By Bob Violino, TechWeb Creating a culture of innovation is more critical than ever to a company’s success. Customers and business partners expect organizations to embrace new and inventive ways of providing services, building and delivering...

By Paula Klein, TechWeb Contrary to what many believe, lots of public-sector agencies and governments are very innovative when it comes to IT. That’s the finding of research conducted by Dr. Mark W.S. Chun, director of the Center for Applied...

By Paula Klein, TechWeb This blog was originally posted on this site on October 25, 2011 by Paula Klein of TechWeb. It has been updated for August 2012 A company’s strong performance today is no guarantee of longevity: companies that survive...

Register here . Today IT faces an ever growing challenge on satisfying end-user experience in supporting a variety of new devices while keeping business processes secure. At the same time, social networking is an integral part of everyone’s life...

Garth Fort, General Manager of Microsoft’s Security and Management Division, discusses what IT leaders are starting to see as a result of consumerization of IT, the security and management implications, and offers advice on how CIOs can manage the...

This post is an interview with Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President, Management & Security Division Companies often interview/hire employees who are resistant to IT control over the devices they use for work and collaboration. What’s your...

John Soat, TechWeb Contributing Editor Back in 1985, the corporate interloper was a beige box with a big square head and a glowing, blinking eye. That was the PC, and it forced its way into the corporate environment, in many instances, through the...

Microsoft commissioned a research report a few months ago to gauge how enterprises are approaching the consumerization trend (“ IT Managers Selectively Embrace Consumerization ”, Forrester Research, Dec. 2010). The report gives insight into...

The flood gates of consumerization have opened, and the advice on all fronts? Don’t try to stand in its way. Great advice, but what does that mean to the CIOs that need to maintain information security and compliance? Careful plans and policies...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...