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• In Pictures: 10 competitors Cisco couldn’t kill off

  Some companies actually thrived while Cisco knocked off most of its competitors.

• What CIOs need to know about software defined networking

  Software defined networking applies the abstraction concepts of hardware virtualisation to networking infrastructure. This works well for cloud implementations, which need significant configuration and planning. But SDN and network virtualisation may still be too immature for prime time.

• Three CIO Strategies for Going Global

  When these companies went global, they leveraged IT to unify, localize and lay the foundation for future growth

• IPv6: A new headache or huge opportunity?

  The IPv4 internet address schema has been around for a long time -- pretty much since the beginning of the internet, says Murray Milner, NZ IPv6 Task Force. And while there are still IPv4 addresses available, the supply is inevitably running out.

• Tablet shipments to outpace laptops in 2013, NPD says

  New tablet shipments will outnumber laptops for the first time in 2013, as touch display capabilities drive buying patterns rather than new operating systems like Windows 8 and Windows RT, research firm NPD DisplaySearch reported on Monday.

• Five ways to improve your enterprise social networking strategy

  Enterprise social networking software, which offers social media capabilities adapted for workplace collaboration like employee profiles, activity streams, microblogging and document sharing, has evolved from a "nice to have" to a "should have" status in enterprises.

• Employees still use online file sharing, even if companies prohibit its use

  While most corporations have strict policies against using consumer-class file sharing and collaboration services because they are not secure, employees still regularly use them because they are convenient and easy to use, a survey finds

• Why VPN logs don't measure worker performance

  Yahoo recently made waves when CEO Marissa Mayer revoked all work-from-home arrangements and mandated that employees show up at the office. However, the real-world data Mayer reportedly based her decision upon is not a valid metric for work-from-home performance.

• Yahoo CEO Mayer checked VPN logs before banning home working

  Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer came up with her controversial and hugely unfashionable policy of outlawing home working after doing something almost unheard of for a US CEO – she checked the VPN logs to see whether anyone was slacking.

• Mega reloaded

  Many Silicon Valley startups -- and some global technology companies -- trace their beginnings to a garage, or a university dormitory room.

• What CEOs expect from enterprise technology in 2013

  CEOs are responsible for directing high-level strategy and ensuring growth and long-term viability. For those who run publicly traded companies, exceeding shareholder and market expectations is always top of mind. That is why sustainability -- the capacity to ensure business success in the present while preserving the ability to do the same in the future -- will be a primary focus for CEOs in 2013.

• CIO succession: Promote from within vs. hire an outsider

  Tapping an outsider can bring fresh perspective and experience to the CIO's office, but it also can have a negative effect on companies' efforts to develop IT management talent internally

• CIOs Say Corporate Directors Are Clueless About IT

  Our exclusive research shows that boards of directors still don't understand the role that IT can play in driving business innovation. It's the CIO's job to change that.

• BYOD resistance loosening but security practices lacking

  A survey of 650 information and security professionals about how the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend is impacting their organizations finds one-quarter of them forbid use of personally owned devices such as smartphones and tablets on the network. However, the majority that do often lack meaningful policies or security controls related to these devices.

• Social networking, ignorance, and apathy

  There's an old joke: What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? Answer: I don't know and I don't care.