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• iPad Fever Hits SAP: 17,000 Units In Next 12 Months September 8, 2010
  SAP intends to dramatically expand its iPad rollout from the 1,500 employees who have the devices today to 17,000 by this time next year, equalling about 35% of SAP's global workforce, says computing.co.uk. And, not coincidentally, 17,000 iPads would match the number of Blackberries currently in use across the company.
• Global CIO: In Hurd's Wake, An Ugly Ending For Oracle's Charles Phillips September 8, 2010
  Larry Ellison's farewell rationale for Phillips' awkward departure just doesn't add up. And I think Mark Hurd better watch his back.
• Lawsuit Shows HP Sees Hurd As Primal Threat September 7, 2010
  Hewlett-Packards reaction to the move by its former CEO, Mark Hurd, to the upper ranks of Oracle Corp. is one of sound and fury, but mostly fear.
• Global CIO: Chevron CIO Wrings Value Out Of Existing IT September 7, 2010
  A conversation with Chevron CIO Louie Ehrlich on IT opportunity and reshaping the role of the CIO.
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• Global CIO: Resurrecting Mark Hurd: Larry Ellison's War With IBM September 7, 2010
  One month after resigning in disgrace from HP, Hurd joins Ellison's pursuit of IBM. Here are Hurd's top 10 challenges.
• Top 20 Android Productivity Apps September 7, 2010
  Android handsets are pouring onto the market every day and there's a deluge of Android apps competing to fills those screens. To sort through the storm surge of app choices, we've trolled through the Android Market to hauled in 20 Android apps that no business user should be without.
• Global CIO: Larry Ellison And Mark Hurd: The Job Interview September 6, 2010
  A fly on the wall overhears the final stages of Ellison's conversation with Hurd to have the former HP CEO join Oracle as President of Systems.
• iPad Love Hits 1,000 At SAP September 4, 2010
  Extending the iPad phenomenon from its high-profile executives to mainstream employees, SAP is equipping 1,000 of its workers with iPads running a range of enterprise applications, including SAP's own BusinessObjects BI tools, reports winshuttle.com.
• Nationwide Taps 'Citizen Developers' For Faster Apps September 3, 2010
  A team outside IT builds small apps that wouldn't be economical with a robust development process.