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  Google CEO on innovation: 'We're at one per cent of what's possible'

  Google CEO Larry Page took the stage today to wrap up a nearly four-hour long keynote that kicked off the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 15 May, 2013 20:08

  Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Google, Networking, wireless, CIO role, IT Leadership, mobile, IT management, internet

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  IT manager hiring, unemployment rates, rise

  There are more IT managers working today than two years ago, but their unemployment rate is rising as well. It's a paradox of government data, but there are theories for the apparent discrepancy.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 10 April, 2013 11:20

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, EE, Foote Partners, IEEE-USA, CIO role, hardware systems, IT careers, IT Leadership, Data Center, IT management

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  Electrical engineer takes on the job of IT security head

  Pepco, a large utility that serves Washington DC and the surrounding area, is in the political bullseye. Its customers include many members of Congress so a security breach that hurts service would get noticed.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 02 April, 2013 19:16

  Tags: Gartner, IBM, security, CIO role, IT careers, IT Leadership, IT management

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  Overcoming volatility with agility

  Computerworld's Premier 100 conference opened Monday with a keynote topic that was close to the hearts of many of the 500 IT professionals in attendance: an obscure acronym called VUCA.

  By Matt Hamblen | 04 March, 2013 19:48

  Tags: Procter & Gamble, IT industry, Networking, CIO role, IT Leadership, Olympics, IT management, CIO, management

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  Yahoo tries to clear air after telecommuting uproar

  After creating a ruckus for calling all of its telecommuters back into the office, Yahoo is trying to quell some of the furor.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 27 February, 2013 21:01

  Tags: management, Yahoo, Google, Networking, CIO role, IT careers, IT Leadership, IT management

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  CEO Mayer calls in all Yahoo telecommuters

  Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is reportedly tossing conventional business thought aside and calling in telecommuters.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 25 February, 2013 20:56

  Tags: management, Yahoo, Google, Networking, CIO role, IT careers, IT Leadership, IT management

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  'Bob' outsources tech job to China; watches cat videos at work

  Showing what can happen when companies don't periodically review network logs, a software developer working for a large U.S. critical infrastructure company hired a Chinese firm to do his job so he could spend time surfing Reddit and watching cat videos.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 17 January, 2013 15:22

  Tags: reddit, security, CIO role, IT careers, IT Leadership, IT management

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  U.S. could fall behind China in R&D spending by 2023

  A new study predicts that 2023 may be the year that America loses its global R&D leadership role.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 14 January, 2013 11:04

  Tags: Emerging Technologies, Industries, CIO role, hardware systems, IT Leadership, government, IT management, Government/Industries

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  Worldwide IT spending to grow this year, Gartner says

  Enterprises that buy new mobile devices and invest in security and storage management will give worldwide IT spending a boost this year.

  By Mikael Ricknas | 14 January, 2013 11:04

  Tags: Gartner, App Development, IT industry, Industries, CIO role, IT Leadership, government, IT management, Government/Industries

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  Apple ties CEO's pay to company's fortunes

  Despite raising Tim Cook's salary 55% and awarding him a $2.8 million bonus, Apple says its CEO's overall compensation for the year was still down 99% compared to 2011 levels.

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 January, 2013 11:04

  Tags: management, Apple, IT industry, Networking, CIO role, IT Leadership, IT management

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  GM CIO calls HP hiring probe a 'fishing expedition'

  General Motors CIO Randy Mott Thursday said the automaker plans to have the "best jobs in the IT industry" at its four "IT Innovation Centers" in the U.S. At the same time, Mott criticized Hewlett-Packard's move to contest GM's hiring of some HP IT managers to work at the centers.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 10 January, 2013 21:00

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, CIO role, hardware systems, IT careers, general motors, IT Leadership, Data Center, IT management, CIO, Hewlett-Packard, HP

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  Vint Cerf: Nobody's too old for tech

  Vint Cerf, known as the father of the Internet, says technology has not only changed the way we communicate but it's changing the way we live our lives.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 08 January, 2013 20:11

  Tags: Google, CIO role, IT Leadership, IT management, internet

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  Ousted Windows exec Sinofsky to teach at Harvard

  Steven Sinofsky, the former Microsoft executive ousted as the head of its Windows group five weeks ago, yesterday said he would teach at the Harvard Business School this spring.

  By Gregg Keizer | 20 December, 2012 17:37

  Tags: Microsoft, Windows, CIO role, software, IT Leadership, twitter, IT management, operating systems

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  Apple's Cook, 'God particle' on <i>Time's</i> list of 2012 notables

  It has been a big year for some tech luminaries, with several of them getting a nod from editors picking Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 19 December, 2012 21:15

  Tags: IT industry, Google, Networking, CIO role, IT Leadership, twitter, IT management, management, Apple, Yahoo

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  With Intel's Otellini phasing out, new CEO may bring fresh mobile focus

  Intel CEO Paul Otellini is getting ready to leave the company, and analysts say this could be a positive change for the world's largest chip maker.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 19 November, 2012 22:05

  Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Networking, wireless, CIO role, processors, mobile, IT management, intel, management, Arm Holdings, Gartner, Reuters, Components, IT Leadership