Despite the emergence of improved IT management tools over the past decade, CIOs continue to grapple with the same IT challenges they dealt with five and even 10 years ago. Which can make a CEO wonder: “When are we going to get there?” No one ever claimed that managing corporate IT systems was easy, or without its fare share of tumult, or for the faint of heart. But during the past decade, as better IT tools... 

For all the hype and some pockets of success, RFID’s time in the mainstream sun remains five to 10 years off, analysts say. CIO.com’s Thomas Wailgum uncovers a few bright spots–and examines what’s stopping some businesses from making the most of RFID. For the past 10 years, radio-frequency identification (RFID) has followed the classic buzzword trajectory that is typically a blessing and a curse... 

Acer may be the first manufacturer out of the gate with a Google Chrome OS netbook in the second half of next year, according to the latest Internet rumors. JT Wang, the computer manufacturer’s chairman recently told DigiTimes that he was confident his company would be “the first vendor to launch [a] Chrome-based netbook” by next year. Acer’s interest in bringing a Chrome-based network to market...