U.K.-based cash-transport firm G4S is trusting the security of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service to keep safe the application that tracks where the money is as it travels to and from customers and the company's vaults in armored trucks.

Small company, big ambitions. Sounds like the classic entrepreneurial dream -- but what if it means you bear the burden of big-company regulatory or standards compliance?

For a self-described "Mac person" working as a technology manager in a college preparatory school that had been a "Mac school" for as long as he could remember, it was a hard thing to have to face but he said it out loud: "Apple never took enterprise computing seriously," says a somewhat disillusioned Adam Gerson, co-director of technology at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York City.

In an experiment that began in January, decommissioned Trinity Health servers, networking gear and storage systems have been running outdoors in a simple shed without failure. Takeaway: IT equipment appears to be a lot tougher than conventional wisdom says. Insider (registration required)

Michael Dent, CISO of Fairfax County Government in Virginia, created an enterprise-wide IT security program with a fraction of the budget he requested. Here's what he did.

A data-breach-investigations report issued by Verizon earlier this year found 71 percent of all hacking attacks on business take place using remote access or desktop service.

When auto parts supplier Inteva Products LLC spun out from its parent company Delphi in 2008, CIO Dennis Hodges was left standing in a heap of legacy ERP equipment.

Clearspring, developer of the ubiquitous AddThis platform, offers an example of how to use social media to maximize efficiency and drive productivity

Global organizations often face the challenge of distributed IT environments and, consequently, duplicated effort when it comes to IT. And it was this scenario that Chris Haaker, faced as principle architect at Reed Elsevier.

MillerCoors is using enterprise mentoring and social learning software in an effort to help far-flung female salespeople feel less isolated and more part of a cohesive team.

Ratiopharm Canada and its new parent company see improvements in service levels and manufacturing cycle times.