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• The 11 biggest issues IT faces today

  From securing IoT to retraining IT talent to finding new revenue streams, CIOs have more than their share of concerns keeping them up at night

• Transformation requires making big bets: EMC’s Jon Peirce

  EMC's senior VP, IT, Jon Peirce talks about moving the technology company’s own IT function from a ‘regulated monopoly’ to provider of competitive advantage.

• When the IoT meets your IT department…

  The key question to ask before plunging your organisation into the IoT sea.

• Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, backs off 'karma' advice to women about pay

  One hundred and forty characters weren't enough space for Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, to backpedal from comments he made at a women-in-computing conference, so he took to his firm's website.

• White House's new IT engineer is sharp, witty, and blunt

  If the White House learned one thing from the Healthcare.gov debacle, it was that the website needs clear-thinking people who can see a problem for what it is. Mikey Dickerson may just be that person.

• Secrets to CIO Longevity

  Enterprises that keep the same CIO in place for years -- and even decades -- have a unique culture of collaboration and consistency.

• Afraid of the Cloud? How to handle your fears

  A study released this week shows that 73 per cent of IT executives believe cloud providers are hiding performance problems.

• IT shops losing control over technology

  A survey of more than 1,000 C-level executives shows that IT organizations are losing control over new technology adoption at their companies but are still held accountable for integrating the technologies securely into their company's infrastructure.

• Nadella wins praise for public debut as CEO

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's first public appearance last week was a hit with analysts, who gave him a thumbs up for his time on stage as the company unveiled Office for iPad.

• In surprise move, Symantec fires CEO Bennett

  For the second time in less than two years, Symantec Corp. has a new chief executive officer.

• McGovern recalled as 'a catalyst of the computer industry'

  In June 1967, when Patrick J. McGovern published the first issue of Computerworld it did something different. It reported on the computing industry from a user perspective.

• More top-tier Microsoft execs head to the exit

  Two of Microsoft's top executives will leave the company, including its head of marketing and the former CEO of Skype.

• Are CIOs losing power?

  A new study by Forrester illuminates the changing IT landscape, finding that the share of IT projects primarily or exclusively run by IT department will decline from 55 per cent in 2009 to 47 per cent in 2015.

• Nadella's $40M portfolio puny compared to Ballmer's

  Microsoft disclosed new CEO Satya Nadella's stock holdings -- both those he now controls and a larger number he has coming to him -- at 1.1 million shares, with a paper value of nearly $40 million.

• Microsoft stays in-house, taps Nadella as new CEO

  Microsoft today ended its five-month CEO search where it began as it named insider Satya Nadella its third-ever chief executive.