Business Operations

Introducing the Safe Social Media Background Check

Social Intelligence, a California-based startup that conducts background checks on employees' social networking activity, claims to protect job seekers' privacy on the Web and to limit employers' exposure to employment discrimination s

BHP Billiton loses key CIO to overseas port

Social Networks: A New Hotbed for Hiring Discrimination Claims

As corporate recruiters and hiring managers turn to social networking websites to source and screen candidates for jobs, what constitutes illegal discrimination? Find out what information about job seekers gleaned from social networking websites you

How the Cloud Can Turn Toxic

Technology attorney Matthew Karlyn tells CIOs how to avoid poisonous cloud contracts

TransGrid begins business process modelling project

Australia lagging in government Cloud adoption: Ovum

Do Not Track: Is Government Intervention Necessary?

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission made clear it endorses an online do-not-track tool, while Republican lawmakers and tech companies think a congressional mandate is unnecessary.

Emerging Tech: Social Commerce Fills the Shopping Cart

Are your investments in social networks paying off? Get ready for a new way of e-business.

New Rules for Employees’ Mobile Device Privacy

How CIOs should adjust their privacy policies to conform to the Supreme Courtu2019s decision on monitoring employeesu2019 text messages.

New guide pushes IT governance to SMEs