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Among the various prognostications of what technologies will be hottest in 2010, one trend is common: that consumer-focused tools will continue to permeate the enterprise.
Witness the latest survey from CompTIA. The IT industry association polled more than 300 IT and business pros in December to get their take on what IT trends will be most prevalent this year.
Here’s what they said.
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CIOs need to build a strong business case for any new IT investment. But in this economy, it requires even more business-savvy.
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New collaborative technologies change the way businesses evaluate the “structures” of corporate computing, MIT’s Andrew McAfee writes in his own book.
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Hype can be a powerful influence, so it needs to be countered with objectivity—and skepticism.
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Our annual Vendor Value Study reveals what CIOs think of their hardware, software, security, telecom and networking providers in terms of value, reliability and loyalty. Here are the technology companies ranked 30 to 21.
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Do social networking sites serve as useful tools for connecting within the business world, or are they simply time-wasters? More than half of enterprise IT leaders lean toward the latter perspective, according to a new survey conducted amongst 1,400 CIOs by the employment experts at Robert Half Technology. The results conform with data collected from a previous study released by Nucleus Research earlier this summer; this slideshow compares results from both studies to paint a picture of social networking in the workplace. Also see: Work-Safe Social Networking.
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by Edward Cone
"Don't be Evil" is Google's motto. How's that going?
In this context, "evil" does not mean wicked, like Sauron or Voldemort, or bad in the way some people might judge tobacco companies or corrupt enterprises like Enron.
Nick Carr probably got it right when he said, "When Google adopted 'don't be evil' as the cornerstone of its corporate code of conduct, what it really meant was 'don't be Microsoft.'" This does not imply that Microsoft is truly evil, just that Google was defining itself against the most powerful company in the software industry at that time — a company that was feared but not loved.
So "don't be evil" translates roughly as "be customer-centric, and act with some greater good than your profit margins in mind — don't be just another huge company." By that standard, it's grown harder over time to argue that Google lives up to its motto. It is a useful and valuable and in many ways admirable enterprise, but maybe not so special after all.
Book Review
Former CEO Bill George explains why leaders can't avoid the spotlight in troubled times.
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This season’s new books include a few potential “instant classics” on IT leadership, strategy and innovation. (Note: All publication dates are subject to change.)
Research
Both IT and the business say they’re not aligned. New research and analysis sheds light on how to overcome the disconnect.
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Concerned about your job? Be extra specially careful about what you post to your social networks.
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