[TechRepublic] From Big Blue to Best Buy?

IT Leadership TechRepublic Member | April 10, 2012

From Big Blue to Best Buy? For all but the most complex technologies, the source of innovation has shifted from companies like IBM to the wares on display at the local big-box electronics store. Coping with this shift will be a major challenge for IT leaders. Read more Resource of the day Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Leading experts from Gartner and Symantec break down the emerging information management challenges that organisations like yours face and, more importantly, offer solutions to address them. Watch this informative webcast now! Don't make self-promotion your only skill Personal branding is good--as long as you actually have some talent or skill other than just knowing how to market yourself. Read more Keep expectations realistic when moving to the cloud Thoran Rodrigues says you can be a cloud enthusiast, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't recognize its weaknesses. Ignore the hype and prepare for some problems, as you would with any IT solution. Read more Infographic: The total cost of website testing Sometimes the real costs of website testing are hidden. This infographic shows the areas to investigate further before springing for a website testing tool. Read more Three free apps to get the most out of your battery life Brandy Courtade highlights three free Android apps that, when used in conjunction with one another, help extend her smartphone battery life. Read more Featured multimedia   The digital universe that lives inside a supercomputer Researchers at the Institute of Computational Cosmology in the UK are using the Cosma 4 supercomputer to recreate the evolution of the universe from about 300,000 years after the Big Bang until the present day. View on site Today's recommended downloads Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) 2012 Cloud Storage Survey (Oracle) Introducing Microsoft Office 365 (Microsoft) Protect Critical Data in Physical & Virtual Environments (Quest Software) Connect with TechRepublic CIO Insights newsletter: Subscribe today! TechRepublic's CIO Insights newsletter highlights the world of technology and business from the point of view of CIOs, IT directors, and other senior tech professionals. The newsletter is launching soon, so go to our Newsletters page to subscribe to it today. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise

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