Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management. Every year in IT is an ordeal. Budget cutbacks, ...

In terms of equipment, chess and checkers are simple games — just a handful of pieces and a checkered gameboard. The simplicity belies the underlying complexity of the games, though, and goes a long ...

New York - There is an old saying that "It's chess, not checkers," which implies that things are more complicated than one might expect. However, right now we view the markets as being more checkers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. SungardenInvestment.com, former investment advisor and fund manager. Think about the games of chess versus checkers. The checkers ...