CIO Insider: Control the Mobile Chaos

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December 06, 2005

Insider Feature: Control the Mobile Chaos
Wireless devices are multiplying, making people more
productive... and creating enormous management, support
and security headaches for CIOs. You need a plan for
juggling these new gadgets.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8842&PMID=42348473&s=2&f=1

Also in this issue of the Insider:
1. Executive Coach: How to Do More With the IT You've Got
2. Alarmed: Digital (Shopping) Divide
3. Sound Off: The World's Worst IT Organization
4. Podcast: CIO Week in Review
5. From the Editor: Bah, Humbug!

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1. Executive Coach: How to Do More With the IT You've Got
IT's capacity for growth and change lies within its architecture.
Find out how to get your money's worth with an ever-changing
technology environment, while improving IT-business alignment.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8743&PMID=42348473&s=2&f=1

2. Alarmed: Digital (Shopping) Divide
Doing online retail business internationally is full of pitfalls.
Foremost among them, how do you know if the buyer is legit?
Columnist Sarah Scalet asks the same thing and ponders how much
attention CIOs should pay to where Web traffic originates.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8843&PMID=42348473&s=2&f=1

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This section of the CIO Insider is sponsored by Symantec

Why proactive patch management? Webcast explains

Vulnerabilities are on the rise and exploits are
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Find out how a proactive approach to patch management can help.

http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8847&PMID=42348473&s=2&f=1
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3. Sound Off: The World's Worst IT Organization
Enough with the best practices to pursue -- tell us the worst
practices to avoid. Tom Wailgum points out some Darwinian
business blunders, but we want to know what you think.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8844&PMID=42348473&s=2&f=1

4. Podcast: CIO Week in Review
The latest WiR features Eben Moglen, chair of the software
freedom law center and general counsel to the Free Software
Foundatin, on version 3.0 of the GNU Public License for open
source. Also, CIO's Christoper Koch interviews Laurie Orlov,
VP and Research Director at Forrester. Listen in or subscribe.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8228&PMID=42348473&s=2&f=1

5. From the Editor: Bah, Humbug!
Managing Editor David Rosenbaum knows that the holidays are
supposed to be the best of times, but if you're honest with
yourself, you know they also be the worst.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8845&PMID=42348473&s=2&f=1

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