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Is Tech M&a Positioned for an Upturn?

If many U.S. deal-watchers have been shaking their heads at the lower overall numbers for technology-based merger transactions closing in the third quarter, there are some who believe that underlying trends carry hope for a potential revival of M&amp

29 Nov 2011 4 mins

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Uncovering Tech’s Most Peculiar Product Codenames

Tech companies go to painstaking lengths to keep new products confidential, which is why many of them assign "secret" product codenames. Here's an insider's look at some of the most unusual codenames, with themes ranging from feli

29 Nov 2011 1 min

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Big Data Can Yield Extra Profit

Using real-time data, instead of intuition, helps you meet the evolving needs of your high-value customers and earn an agility dividend

28 Nov 2011 4 mins

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CIOs Forge Vendor Collectives to Extract Business Benefits

Shell and other big businesses use their clout to get normally hyper-competitive vendors to work together on IT projects and reveal their R&D plans

28 Nov 2011 16 mins

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Rules of Engagement

How Shell gets 11 vendors to play nicely together

28 Nov 2011 2 mins

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Down with PowerPoint? Never!

In most organizations PowerPoint is a primary way to deliver information, but how should it be used and managed? CIO blogger Mark Gibbs has an answer, and it's a good one.

22 Nov 2011 4 mins

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