’ executive vice president and CIO, may be ahead of the curve when it comes to meshing IT and marketing efforts. Not only does he try to infuse product and consumer knowledge into his traditional...