Author: Kim S Nash

Superstar CIOs See Bigger Paydays

There’s no sure formula for measuring the worth of a chief information officer. But we can gawk at what some superstars get paid. Baseline’s 2006

Hackers: A Terrible Resource to Waste

Christopher Maxwell, a 20-year-old in Vacaville, Calif., pleaded guilty last month in a Seattle federal court to hacking into hundreds of vulnerable computers in the

No. 33: Marvel Entertainment

More than 4,700 individuals rule Marvel Entertainment, including a 44-year-old man in a red and blue unitard. Spider-Man, along with the X-Men, Fantastic Four, Wolverine

Security Alert: When Bots Attack

The malicious code snuck through Auburn University’s firewall and onto one of the school’s lab PCs in an electronic message. On that September day in

Baseline’s 100 Smartest Companies

Computers manipulate numbers and track words better than people do. But they can’t think. They aren’t smart. Smartness is an animal trait and, for now,

Ensuring Success for Successors

I recently looked at 105 large U.S. companies that installed new chief information officers over the past four years. Nothing scientific, but I wanted to

Hyatt Corp: Serving It

A flagship property for the 213-Hotel Hyatt Corp., The Grand Hyatt New York rises beside the city’s Grand Central Terminal, all glass and elegance. Inside,