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CFOs to CIOs: You Work for Me Now

New research shows that many CFOs are making a power play to take more control of IT. That’s not good news for CIOs, but you can fight the trend.

AT&T Cloud Adds Compute As a Service

AT&T continues to build out its suite of cloud computing services to offer features similar to Amazon Web Services.

Dell in $3.9 Billion Deal for Perot, Expanding Services

Perot Systems is “a premium asset with great people that enhances our opportunities for immediate and long-term growth,” Mr. Dell said in a statement. “There will be efficiencies from combining the companies, but the acquisition makes such great sense because of the obvious ways our businesses complement each other.”

How much is too much? Are you getting the most out of the IT in your enterprise?

Last week I was hearing the CEO of Circuit City Jim Marcum and executives from FTI Inc., the consultants to the company managing Chapter 7 and the restructuring process, talk about how and why Circuit City went bankrupt. The decline of Circuit City of course did not happen overnight nor was was the crash in […]

Linux: The Operating System of the Cloud?

After struggling to reach mainstream status in the technology world for years, utility computing may yet arrive in the coming quarters. This time around, however, it will be known as cloud computing. And when cloud computing does cross the chasm into mainstream adoption, it will be powered by Linux.