Stories by Ann Bednarz

IT salaries rise, bonuses get bigger

After two straight years of flat wages, tech pros finally got a bump in 2011.

Walmart shuffles IT execs, names new CIO

Walmart shuffled its top IT executives last week, promoting CIO Rollin Ford to the position of chief administrative officer for the retail giant. Karenann Terrell, previously assistant CIO, is the new CIO, effective Feb. 1.

Qualcomm CEO's pay jumps 23% to $21.7 million

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs received compensation valued at $21.72 million last year, according to documents filed yesterday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. His total package is up 23% from 2010, when he netted compensation worth $17.63 million.

U.S. losing high-tech jobs, R&D dominance to Asia

U.S. companies are locating more of their research and development operations overseas, and Asian countries are rapidly increasing investments in their own science and technology economies, the National Science Board (NSB) reported this week.

Pictures: 25 useful iPad business apps

Need to take care of business? These iPad apps will help you get the job done.

Apple CEO Cook receives $376 million stock award

Apple granted Tim Cook a “promotion and retention award” valued at $376 million when he took over as CEO in August, the company revealed in its 2012 proxy statement, filed Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Consumerisation creates IT management blind spots, increases business risk: survey

As end users bring their own devices to work, download apps and sign up for cloud services, it's getting harder for IT to maintain application visibility and control performance. In addition to introducing IT management blind spots, trends such as consumeristion, mobility and cloud computings are also increasing business risk, according to a survey of CIOs from around the world.

Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012

Despite some hopeful fits and starts, the U.S. economy didn't escape the doldrums in 2011. Unemployment remained stubbornly high, the U.S. debt-ceiling crisis and budget scuffles spurred more economic uncertainty, and Europe's ongoing financial problems threatened global markets. If there's an upside, at least it's familiar territory.

Business incubators tap university talent

Across the U.S., research and technology parks are playing a role in job creation and driving economic growth. These business incubators for emerging companies, typically in the science, healthcare and technology fields, are often affiliated with universities, which are prime sources for new ideas and fresh talent in need of a place to grow.

Gartner predictions for 2012: More Cloud, consumerisation, loss of IT control

IT budgets and responsibilities are moving out of the control of IT departments and into the hands of others, thanks to trends such as consumerisation and cloud computing, Gartner says in its vision for 2012 and the coming years.

Chrome takes No. 2 browser spot from Firefox

Google's Chrome has narrowly overtaken Mozilla's Firefox as the second most popular desktop browser behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which is holding onto its market-leading share of the market, according to one Web analytics firm.

Cyber Monday sales break record, surpass $1.25 billion

Consumers took full advantage of Cyber Monday deals, racking up a record-breaking $1.25 billion worth of online purchases on the first business day of the week following Thanksgiving.

Cyber Monday outlook: $1 billion in sales expected

Industry watchers expect online sales to surpass $1 billion today, Cyber Monday.

Holiday e-commerce spending set to grow 15%

Based on the first three weeks of November, comScore is forecasting 15% growth in e-commerce spending for the 2011 holiday season.

Tech's highest-paid CEOs, biggest raises and smallest salaries

Before the new year rolls in, we're recapping the tech industry's top earners, biggest CEO bonuses, fattest raises, priciest perks and smallest salary earners, calculated from our analysis of 36 tech companies' 2011 proxy statements.