Stories by Lauren Brousell

Numbers You Need to Know: Employees Take Tech to Work

More than ever, workers want to take advantage of the <a href="http://www.theinfoboom.com/articles/the-complicated-new-face-of-personal-computing/">technology they use in their everyday lives</a> to help them do their jobs better. Forrester Research's first-quarter Forrsights for Business Technology survey shows that although the practice isn't widespread, employees are increasingly using applications and devices for work that have not been approved by their companies.

5 things you need to know about videoconferencing

Your office is now optional. A recent study from Infonetics Research projects that enterprises will spend $5 billion on videoconferencing and telepresence by 2015. To accommodate the need for instant connectivity and information sharing at the office, CIOs need to coordinate IT investments with physical space. Vendors like Polycom and Steelcase are teaming up to integrate audio, video and file sharing using multiple ports and display screens at office meeting tables.

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