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Toni Bowers

Toni Bowers
Toni Bowers is the Head Blogs Editor of TechRepublic and award-winning blogger for the Career Management blog.
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    Why you want politics and infighting

    Most people prefer to work in an organization without infighting or politics. In this blog John M McKee offers a different perspective and suggests that internal conflict may be what's needed to...

    Posted by John McKee | February 15, 2012, 9:31 AM PST | Latest comment by AnsuGisalas

  • 1

    The rise of the app store, and the frustrated enterprise

    The BYOD movement can be challenging for CIOs in a number of ways. Scott Lowe has some suggestions for how to handle it.

    Posted by Scott Lowe | February 15, 2012, 8:04 AM PST

  • 7

    The dangers of unintended consequences

    Sometimes IT, with its tendency to build rules and validations, can also generate inflexible systems that leave users ill-equipped to do their jobs.

    Posted by Patrick Gray | February 14, 2012, 4:50 AM PST | Latest comment by Marc Jellinek

  • 14

    NASA: Powering down the last mainframe

    With the consumerization of IT, legacy systems are going the way of U.S. manned spaceflight. NASA shuts down its last mainframe -- a two-ton, 56 square-foot monster running Red Hat Enterprise...

    Posted by Gina Smith | February 13, 2012, 5:18 AM PST | Latest comment by Grumpy_IT_bod

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    Vendors bypassing the CIO: Six ways to stop it

    When a vendor goes straight to the end user with the sales process, it puts IT in a bad position. Here's how the CIO can stop this behavior.

    Posted by Scott Lowe | February 10, 2012, 4:49 AM PST | Latest comment by dckane

  • 0

    Chrome 17 and Chrome Android Beta to fight malware? They'd better

    This week Google made two major moves to address the growing malware problem on mobile in general and on its Chrome and Android, in particular.

    Posted by Gina Smith | February 9, 2012, 1:12 PM PST

  • 15

    Changing demographics require new leadership styles

    The role of women in the organization is changing and the role of men in the home has shifted. John M. McKee explains why these changes are the beginning of a new model that will be with us for...

    Posted by John McKee | February 7, 2012, 4:06 AM PST | Latest comment by johnagno

  • 5

    Four Social Media IT rules to live by

    The majority of big companies don't have a social media department or employee designated just to deal with social media. That means the buck stops with you. Here's how to come up with a plan in...

    Posted by Gina Smith | February 7, 2012, 4:01 AM PST | Latest comment by NAOWAKE

  • 3

    How to find out what you don't know

    If you feel you know everything about your organization and its strengths and deficiencies, it's not the end of the world. In fact, it's the only way to fix things.

    Posted by Patrick Gray | February 6, 2012, 8:28 AM PST | Latest comment by RMSx32767

  • 15

    Why do CIOs still need technical skills?

    Scott Lowe says CIOs need to be business leaders first and technologists second, but there needs to be a good balance.

    Posted by Scott Lowe | February 1, 2012, 12:02 PM PST | Latest comment by Pete6677

  • 2

    The impact of Facebook's IPO on enterprise computing

    Patrick Gray talks about what impact Facebook’s IPO may have for enterprise computing and the larger world of social networking and computing in general.

    Posted by Patrick Gray | February 1, 2012, 9:40 AM PST | Latest comment by jdm12@...

  • 0

    ITIL 101: Capacity management sub-processes

    Capacity management is complex. In this blog, its sub-processes are explained.

    Posted by Abhinav Kaiser | February 1, 2012, 5:24 AM PST

  • 0

    IBM buys Worklight, focuses on software to help manage BYOD trend

    IBM showed it's as concerned as most enterprises are about the so-called bring-in-your-own-devices trend by purchasing Worklight, a company that offers software for managing mobile devices.

    Posted by Gina Smith | February 1, 2012, 5:22 AM PST

  • 0

    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

  • 2

    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 | Latest comment by Dan Cote - Virtual Computer

  • 7

    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 | Latest comment by gaborvida

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    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 CEO some advice.

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

  • 61

    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 | Latest comment by RMSx32767

  • 14

    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 | Latest comment by davidmartinomalley

  • 3

    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 | Latest comment by UnitedDomains

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