innovation

Gartner predicts half of all organizations responsible for innovation will use "gamification" as a way to encourage fresh ideas and teamwork. What the heck,it worked on the playground.

He doesn't come right out and say it, but Leo Apotheker thinks former Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd left him a fine mess to clean up.

The Wall Street Journal

Innovation is a tricky thing. If a technology scouting team's "find" mandate is too narrow, you're likely to miss valuable options. If it's too broad, you end up exploring too many options that are never going to fly. In addition to technical needs, smart technology scouts should consider these two factors: organizational capacity to absorb external options and the expected time horizon for investment.

With less than one-third of IT spending targeted towards new projects and innovation, the last thing an organization wants to do is cut these valuable projects that add new business value. Yet many CIOs miss opportunities to effectively reduce IT costs, says Tim Raducha-Grace, co-author of 'The Business of IT', because they don't have a clear view of their IT spending. Here he offers three steps to understand and reduce your IT costs

Cisco's contest to develop applications for a new Linux-based module drew contestants from all over the world.