Enterprise Software

Project management experts discuss sure-fire ways to delay or derail a project and -- more importantly -- how you can avoid these common project management pitfalls.

The kids may have moved on, but business users love (and hate) their email. Here's why we can't kick the habit.

On top of hardware savings, enterprises using SaaS HR say they spend less on support.

An organizational discipline, now being applied at the Department of Veterans Affairs, aims to create enterprises that can respond dynamically to customer demands because their structure is adapted to fit their mission and goals.

The CIOs for the London Olympics, President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign and other short-lived but intense operations know how to run successful IT shops in extraordinary situations -- and their insights can be applied in even the most ordinary of conditions. Insider (registration required)

AV companies have been at war with the bad guys for much of the last two decades. And guess what? The bad guys won. Now that the days of antivirus software being in the front line of defense against malware are over, what companies are ready to step in and take up arms against sophisticated attacks and malware? Here are five to keep your eye on.

Some companies are going whole-hog with mobile apps, including for some core line-of-business functions.

Building a solid business case for a tech project means nailing the financial calculations and language.

A good--or bad--project manager can make the difference between a project coming in on time and on budget and it being a failure. How can you spot a good project manager? CIO.com talked to experts and IT executives to find out.

The end of each year sparks an occasion for rumination on the past, as well as a longing gaze into the future. We shined up our crystal ball, rubbed our chin for a while, and sought opinions from industry analysts on what the future holds for the enterprise software market.

Sure, plenty of enterprise software projects go just fine and end up giving customers all the things vendors promise: lower operating costs, streamlined operations and happier users.