Larry Dignan

More than 50 percent of CIOs plan on spending more on technology in 2007 than in 2006, according to a survey released by the Society for Information Management on Sept. 18. To be specific, 51.8 percent of those surveyed said 2007 IT budgets would be higher than 2006 IT budgets, with 32.8 percent expecting flat […]

It may be time to give your vendor a squeeze—and not the affectionate kind. With the second-quarter earnings season in full bloom, it’s becoming clear that there are a few potholes in technology spending. Sales cycles are getting longer. Growth forecasts are coming down. What’s it mean for you? Potentially, some leverage. All customers should […]

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates is planning to leave in 2008 the company he founded 31 years ago in order to focus on his philanthropy work. Gates said June 15 he will remain as chairman and doesn’t “see a time when I’m not chairman of the company.” “It’s not a retirement. It’s […]

An Al Qaeda operative hacks into a network of a multinational company, grabs sensitive data about internal operations, floods its network with fake queries, and knocks out an information system linking 20 key suppliers. Whose problem is it? Yours. Sure, there’s a Department of Homeland Security. Secretary Michael Chertoff restructured the agency in July to […]

Sept. 15, 2011—The National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported today that United Parcel Service delivered two months of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) on board its fleet of Crew Exploration Vehicles. The vehicles were launched with Falcon rockets from Space Exploration Technologies Corp. The thought of asking “What can Brown do for you?” […]

Bicycle manufacturer Pacific Cycle spent $700,000 on tags, hardware and software to test radio-frequency identification on its products in the last year. Why? Two big customers—Wal-Mart and Target Stores—want to wirelessly track its bikes. But don’t expect Pacific Cycle Inc. to spend another nickel for a third customer, unless there’s a clear return. “Those two […]