CIO Insight Staff

If you’ve ever had the unpleasant experience of puffing up like a blowfish after eating a food that didn’t agree with your immune system, then you know how important food labeling can be. That’s why President Bush in August signed into law the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, a piece of legislation that […]

Just ten years ago, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. was suffering under the weight of a hopelessly backward IT infrastructure. The U.S. distributor of cars and trucks built by Toyota Motor Corp., the Aichi, Japan-based pioneer of hybrid vehicles and cars that can run forever—the very model of efficiency and technological innovation—found itself awash in directionless […]

Since passing the Sarbanes-Oxley act in 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed compliance deadlines twice—now set for November 15—but there is still plenty of confusion over exactly what is expected of companies attempting to prove their financial records are accurate and secure. According to a July study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 49 percent of […]

CHALLENGE Storage demand continues to outpace capacity, despite a dramatic reduction in hardware costs. At the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in downtown Seattle, storage management is a necessity. The nonprofit institution, which pioneered bone-marrow transplants and is a leader in gene therapy, is working around-the-clock to find a cure for cancer and related diseases—and […]

Like a relentless tide of misfortune, the patients pour into the University of Kentucky Hospital Emergency Department complaining of everything from dehydration to gunshot wounds. Like every ER in the country, the U.K. Hospital is overused and understaffed. As the only trauma center for all of eastern and central Kentucky, the hospital administers emergency care […]

3.3 million Number of visitors to Bush and Kerry campaign sites in July (combined). source: comScore Media Metrix 10.4 million Number of visitors to www.jibjab.com to view parody of Bush and Kerry in July. source: comScore Media Metrix 623 Number of counties using some type of electronic voting equipment in this year’s election. source: Election […]

Al Gore may have invented the Internet, but the Democrats haven’t exactly sewn up the technology vote. Does it matter? Perhaps more than Beltway insiders might think. There were 284,000 IT executives and managers in 2002. That could be enough votes to make a difference in a close election. What is your political party registration? […]

80% say top executives see the business benefits of infrastructure spending 83% say their IT infrastructure provides sufficient flexibility and agility 96% cite customer satisfaction as a business goal for their IT infrastructure 30% of the average company’s systems are legacy systems One out of every five dollars spent on IT is being spent on […]

There’s just no escaping the Wi-Fi hype. Even modest forecasts, such as those from Cambridge, U.K.-based Analysys Group, anticipate Wi-Fi-related services will generate revenues of up to $3 billion by 2007. And as the cost of infrastructure begins to fall, suppliers will likely look to add value to Wi-Fi connectivity by providing their customers with […]