Tech Decision Maker

Archive: 01-2012

• A new type of mobile: CRM messaging platforms for B-to-C and B-to-B

  Louisville, Ky.-based Rede App contends that CIOs and IT managers are being pushed to embrace mobile interfaces for a variety of audiences that deliver on customer engagement.

  Posted by Dawn Marie Yankeelov | January 30, 2012, 9:24 AM PST

• VDI: Check your expectations before moving ahead

  VDI has the potential to transform the way that you manage the desktop, but there are some realities that need to be faced before you take the plunge.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | January 25, 2012, 5:03 AM PST

• Dear Thorsten: An open letter

  Gina Smith pens a letter to Thorsten Heins, the new CEO of RIM with what’s he’s going to have to do to turn the company around.

  Posted by Gina Smith | January 24, 2012, 4:14 AM PST

• RIM's new CEO may not have what's needed

  This week’s announcement from Research in Motion didn’t exactly cause a new buyer’s rush for its stock. In this blog executive and leadership coach John M McKee offers the new...

  Posted by John McKee | January 24, 2012, 4:03 AM PST

• What to do with the underutilized genius on your staff

  While having brilliant players on your team can be advantageous, that doesn’t mean they’re easy to manage.

  Posted by Ellen Berry | January 24, 2012, 3:11 AM PST

• Office 365 and the future of Cloud

  Patrick Gray talks about how hosted infrastructure is now within reach of even the smallest companies, and how it will evolve.

  Posted by Patrick Gray | January 23, 2012, 11:26 AM PST

• What will a new gTLD do for retail IT?

  The application process for new generic-top level domains (gTLDs) has opened and continues through April 12, 2012. What should retail IT keep in mind?

  Posted by Dawn Marie Yankeelov | January 23, 2012, 5:36 AM PST

• BYOD is the new buzz in the retail enterprise

  At the National Retail Federation’s Big Show this week, every flavor of device seemed to have its place in the enterprise management conversation.

  Posted by Dawn Marie Yankeelov | January 19, 2012, 10:01 AM PST

• Where SOPA supporters went wrong

  What SOPA supporters and lawmakers didn’t realize was that the law provided a howitzer-sized deterrent to a peashooter problem.

  Posted by Patrick Gray | January 19, 2012, 7:34 AM PST

• Retail IT: Scan and swipe not enough

  From the packed show floor of the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in NYC this week, retail IT is bursting with exciting challenges from global payments to the right middleware for trusted...

  Posted by Dawn Marie Yankeelov | January 18, 2012, 1:56 PM PST