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The end of enterprise cloud computing is near... sort of
Hey private-sector CIOs, listen up! Your public-sector counterparts are estimating that within three years, enterprise cloud computing will simply be known as computing. In other words, cloud computing
...26 Apr 2013 -
CIO Matters: Leveraging big data for big business value
Despite the fact that there is no commonly accepted definition of big data, there is growing evidence that, when approached in the proper manner, there is big business value in big data.
...29 Mar 2013 -
Cloud’s business value: Get ‘cirrus’ about your organization’s needs
...05 Mar 2013
We may never get
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Abundant and mature, cloud services meet CIO needs for speed, agility
In 2010, CIO Larry Bolick made a decision that would affect nearly every other IT decision at Aquent LLC from that day forward. Required to cut costs in the face of a recession, he and his IT team resolved
...05 Mar 2013 -
Four steps to defining and articulating the role of risk management
The pressure is on for the risk management discipline. Failed financial giants like Lehman Brothers, environmental disasters like the oil rig explosion associated with BP, massive product safety recalls
...28 Feb 2013 -
CIO's cloud solutions meet collaboration needs and speed up innovation
University of Michigan CIO Laura Patterson is on a mission to bring the school's faculty and students to the cutting edge of innovation. In 2010, the university
...22 Jan 2013 -
Fannie Mae's approach to taming end-user computing applications
Today's spreadsheet is a dangerous beast. It might look innocent enough: a series of rows and columns, numbers and formulas. But if that spreadsheet isn't properly controlled, if the data rolling into
...16 Jan 2013 -
2012 election shows power of data analysis to personalize customers
The use of technology in the 2012 presidential election has generated scores of articles, and without a doubt will be analyzed for years to come by political historians. The campaign, however, could
...08 Jan 2013 -
The mobile-enabled enterprise data center is a moving target
What does the mobile-enabled enterprise data center of the future look like? That depends on how the word "future" is defined. The shift to mobile computing in the workplace is happening so fast that
...18 Dec 2012 -
Salary statistics reveal modest growth in IT sector in 2012
In the IT industry, it's no surprise that the big money comes from the coffers of larger companies. TechTarget's IT Salary Survey 2012 looks at the latest salary statistics and delves into the differences
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CIO role shifts as the business controls more tech spending
Gartner Inc. has predicted that by 2015, the percentage of technology spending by the business -- and outside of the control of IT -- will reach 35%. In the first par
...07 Nov 2012 -
CIOs must craft a hiring strategy for the 'perfect storm'
IT staffs are stretched thin. Finding the right IT resources gets tougher every day. The HR hiring strategy that sufficed in the past isn't up to the task. Those have been perennial CIO complaints
...29 Oct 2012 -
Governance and leadership lessons from a health care CIO
"My personal style is very collaborative," Catherine Bruno explained. "And yes, there were politics, but the best way to handle that in this community was with transparency and openness. Meetings were
...22 Oct 2012 -
A cloud hangs over CIO budgets and tech hiring
Maybe it's a bit soon for hard-and-fast pronouncements on CIO budgets and tech hiring -- most CIOs are just embarking on next year's plans. Early signs, however, suggest CIOs will face even more pressure
...11 Oct 2012 -
'Big data' analytics brings home the bacon (and makes it sizzle)
Each week, we at SearchCIO.com Searchlight scour the Web from A to Z looking for interesting tidbits you may have missed. Forgive us then, if it seems we got hung up at the start of the alphabet. Bloated
...21 Sep 2012 -
CompTIA gives unemployed a fresh start with computer job training
Jarvis Madlung spent the months of May and June, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in an intensive computer job training course called the IT-Ready Apprentice Program. He was lucky -- one of
...20 Aug 2012 -
Sustainable practices from a paperless and politic CIO
Ravi Ravishanker is "fiercely paperless," as he puts it, and has been for 10 years. The CIO at Wellesley College requests papers and meeting notes be sent by email. Except for those books not available
...24 Jul 2012 -
Dear CIO: How to help HR help you on technology hiring
Technology hiring is tough. In Is the tech hiring headache all the HR department's
...19 Jun 2012 -
CIOs show that the road to BI and analytics is tied to company persona
TJX Companies Inc., owner of the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount chains, is on a roll right now, posting robust
...06 Jun 2012 -
To gain a competitive advantage with mobile, CIO readiness is all
Ask Angelo Valletta, CIO at Sun National Bank, about IT's role in the company's sure-handed launch of its mobile banking
...17 May 2012