Yahoo on Tumblr: We won't 'screw it up'
Yahoo will now have to figure out how to grow Tumblr revenue without alienating its user base
Bart Perkins: Avoiding IT audit nightmares
IT's problems can draw unwanted notice now that Sarbanes-Oxley requires them to appear in 10-K reports as 'material weaknesses.'
Immigration reform may spur software robotics
A clampdown on visa use by offshore firms may prompt creative responses.
Skill shortages? Not if you pay or train
Companies in search of workers with the most sought-after IT skills may be better off investing in training programs for current workers than hiring new employees, according to IDC
CIOs' relationship with marketing is weak: survey
CIOs are not putting the same amount of effort into partnering with marketing as they are with finance and operations.
Panel: Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes
Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found.
Report: Yahoo board approves deal to buy Tumblr for US$1.1B
Rumours that Yahoo might be in talks to acquire the blogging site emerged last week
Larry Page: Deconstructing the sadness
Jason Snell analyzes Google CEO Larry Page's speech at Wednesday's Google I/O keynote.
Big data can increase competitiveness of businesses
60 percent of Cisco global study respondents agree big data improves decision making.
Gartner analysts on the ‘Nexus of Forces’
In Singapore, some Gartner analysts did some crystal ball gazing to share with CIOs their insights on the biggest forces impacting businesses today.
Paul Glen: The secret to keeping processes vital
As long as a problem seems present, gnarly and intractable, we enjoy following the process that solves it. But once the problem has been solved, it's not so interesting to us anymore.
IT's new concern: The personal cloud
Personal Cloud services are difficult to control, and users are adept at going around IT.
7 healthcare IT roles that are transforming tech careers
Healthcare IT is becoming one of the fastest growing areas in the job market as health service providers rush to get compliant and adopt new technologies.
BlackBerry chief eyes future dominance beyond smartphones
The key to BlackBerry's success lies beyond smartphones, says BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins.
Bill Gates recalls last conversation with Steve Jobs in emotional interview
The Microsoft co-founder spoke about Apple's late co-founder in an hour-long interview with CBS this week.
BLOGS
BLOG: Yahoo goes big and buys Tumblr
The Tumblr purchase has to be followed up with other moves to bolster its mobile and social strategies.
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CIO MANAGEMENT FOCUS
CAREERS
SAS Regional Director for Southeast Asia to lead Singapore market
Sudipta Sen now spearheads SAS business in Singapore, India and Thailand.
IT GOVERNANCE
Cyber experts fear escalation of attacks
Rear Admiral William Leigher, who is in charge of “information dominance” with the US Navy, says its networks see thousands of intrusion attempts every day.
LEADERSHIP AND MGMT
CIOs' relationship with marketing is weak: survey
CIOs are not putting the same amount of effort into partnering with marketing as they are with finance and operations.
LEGAL
Pirate Bay co-founder on trial in Sweden
The Pirate Bay has gone on trial, charged with hacking and stealing data from an IT services company with ties to the Swedish tax authority and other government agencies.
OUTSOURCING
How India's IT outsourcing leaders can stay on top
After a decade of double-digit growth, India's offshore IT outsourcing leaders must shift strategies if they want to continue to dominate in technology services as growth slows in a maturing market. Here are six things Indian outsourcers need to do to grow.
PROJECT MGMT
Guest View: The hidden costs of support
Sunil Desai, Director for Managed Services at Dimension Data Asia Pacific, points out that the bulk of support-related expenses fall outside the scope of traditional support offerings. It is important therefore to identify and eliminate 'hidden' expenses.
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APPLICATIONS
SAS Regional Director for Southeast Asia to lead Singapore market
Sudipta Sen now spearheads SAS business in Singapore, India and Thailand.
CLOUD COMPUTING
Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use
Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S.
DATA CENTER
NYSE Technologies expands network into Hong Kong and Tokyo
NYSE Technologies has extended its global trading network into Equinix’s International Business Exchange data centres in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
IMAGING AND PRINTING
Nanoscribe 3D-prints microscopic objects using freakin' laser beams
As cool as it is to be able to replicate just about any object you want using a 3D printer, the things you create can still look really rough, because the printers are not high-resolution. That is, the layers of plastic it lays down are not thin enough--think of it a little like the jaggies on a low-resolution computer screen.
INDUSTRIES
Despite Schmidt's timeline, Google may ship Glass in 2013
Google Glass on track to be officially released by end of this year, say sources
INTERNET
Zero-cost Web startup for Malaysian SMBs: Exabytes
Founded in Penang, Web hosting provider Exabytes rolls out a new website package under the national 'Get Malaysian Business Online' business grant initiative.
MOBILE AND WIRELESS
Despite Schmidt's timeline, Google may ship Glass in 2013
Google Glass on track to be officially released by end of this year, say sources
NETWORKING
Smartphones take center stage in two-factor authentication schemes
SecureAuth IdP wins test of 8 software-based authentication systems that deliver enterprise-level security.
OPERATING SYSTEMS
How to prepare for Windows 8 even though It's not coming to enterprises
Windows 8 won't be adopted as a standard at your business anytime soon, according to a new Forrester report. But that doesn't mean IT shouldn't prepare for it to sneak through the BYOD side door. Here are five ways to be ready for Windows 8.
SECURITY
Microsoft may be scanning your Skype messages
If you have any expectations about the privacy of your Skype communications, you may want to reassess them.
STORAGE
Western Digital releases its first 1.5TB mobile drive
HGST has announced its highest capacity 9.5mm-high mobile drive, a 1.5TB, three-platter model that is being targeted at the "prosumer" market.
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