Howard Baldwin

Sunnyvale, CA USA
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Professional Experience

I write about how companies, no matter what their size, use technology to work more efficiently and compete more effectively. I've covered all kinds of technologies, from games to mainframes, everything in between, and even the chips that run them. These days I write frequently on mobility, enterprise software, virtualization, big data, IT service management, and social collaboration. Thanks to 25 years of writing about technology, I have a minimal learning curve and offer quick turnaround for case studies, white papers, and Web collateral.

Expertise

Editor
30 Years
Writer
33 Years

Specialty

Business (general)
20 Years
Technology
20 Years
Travel
30 Years

Industries


Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
30 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
20 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

33 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Computerworld (10+), Forbes (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Cisco Systems (10+), Microsoft (10+), SAP (3-5), Accenture (10+), Cognizant (3-5)

Other Work History

I have worked at all the major technology publishing companies; have written and edited technology books; and spent 9 years as a travel writer/editor.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office, Interwoven Content Management

References

Available upon request.

Associations

American Society of Journalists & Authors

Showcase

2013

How To Get a Job in Healthcare IT
(Computerworld 10/20/2013)
Part of a Computerworld series on the skills necessary to break into a booming area.
Outsourcing, Adieu: Companies Retake The Reins on IT Services
(Computerworld 7/18/2013)
After giving away the farm, some IT departments are bringing select outsourced services back in-house. Here's how they're doing it.
UX Specialists Are Hot Commodities
(Computerworld 3/11/2013)
As the digital world shrinks down to a screen the size of your hand, demand for user experience designers explodes.
HTML5: The Path to Cross-Platform Mobile Development
(Accenture 1/1/2013)
Because HTML5 represents a new standard for creating web applications for mobile devices, developers must understand both its potential and its pitfalls.
CIO Mobility Survey
(Accenture 1/1/2013)
How are CIOs using or planning to use mobility in 2013?
IT Workers to Management: NOW Can We Telecommute?
(Computerworld 2/14/2013)
IT helps others to work remotely but rarely gets to join in. Is that fair?
IT Outlook
(Cognizant 1/1/2013)
What CIOs can expect in 2013.
Tech Hotshots: The Rise of the UX Expert
(Computerworld 1/18/2013)
Roberto Masiero vividly remembers the moment in 2011 when it became clear to him that designing a mobile application was a considerably different effort than designing a desktop application.
IT On The Edge: CIOs Who (Literally) Keep The Lights On
(Computerworld 6/10/2013)
First-world tech leaders can learn a thing or two from the way CIOs in developing countries keep connectivity up and services flowing.
Connected Life Exchange
(Cisco Systems 1/1/2013)
Blogging about the benefits of broadband since 2010.
Email Addiction: Why The Enterprise Can't Break Free
(Computerworld 3/19/2013)
Atos CEO Thierry Breton caught a lot of flak last year when he announced he wanted his employees to give up email, but he may have been on to something.
Tech Vision 2013
(Accenture 1/1/2013)
A look forward to this year's trends; my chapters cover collaboration, software-defined networking, analytics, and relationships.
Supply Chain 2013: Stop Playing Whack-a-Mole With Security Threats
(Computerworld 4/30/2013)
As supply chain threats grow ever more sophisticated, companies tap new technologies to protect their assets and deliver the goods.
CIO Next Community Editor
(Forbes 11/12/2013)
As manager of this Forbes mini-site for CIOs (under a six-month contract), I wrote about a variety of IT topics, from avoiding failures to helping CIOs engender more respect from colleagues. Click on CIO Next Community Editor for a full list of articles.
How To Get a Job In Financial IT
(Computerworld 11/21/2013)
Part of a Computerworld series on the skills necessary to break into a booming area.
Mobility in the Enterprise: Who Should Hold The Hot Potato
(Computerworld 9/12/2013)
Mobility touches multiple facets of IT -- platform choice, application development, customer engagement. Does it make sense to put one person in charge of it all?

2012

Legal Concerns Curb Corporate Cloud Adoption
(Computerworld 12/3/2012)
The first time a client brought intellectual property lawyer Janine Anthony Bowen a cloud computing contract to look over, her reaction was, essentially, "These people must be nuts."
JavaScript Training For Every Employee? One Company Says Yes
(Computerworld 9/19/2012)
Software firm FreeCause mandates that everyone learn JavaScript -- and they mean everyone.
The Security Landscape: Converging Waves of Pain
(CSC/RSA 1/1/2012)
With the pace of change overwhelming security efforts, how can IT take control?
IT Outlook
(Cognizant 1/1/2012)
What CIOs can expect in 2012.
Stop Working and Start Innovating: It Can Pay Off
(Computerworld 11/5/2012)
Companies like Google and 3M give tech workers free time to follow their passions. Could it work for your organization?
Public-Sector Cloud Computing -- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
(Computerworld 5/9/2012)
As state and local governments look to the cloud, everyone can learn from agencies' struggles with compliance and ingrained cultures.
Wireless Bandwidth - Are We Running Out of Room?
(Computerworld 1/25/2012)
Wireless bandwidth is like land in Manhattan -- it's extremely valuable because they're not making more of it. But we sure are using more of it.
Non-Techie CIOs: Translators or Meddlers?
(Computerworld 9/10/2012)
Nontech CIOs are all the rage these days. Is that good or bad for IT?
Why Passwords Are Failing Us -- Still
(Computerworld 8/15/2012)
Passwords aren't working, and replacement technologies haven't caught on. Why can't we develop a simple way to secure our data?
IT Jobs On The Other Side of the Cloud
(Computerworld 6/13/2012)
As companies turn increasingly toward the cloud, corporate IT staffers wonder if the grass is greener working for a service provider.

Archive - My Favorite Work

Silicon Valley Baby
(Electronic Business 1/1/2005)
My long, winding path out of obliviousness and into electronics.
The Scoop About Medical Practice Software
(AllBusiness.com 7/27/2024)
How to shop for and implement Medical Practice Management (MPM) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems -- despite a fragmented, disjointed market.
B2B Movie Listings
(Line56 4/1/2001)
This is my favorite work of all in 30 years of journalism. A cartoon usually appeared on this page but the magazine was too financially strapped that month to commission an artist. We needed something humorous but inexpensive.
Quiet Power
(Electronic Business 12/1/2005)
A profile of AMD CEO Hector Ruiz.
The Hazy View
(Stanford 3/1/2002)
Even with a perfect vantage point, the outlook is inscrutable.

Personal Blog

Middle Age Cranky
(7/27/2024)
The aggravations of being a baby boomer, especially when it comes to memories, nostalgia, aging, career, and other issues.

2011

Mobile HR Adoption
(SAP 1/1/2011)
How global CIOs are offering HR capabilities -- vacation requests, benefits information -- through mobile devices.
Linux Loses Its Luster As A Darling Among Developers
(Computerworld 11/14/2011)
Linux had a big birthday recently -- its 20th -- but the event may have been a tad bittersweet for its most devoted fans. According to recent results of the annual application development survey from Santa Cruz, Calif.-based researcher Evans Data Corp., Linux has slipped to third place in popularity

General

Four Reasons Companies Say Yes To Open Source
(Computerworld 1/6/2014)
The ability to create new applications quickly, reliably and economically is drawing businesses big and small to open source and emboldening them to use it for ever-larger projects, IT practitioners say.
IT Raises An Eyebrow As Pundits Push 'Digital Transformation'
(Computerworld 3/12/2014)
Attention, IT leaders: If you haven't yet heard the message that you should be heading up a charge to digitally transform your organization, it's not for lack of trying from the big tech consulting firms.
How To Get A Job In Energy IT
(Computerworld 2/13/2014)
Energy is a field that's simultaneously entrenched and undergoing a rapid rate of change, and IT is playing a critical role in almost every aspect of its transformation.