CIOs changing lives, changing the world 9 | Software licensing absurdity 12 | VMware’s hybrid cloud plan 18 | UC and mobility, united 29 | Dr. Dobb’s: Big data architecture 33 THE BUSINESS VALUE OF TECHNOLOGY MARCH 28, 2011 CYBERSECURITY As threats to critical infrastructure grow, businesses and government must do more—together By Erik Bataller p.21 How Wall Street’s doing it right p.26 informationweek.com [PLUS] APOTHEKER’S VISION HP’s software gap p.16 Why WebOS? p.46 Copyright 2011 United Business Media LLC. Important Note: This PDF is provided solelyCAN as$5.95, a reader US $4.95 service. It is not intended for reproduction or public distribution. For article reprints, e-prints and permissions please contact: Wright’s Reprints, 1-877-652-5295 / [email protected] COTHE BUSINESS VALUENT OF TECHNOLOGY ENMarch 28, 2011 Issue 1,295 TS [QUICKTAKES] 16 Apotheker’s Vision To deliver on its new CEO’s promises, HP needs more software 17 Count HP In On Cloud Data centers and outsourcing give HP a start, but its ambition is grand 18 VMware Goes Hybrid It tries to manage virtual machines inside and outside the firewall 19 Google Takes It Slower IT can now get Google Apps features at a more predictable pace What’s A Cloud OS? Ex-Amazoners lead startup Nimbula in new software category COVER STORY 21 Cybersecurity The public and private sectors must collaborate in new ways to 16 ward off dangerous threats 26 How Wall Street Does It Banks first balked at sharing security data with government, but now they’re getting it right informationweek.com March 28, 2011 1 [CONTENTS] 4 Research And Connect Reports, events, and more 9 Global CIO NPower and its CIO supporters are saving lives Come Together 29 UC and mobility initiatives 12 Secret CIO have been on different tracks, The current software licensing and that must stop situation is utter nonsense 13 Legal Matters Here’s some advice before you sign that software contract 33 Model For The Big Data Era Data-centric architecture is becoming fashionable again 41 Cloud Road Bumps Programming in the public cloud has its own set of problems Contacts 6 Editorial Contacts 14 CIO Profiles 6 Advertiser Index A delay in a startup launch taught this CIO to go with his gut 46 Practical Analysis HP CEO’s focus on WebOS is upcoming events: Enterprise 2.0 wrongheaded Attend Enterprise 2.0 to see the latest social business tools and technologies 48 Down To Business e2conf.com/boston Don’t dismiss tablet computers as mere hype June 20-23 in Boston INFORMATIONWEEK (ISSN 8750-6874) is published 22 times a year (once in January, July, August, November, and December; twice in February, March, April, and October; and three times in May, June, and September) by United Business Media LLC, 600 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030. 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