IT organizations that fail to gain traction as leaders in business innovation may soon end up as nothing more than legacy ERP system baby sitters. CIOs need to move up the food chain quickly -- or move on.

X1, the innovative desktop search vendor that rose to prominence a decade ago, has reinvented itself once again. With today's release of X1 Search Client 8, the company has refocused on the enterprise and hopes to cash in by providing an enterprise desktop search alternative that rolls in support for SharePoint files -- and a version that's compatible with virtual desktops.

When some Windows apps install they also push out major updates to your machine's operating system, often without asking first. It's a funny way to do business.

You developed software customizations for a reason. Don't just dump them for the sake of simplification and standardization, argues CIO Eric Robinson

In 1971 just 14% of all bachelor's degrees in computer science went to women. By 1984 that number had jumped to 37% before beginning a spectacular decline to just 18% in 2011. What happened?

Management was nervous about moving to WordPress, an open source content management system,to power Carlton University's website, but the proprietary CMS wasn't keeping up. Here's how manager of web services Danny Brown closed the deal.

Chinese intellectual property theft is a bigger threat to U.S. national security than potential cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, says Richard Bejtlich, chief security officer at Mandiant Corp. Here's why.

After six months with my Galaxy Nexus phone I can honestly say I love it. And I hate it. I bought the Nexus because it uses an unadulterated version of Android (most vendors customize Android with their own look and feel) -- and because I loved the screen. I still do, but...

The 2013 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader awards focus on accomplishments, but it's often the mistakes - and the lessons learned along the way -- they got these IT executives to where they are today. Award winner Joseph Eckroth, senior vice president and CIO for The Hertz Corp, shares two stories of failure and redemption that shaped his career.

How do you push a large organization like MasterCard WorldWide to innovate rapidly, embrace potentially disruptive technologies and defend its turf from startups? To begin you need the full support of the CEO and all of the business unit presidents, says chief innovation officer and Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader Gary Lyons. But that's not nearly enough.