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• Acer Challenging Dell As No. 2 PC Maker March 10, 2010
  Dell's decision not to lower prices to capture market share may have hurt, as only 0.2 of a percentage point separated it from the No. 3 spot in 2009 PC shipments.
• Global CIO Quick Take: 100 Questions Your Boss Asks March 10, 2010
  Column about list of 100 questions that general managers always think about, from management consultant Patty Azzarello.
• 5 Reasons To Raise CIO's Pay March 10, 2010
  The 30-year-old CIO of a Chicago-area public school district has a salary of $96,000 and until recently earned an additional $24,000 by serving as school-board treasurer. When the district's teachers accepted pay cuts due to budget limitations, they carped about the $24,000 stipend—so the CIO gave it up, but requested the board consider increasing his […]
• Global CIO: How CEOs See Cloud Computing March 10, 2010
  Column about a conversation between a CEO and a CIO about the power of cloud computing to reduce IT costs, accelerate processes and product development, and create opportunities to increase revenue.
• White House Plans Innovation Prize Platform March 9, 2010
  The government plans to release a Web-based platform for federal agencies to use prizes and challenges to crowdsource innovative approaches to government problems.
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• Sony Sets Aggressive 3D TV Target March 9, 2010
  If the company hits its sales goals -- 2.5 million 3-D televisions and 67% more TVs overall -- its TV business will be profitable for the first time in seven years.
• Microsoft Cloud Gets $1 Billion Delivery From Domino's March 9, 2010
  Last month, Domino's Pizza online-orders revenue topped $1 billion since the new channel was launched. With online orders now accounting for 20% of Domino's total revenue and that, uh, slice of the revenue pie expected to grow, Domino's wants to put it all in Microsoft's cloud. But Microsoft's not ready yet, and it appears that the […]
• Global CIO: Ballmer's Cloud Commitment Makes Microsoft Relevant Again March 9, 2010
  Column about Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's speech at the University of Washington in which he declared his company's full and unconditional commitment to cloud computing.
• CIOs Explain How to Thrive Under Pressure March 8, 2010
  Running IT organizations with thousands of employees and budgets of tens of millions of dollars takes wit and wisdom, especially today, and some CIOs at Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders conference this week shared both, perhaps none better than LaVerne Council, the CIO at Johnson & Johnson.