Don Reisinger

The Great Recession has been jolting companies around the world. Budgets are reduced, employees have experienced layoffs, and the average person still goes to work each day not knowing whether or not their job will still be waiting for them. The past few years have been particularly tough for CIOs. Like so many other top-level […]

After a heated bidding war with HP over storage firm 3PAR, Dell finally waved the white flag this week, in the latest of a spate of vendor acquisitions that have taken place this year. Meanwhile, the debut of Google’s new VoIP solution meets with resounding success, and the company gives its Chrome web OS a […]

Improving the manageability of corporate data by 10% each year would enable companies to increase total sales by $55,900 per employee.

Ah, summertime, when the living is easy. Isn’t this supposed to be a quiet time? Not so for the technology space. In recent weeks we’ve seen Intel announce plans to buy anti-virus vendor McAfee, the introduction of new smartphones to compete with Apple, and the departure of HP CEO Mark Hurd’s from the company. This […]

In Brief: Dell announced in mid-August, in what seemed to be a done deal, that it would acquire virtual-storage company 3PAR for $1.15 billion. On August 23, HP announced its own bid for 3PAR, a whopping 33 percent premium on Dell’s offer. At press time, 3PAR hadn’t decided on a suitor.

The past week has been an exciting one for tech lovers. It was highlighted by Intel’s surprising plan to acquire security firm McAfee for a whopping $7.68 billion. Exactly what Intel has planned for McAfee is not clear right now, but the chip maker believes that the purchase will help bolster its services (and bottom […]

As the world’s largest search company, most observers expect Google to protect the interests of Web users and small sites. But last week, the company came under fire for a net neutrality proposal that critics say gives undue power to big firms, and leaves Web users and small online services out of the mix. It’s […]

The 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report, a study conducted by the Verizon RISK team in cooperation with the U.S. Secret Service, reveals that companies are facing threats to their corporate data from more sources than ever before. The ongoing Data Breach Investigations Report series now includes in-depth studies of 900 breaches involving more than 900 […]

Everybody’s talking about Mark Hurd’s resignation from his post as CEO of HP. The development comes as the company was in the midst of turning around its enterprise fortunes, and had made a big splash on the mobility front this spring when it announced the acquisition of Palm. In this period of prolonged economic uncertainty, […]

As a CIO, your ultimate goal is to increase profits and make your CEO happy by making the right technology choices and driving IT innovation. Doing so during a recession can be difficult, especially when there aren’t enough investment dollars to go around. This doesn’t mean that you can’t win over your CEO through other […]

Some summers bring about few major stories in the tech industry. Professionals go on vacation and companies wait for the fall to make their major product announcements. This year has been entirely different, particularly when it comes to the mobile and wireless space. The summer of 2010 has been jam-packed with information that will help […]

As the key technology decision-maker in the enterprise, the CIO needs to know what is coming, what does not work very well, and which products are ideal for employees. Sometimes, these decisions come easily. At other times, they require research into several options to see what makes one solution a better choice than another. Several […]