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State terminates contract with Healthcare.gov contractor over tax software system

North Carolina has already paid CGI $63.8 million for the tax-collection system

Jan 16, 2014 3 mins

Foiled! How to beat software vendors’ sneaky price increases

Between complex licenses and the cloud, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP have lots of ways to hike up prices. Here's how to fight back

By Robert L. Scheier

Jan 13, 2014 11 mins

IBM IT Strategy Technology Industry

Global IT spending outlook ‘better but subpar’ for 2014, Forrester says

Growth will pick up even more in 2015, particularly for software, according to a new report

By Chris Kanaracus

Jan 2, 2014 3 mins

CIO Enterprise IT Strategy

Data discovery to become main focus of BI vendors, Gartner says

Half of all BI (business intelligence) implementations will incorporate machine data streams by 2017, according to a new report

By Chris Kanaracus

Dec 16, 2013 2 mins

Big Data CIO Enterprise

Avon halts work on global SAP implementation

A pilot program in Canada 'caused significant business disruption'

By Chris Kanaracus

Dec 12, 2013 3 mins

CIO ERP Systems IT Strategy

The worst IT project disasters of 2013

The Healthcare.gov rollout leads a pack of painful projects

By Chris Kanaracus

Dec 10, 2013 5 mins

CIO IBM Technology Industry

Google, Amazon reveal their secrets of scalability

As large IT systems scale to unforeseen levels of complexity, new laws of effective management come into play

By Joab Jackson

Nov 27, 2013 6 mins

CIO Data Center IT Strategy

California sues SAP over failed payroll software project

The project dates back to 2005 and has cost taxpayers more than $250 million so far

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 22, 2013 3 mins

CIO ERP Systems IT Strategy

Salesforce.com customers making broader investments, survey says

The 'State of Salesforce' report arrives days before the cloud vendor's annual Dreamforce conference

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 14, 2013 3 mins

CIO CRM Systems Small and Medium Business

County seeking new software vendor to replace SAP system

Marin County will favor 'tier two' ERP vendors in the second go-round

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 1, 2013 5 mins

CIO ERP Systems IT Strategy