Month: April 2012

IT investments deliver profits, study finds

Spending on revenue-enhancing IT systems more beneficial than focusing on streamlining processes to cut costs Investing in IT departments can have a big impact on a firm’s profits, more so than similar spending on R&D and some marketing endeavors, according to a team of university reasearchers. The researchers reached their conclusions after examining the IT […]

Microsoft counted as key Linux contributor, for now anyway

Microsoft’s work on the Hyper-V driver accounted for a significant chunk of recent Linux kernel development For the first time ever, and probably only temporarily, Microsoft can be counted as a key contributor to Linux. The company, which once portrayed the open-source OS kernel as a form of cancer, has been ranked 17th on a […]

Leaving IT may be your best IT career path

The best way to ensure a successful IT career in the long run may be to go off the IT reservation. That was my takeaway from the Career Without Boundaries session at the Computerworld Premier 100 conference. The panelists didn’t come right out and say that. But the IT executives on the stage all had […]

Google Drive will offer 5GB of free storage, leak suggests

Google’s cloud storage service rumored for release next monthIt looks as though Google will offer users 5GB of free cloud storage space on its new Drive service. According to a leaked image obtained by the Talk Android blog, Google Drive will give users “5GB from the start” with the ability to “upgrade to get more […]

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