And it was based on taking into account all of these factors that we reached our decision.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

While many categories of PCs are languishing on the shelves for lack of buyers, innovation is still taking place in form factors like these all-in-ones, where something genuinely new is being done.

FORBES: PC Market Not Partying Like It's 1999

Drinking two to three units of alcohol a day, being obese in the post-menopausal period, or having a first pregnancy at a late-age individually all increase the chances of breast cancer more than taking HRT, and even these risk factors contribute to less than half of breast cancer cases.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Health scares take their toll on HRT

In the face of an international inability to put the sort of price on carbon use that would drive its emission down, an increasing number of policy wonks, and the politicians they advise, are taking a more serious look at these other factors as possible ways of controlling climate change.

ECONOMIST: Climate change

While these points are all important for your business to succeed, many leaders will often neglect these key factors (in particular their employees) by taking a more top-down, rather than bottom-up approach.

FORBES: Ask Your Employees What They Need Before Your Business Begins to Fail

These are the factors that will push CIOs to a more risk-taking position.

BBC: Tech decision-makers 'need to take risks'