How Major IT project go wrong and the challenges of being CIO

Why Major IT Projects Go Bad
So many large-scale IT projects go wrong for the same set of reasons over and over again, which has now happened often enough that the amount of pressure on CIOs these days is reaching a breaking point. One of the top priorities for many CIOs, of course, is to control IT spending right now as the economy continues to force IT organizations to delay major projects and everybody on the staff is afraid for their jobs.

Hewlett-Packard CEO Says Tough Times Are Still with Us
Although IT services was a substantial bright spot, the rest of the company's financial results show it's a tough time to be selling any type of product. And now HP is dealing with a substantial recall of batteries for its laptops as well. On the postive side, HP has renewed a partnership with Microsoft for enhanced unified communications and agreed to continue cross-licensing patents with each other.

AT&T Looks to Take on Amazon with Cloud Storage Service
One of the world's biggest telecommunications providers wants to challenge Amazon cloud computing service, which has just been extended with new management capabilities, and EMC, which is also now looking to be a bigger factor in the cloud.. Elsewhere, AT&T said its planning a new IT services to support Netbook systems that are quickly becoming all the rage in IT. The AT&T move, however, drew an immediate response from Verizon.

Energy Star Ratings for Servers Make Their Debut
There may be some flaws with the current Energy Star ratings, but they do represent a step in the right direction. In the meantime, companies such as Emulex and Intelicloud are driving visions for the next generation of data centers. In the meantime, if you need some tips on how to make your data center more efficient, click here.

Cisco Pushes Framework for End-to-End Mobile Computing
The networking giant is looking to unify the fractured world of mobile computing with a management framework that spans wireless services to any number of smart phone devices. Elsewhere, Sybase has partnered with Samsung to create a new mobile computing platform as vendors come to realize that software is ultimately going to rule the day when it comes to mobile computing.

Ten Killer Business Applications for the iPhone
You can tell that the Apple iPhone is now a standard part of the business community now that distributors such as Tech Data are trying to help IT services companies build practices around the popular consumer device. In the meantime, AT&T is reportedly getting ready to lower service plan costs in anticipation of new iPhone releases.

Google Automates Language Translations for E-Mail
At the click of a button, users of Google's G-Mail service can now automatically translate an e-mail into 41 different languages. Now if they could only keep the services running 24 X 7.

Weighing the Impact of Federal Stimulus Spending in IT
As new tools debut that make it easier to track where all this Federal money is going, distributors such as Tech Data and Westcon have begun coaching IT services companies about helping their customers tap into this potential stream of funding.