Inside CIOs' Investing Decisions

PALO ALTO, Calif. ? Even executives at large technology companies can find themselves challenged about when and where to invest in the latest gadgets, software and IT improvements. "One thing we contend with all the time is being presented with innovations that don't solve a problem we have," said Colleen Berube, vice president of enterprise applications at Adobe Systems. "We have to make a decision on what's actually worth making an investment in." Berube joined a panel of tech execs at the AlwaysOn Summit here about where CIOs are putting their IT investment dollars. Moderator Al Delattre, a partner at tech consultancy Accenture, joked that we may be in for another round of products and services with an 'e' or 'i' before their name "to make it sound cooler" rather than truly useful innovation. One hot trend that did get a... [read full story]