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- March 15, 2012
15 Mar'12
How big data improves an information security strategy
A security guru discusses new ways of looking at the intersection between big data and an information security strategy.
- March 14, 2012
14 Mar'12
How big data improves an information security strategy
I learned a new term the other day: data-driven security. I had been talking with Enterprise Management Associates security guru Scott Crawford about remote access security policies in a ...
- March 12, 2012
12 Mar'12
Who’s afraid of the iPad 3?
This week’s bits include why the iPad 3 should put a scare in the competition, and an example of how CIOs who consider the consumer come out on top.
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- March 09, 2012
09 Mar'12
Who's afraid of the iPad 3?
Friday again already? Wow, things really do move fast in the tech world. In this week's roundup of news bits and opinions, we naturally bring you one of many, many ponderings about the new iPad, a ...
- March 09, 2012
09 Mar'12
The love-hate nature of unified communications
A unified communications strategy where workers are empowered to make decisions comes up against management's need to control.
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Server Security in the Era of ChatGPT
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How to Maximize Agility, Simplicity, and Cost Control Through Application Deployment
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Who is driving DE&I - and why it matters
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Dell Technologies GenAI-validated Designs and Dell Reference Designs
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- March 06, 2012
06 Mar'12
Big data in context is how real understanding begins
Big data, big picture, big salad. It really doesn't matter, according to IBM's Jeff Jonas: The more the merrier. Jonas, the big brain behind IBM's business analytics efforts, spoke about the latest ...
- March 05, 2012
05 Mar'12
Will the Apple iPad 3 release date ever get here? Do you care?
We've tracked down the hottest blog posts and the best tech news that's fit for consumption. This week, we're narrowing in on the Apple iPad 3 release date, the problem with the original iPhone on ...
- March 03, 2012
03 Mar'12
Security woes and a different kind of Net threat
We're feeling a little vulnerable this week. Maybe it's because our cache of tech bits is a little heavy on security issues.
- March 02, 2012
02 Mar'12
Security woes and a different kind of Net threat
We're feeling a little vulnerable this week, maybe because our cache of tech bits is a little heavy on security issues. And if that's not enough, we round out the roundup with the most nefarious ...
- February 28, 2012
28 Feb'12
Data loss statistics: Emerging culprits
Social networking, cloud computing and mobile technology create business opportunities. But data loss statistics show these advances create risks too.
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- February 24, 2012
24 Feb'12
No need to search, they know what you want
It was a short week for some, but there was no shortage of intriguing news and opinions to sort through. We've rounded up a handful of items to share with you on this Friday, including one of many ...
- February 24, 2012
24 Feb'12
Silence on business analytics speaks volumes
The next time your CIO pals clam up about business analytics, watch out. They're on to something. You should be too.
- February 24, 2012
24 Feb'12
No need to search, they know what you want
Tidbits of news and analysis from the week that was, including another manipulation of big data, three steps to becoming the CIO you know you are and one mobile device that might give you headaches.
- February 22, 2012
22 Feb'12
BI strategies evolve for big data analysis needs
"Big data" is a buzzword no more. CIOs are adapting their BI strategies to meet the challenges of big data analysis.
- February 21, 2012
21 Feb'12
Mission-critical systems taking on dual roles
As CIOs take on new roles, they are finding new uses for mission-critical systems -- and that in turn is making their role more business-critical.
- February 20, 2012
20 Feb'12
Are personal privacy violations just the cost of mobility?
Each week, we scour the Web and bring you the most tantalizing tidbits that hit our radar. This week, we're looking at the nasty reality of personal privacy violations, the price of insider trading ...
- February 17, 2012
17 Feb'12
Shaping data in ways both scary and sweet
The week is drawing to a close, and for some of you there's a long weekend ahead. Why not use a bit of your extra leisure time to peruse some interesting news from around the Internet that you ...
- February 15, 2012
15 Feb'12
Is technology leadership training lacking?
A lack of technology leadership training specific to the CIO position leaves the up-and-comers fending for themselves.
- February 14, 2012
14 Feb'12
CIOs learning to juggle business growth strategies with technology
You start spending enough time around CIOs and you can really feel the changes swirling around them. On the one hand, CIOs and senior IT executives must drive business growth strategies through ...
- February 14, 2012
14 Feb'12
No honor-student bumper stickers for Steve Jobs
A roundup of items you might have missed from around the Web, including Steve Jobs' high school GPA and a possible storm over cloud privacy in the EU.
- February 13, 2012
13 Feb'12
No honor-student bumper stickers for Steve Jobs
Top o’ the week to you. We're as laden with interesting Web tidbits as Adele is with Grammy awards today. Without further fanfare, here are six stories from around the Internet, the leadoff one a ...
- February 13, 2012
13 Feb'12
How free mobile apps risk personal data privacy and security
Each week, we scour the Web and bring you the choicest cuts for your approval. This week, we're looking at data privacy and security in the form of denial-of-service attacks, smart chatting and two ...
- February 09, 2012
09 Feb'12
Days are dwindling for successful Windows 7 migration
If you've been hitting the snooze button on Windows 7 migration, it's time to wake up -- you're already late.
- February 08, 2012
08 Feb'12
2012 Global IT Forecast
TechTarget asked 2,642 IT professionals and business analysts around the world for their IT forecasts for 2012. The direction of IT budgets and the technologies getting attention may surprise.
- February 07, 2012
07 Feb'12
Big data is dead? Long live analytics apps?
The view of BI as an enterprise-wide system similar to ERP is giving way to a more tactical, "disaggregated" approach based on analytics apps.
- February 02, 2012
02 Feb'12
Post-PC era: Is 100% remote desktop virtualization even smart?
Last August, I sat at VMworld 2011 with 19,000 other IT literati and heard CEO Paul Maritz assure us that we were in the post-PC era. But are we really? Certainly there isn't much argument about ...
- February 01, 2012
01 Feb'12
Who's the 'insider' security campaigns target?
Can CIOs learn anything from a security campaign launched by the military more than 60 years ago?
- January 31, 2012
31 Jan'12
Shared services model puts focus on external customer
For Owens Corning CIO David Johns, a shared services model is key to a low-cost, high-value IT and business services delivery strategy.
- January 31, 2012
31 Jan'12
Shared services are the next generation of IT
Last week I wrote about the transformation of banking services into products. This week I want to discuss different types of services--shared services. One of the first technology news stories I ...
- January 30, 2012
30 Jan'12
Does anyone still care about corporate social media?
Each week, we scour the Web and collect all the best and brightest links to start your week off swinging. This week, we're looking at the latest credit card hacks, how Apple tricks its employees ...
- January 24, 2012
24 Jan'12
Anti-piracy laws like SOPA and PIPA highlight online priorities
The recent pullbacks of the two controversial anti-online piracy bills -- SOPA and PIPA -- don't mean that users can continue indefinitely to download their favorite content whenever and wherever ...
- January 24, 2012
24 Jan'12
Google data center solutions to adapt in your own IT shop
Each week, we scour the World Wide Web to give you a quick punch of last week's biggest news stories and interesting blog posts. This week, we're taking a look at whether computer science should be ...
- January 23, 2012
23 Jan'12
The CIO and the extended enterprise
The CIO role is stretching further into the outer limits of the "extended enterprise."
- January 19, 2012
19 Jan'12
CIOs: Should your next IT hire be a consumer advocate?
How IT shops are changing and whom CIOs need to hire are big topics in the age of cloud and mobility. Should consumer advocates be on the list?
- January 16, 2012
16 Jan'12
Banks on Twitter? Don't bank on it
Recently, I was with my son to open an account at the local branch of my once mighty but now struggling Mega Bank. The customer service rep ran through the "product" options we had for creating his ...
- January 12, 2012
12 Jan'12
CIOs proving the value of technology investments
There's no easy way to prove the value of technology investments, but smart CIOs are finding new ones -- and smarter still, being proactive about it.
- January 10, 2012
10 Jan'12
IT salary satisfaction survey says IT directors squeezed in midmarket
A question for all of you midlevel IT managers and directors out there: What's got you down? According to new data from the CIO/IT Strategy Group poll on IT salary satisfaction, your subgroup in ...
- January 05, 2012
05 Jan'12
Time to re-evaluate need for some endpoint security tools?
Security investments and priorities are a tricky thing to nail down, given that threats are constantly shifting, but one security precaution could be going the way of the dodo bird. Michael Daly, ...
- January 05, 2012
05 Jan'12
Rosy outlook for services broker model may have thorns
The IT services-broker model might be good for your business, but one CIO cautions against letting the label define your role.
- January 05, 2012
05 Jan'12
Re-evaluating endpoint security tools
Has technology advanced to the point that some endpoint security tools -- and the staff needed to support them -- will go away?
- January 03, 2012
03 Jan'12
BYOD backlash leads 2012 technology trends
I got a kick out of SearchHealthIT.com's 2012 technology trends not to watch. Since the site launched in late 2009, it has written extensively about electronic medical records, personal health ...
- December 23, 2011
23 Dec'11
Bill limiting IT worker overtime pay could put CIOs in a tough spot
With technology boosters like these, who needs Scrooge? That's what many IT folks must be thinking when they take a gander at the sponsors of a bill before the U.S. Senate to limit overtime pay for ...
- December 23, 2011
23 Dec'11
Overtime pay limit could put CIOs in a tough spot
A bill limiting overtime pay for IT workers is one more example of politicians putting corporate interests ahead of individual workers, opponents say.
- December 21, 2011
21 Dec'11
'IT as a services broker' model will carry beyond 2012
IT leaders are positioning themselves as facilitators or IT services brokers rather than as the managers and mainframe minders of yore.
- December 20, 2011
20 Dec'11
Responsibilities of a CIO: Long on demands, short on time
You never know where you might gain more insight on the responsibilities of a CIO. Somewhere along the line, my job title and the websites I work on got mixed up, and as a result I often am ...
- December 19, 2011
19 Dec'11
Should you practice Facebook resistance?
Whether you're experiencing the end-of-year slowdown or a flurry of last-minute requests along with annual performance appraisals, December is always a little out of the ordinary. Here's our weekly ...
- December 16, 2011
16 Dec'11
CIOs have to be passionate and in fighting trim
To be executive material for the CIO job these days, you'll need more than a well-cut suit.
- December 13, 2011
13 Dec'11
Application portals for mobile device management are no joke
What do a Gartner analyst, a Forrester analyst, the CIO of a group of community colleges, and mobile device management (MDM) vendors have in common? (No, this isn't the setup for a bad joke.) ...
- December 13, 2011
13 Dec'11
Cloud security planning should be part of strategy from beginning
What are you doing about cloud security planning? I say planning because, in a survey of attendees at the recent SearchCompliance.com Making the Case for the Cloud virtual seminar, more than ...
- December 13, 2011
13 Dec'11
Application portals for managing mobile devices no joke
CIOs are turning to application portals to meet mobile needs while protecting corporate IT policies.
- December 08, 2011
08 Dec'11
Software laden with technical debt heading for a crash
Enterprise apps are carrying millions of dollars in technical debt, one study says. CIOs need to zero in on the mistakes that could level their companies.
- December 07, 2011
07 Dec'11
Outlook 2012: Monetizing IT
Opinions about the top trends for the coming year are starting to trickle into my inbox. Most of these "Outlook 2012" predictions are about the certainty of economic uncertainty. I know, however, ...
- December 06, 2011
06 Dec'11
Cloud computing services adoption could be the answer for security
About a year ago I moderated a panel on cloud computing services adoption in health care. A quick poll of the audience indicated that security was the No. 1 reason why their organizations were not ...
- December 05, 2011
05 Dec'11
Can you use the Kindle Fire for business?
Each week, we mine the Web for the jewels of knowledge that appeal to CIOs. This week, we're looking at the trend of using the Kindle Fire in business, what compels women to quit their IT teams and ...
- December 02, 2011
02 Dec'11
Are you at risk? Huge Java vulnerability now weaponized and exploited
It's every CIO's worst nightmare -- that panicked call when you least expect it, delivering the worst possible news: "The firewall has been breached." We know that you do everything possible to ...
- November 30, 2011
30 Nov'11
First, 'bring your own device'; now, a zero email policy
The wave of optimism that began with advancements in smartphones and tablets that could enable a new generation of bring-your-own-device employees has been taking some strange zigzags of late. The ...
- November 22, 2011
22 Nov'11
Celebrate a colleague with our CIO awards
We all know those amazing IT leaders who make a difference in our companies day in and day out but often go unrecognized by the IT world at large. Not everyone can pull a Steve Jobs or a Bill ...
- November 21, 2011
21 Nov'11
Will the outsourcing model be the death of CIOs?
Each week, we scour the Web to track down interesting news pieces and commentary to help you maximize your surfing potential and information consumption. This week, we've got analysis of the Kindle ...
- November 16, 2011
16 Nov'11
Social BPM pushes process out to users, customers
Social business process management, or social BPM, promises to address the age-old problem of having a small group of business analysts or technicians create business processes, only to get ...
- November 14, 2011
14 Nov'11
Tweak your corporate Twitter policy or risk getting p0wned
Each week we scour the Web and bring you the freshest scoop from around the blogosphere. This week, we're serving up tasty helpings of corporate Twitter intellectual property questions, IT ...
- November 08, 2011
08 Nov'11
A new take on building CIO community
We're always trying to consider what's on the minds of CIOs today. We write tips and news articles about it. We interview CIOs and profile them. But much of that commentary happens in a controlled ...
- November 07, 2011
07 Nov'11
Sustainability initiatives driving innovation
You got an extra hour this week, so why does it seem like you're still crushed by the weight of your to-do list? We're here to help. We've got an executive summary of the blogosphere's greatest ...
- November 01, 2011
01 Nov'11
PCI DSS compliance may be the answer to more than credit card privacy
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard -- PCI DSS -- has been around for a few years and has seemingly done a good job of keeping credit card data safe. No, it's not a binding regulation, ...
- October 31, 2011
31 Oct'11
How to be a strategic leader in the IT industry
What happened in the IT world last week? Here's the scoop on what you might have missed, including how IBM set an example for strategic leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s recent decision and cloud ...
- October 25, 2011
25 Oct'11
Apple's Siri speaks to iPhone users, but what is the message?
Full disclosure: I've been an iPhone user since 2008 and I just bought my second iPad. So, I'm not bashing Apple products, and I'm not bashing iPhone users or users of Apple products in general. ...
- October 20, 2011
20 Oct'11
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo urges creative destruction
Creative destruction. I've heard that term a lot this year, although it's hardly a new concept. From what's happening with the Occupy Wall Street madness to the pressure to innovate in the IT ...
- October 17, 2011
17 Oct'11
The fallout from the BlackBerry outage
Here's what you may have missed last week while you were standing in line to get your new iPhone 4S or waiting for your email during the cataclysmic BlackBerry outage: • As anyone with a ...
- October 11, 2011
11 Oct'11
What can we learn from the Steve Jobs Way?
There have been many timelines, retrospectives and other examinations of Apple founder Steve Jobs' career, aka the Steve Jobs Way, and it would be a waste if we don't learn lessons from him about ...
- October 10, 2011
10 Oct'11
Be more effective by increasing your business storytelling
It's been a busy week around the Web, and chances are you missed some things. Between the news of the iPhone 4S and Steve Jobs' death, it seems like the Web was absolutely sticky with Apple juice ...
- October 07, 2011
07 Oct'11
How employees' perceptions make the difference
I've been thinking a lot about the nontangible things that drive employee perceptions of a company and how they connect to job satisfaction. For instance, I have a friend who stayed at a ...
- October 04, 2011
04 Oct'11
Strong passwords are more important than ever
I recently asked one of my sons for passwords to his online accounts, for gaming, email, etc. Not because I'm nosy but because I'm trying to be a responsible parent and home IT administrator, and ...
- October 03, 2011
03 Oct'11
Whatever happened to last year's promising iPad clones?
Things getting hectic as you enter Q4? It seems like no matter what you do, you still just keep feeling like you're two steps behind. We know how it feels, and we're here to make it better. We've ...
- September 29, 2011
29 Sep'11
What does the Amazon tablet PC mean for midmarket CIOs?
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Amazon has announced the newest player in tablet devices, the Kindle Fire. The most amazing thing about the Amazon tablet PC isn't its screen resolution, the ...
- September 27, 2011
27 Sep'11
GE's journey from waterfall to Agile practices
General Electric Co. turned to Agile practices to revamp software development in its Energy division. Now Agile is making its way across the company.
- September 27, 2011
27 Sep'11
SIM CIO survey: IT budgets trend up, BI reigns as top CIO investment
When asked, "Are you better off than you were three years ago?" most IT organizations answer in the affirmative. IT budgets, hiring and salaries are on the rise at the majority of companies, ...
- September 26, 2011
26 Sep'11
Easy and not-so-obvious ways to improve people skills
Fall has fallen, and that sound you hear is the end of the year starting to whirr out of control. Stay on top of the latest blogerati posts with our handy little smorgasbord of IT-centric tidbits. ...
- September 21, 2011
21 Sep'11
Taking business back from cloud service providers
One in five of the companies responding to a Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) survey of cloud trends said they are moving some or all of their outsourced cloud systems back ...
- September 19, 2011
19 Sep'11
Don't hold your breath: It's a long wait for the iPad 3 launch
Twiddling your thumbs waiting for the iPad 3 launch? We've got scoop on the hottest tidbits from around the Web, including a bit of a sticky situation for Google and the creepy potential of big ...
- September 13, 2011
13 Sep'11
Google Desktop and new app lifecycles could put users in a bind
So Google is discontinuing Google Desktop, along with a bunch of other "apps" that the search giant released over the past seven years. No huge loss. I use Windows XP, at work and therefore still ...
- September 12, 2011
12 Sep'11
Squeezing every dollar out of your cloud computing strategy
You might not be ready to say goodbye to summer, but it's definitely fiscal year crunch time. If you're like most CIOs, you're already feeling the pressure and are buckling down to do some serious ...
- September 06, 2011
06 Sep'11
Banning Facebook to solve privacy, productivity issues not the answer
Facebook surpassed 750 million users this summer. That's a heck of a lot of people, but not really news. What is news is the movement afoot banning Facebook from users. Many companies are still ...
- August 30, 2011
30 Aug'11
Rooftop solar panels look to be a sound green investment
Rooftop solar panels are finally turning on a light bulb over some business leaders' heads. A big office park in my town is putting up solar panels on the roofs of two parking garages on its ...
- August 23, 2011
23 Aug'11
HP takes a turn at re-engineering the corporation
Everyone is in the middle of IT business transformation these days. You could call it re-engineering the corporation, downsizing, rightsizing or just plain old cost-cutting, however. ...
- August 22, 2011
22 Aug'11
Death to the HP TouchPad tablets! Long live the king!
It's been a busy week in tech, with the demise of WebOS on everyone's lips and the inevitable budget crunch as we prepare for 2012. Never fear: We've scoured the Web so you don't have to! Here's a ...
- August 16, 2011
16 Aug'11
How the Google acquisition of Motorola affects your mobile workforce
It's been a busy week in tech. Google's acquisition of Motorola has everyone wondering how it will affect their mobile workforce. Here's a tasting menu of the choicest bits around the Web, ...
- August 10, 2011
10 Aug'11
Some ISVs' virtualization licensing terms a moving target
When it comes to virtualization licensing terms, what is it going to take for some independent software vendors (ISVs) to stop dragging their feet? When I asked IT executives at the recent Gartner ...
- August 08, 2011
08 Aug'11
Law and Order: Hacker Protection Unit
Every week, we scour the wealth of information on the blog circuit and give you the finer talking points to help you score erudite points around the Twitter water cooler. Here's the latest sampling ...
- August 04, 2011
04 Aug'11
Two outsourcing strategy tips for emerging tech, outside the contract
In our SearchCIO.com tip sheet this week on outsourcing strategies for emerging tech, outsourcing adviser Andy Sealock explains how contracting for new technology is different from procuring ...
- August 03, 2011
03 Aug'11
Enterprise mobility and the privacy debate
There was an interesting side conversation during the Q&A portion of a session on enterprise mobility at last week's Gartner Catalyst Conference. Someone asked the panel what they thought about ...
- August 02, 2011
02 Aug'11
What cleaning computer viruses can teach you
In my spare time I run a little PC service repair business, mostly for friends and family. It's mostly cleaning computer viruses, installing wireless networks and sometimes building gaming systems. ...
- July 29, 2011
29 Jul'11
Does your Internet usage policy make your employees cry?
How are you feeling today? Lonely? Upset? Vaguely withdrawn from society? If so, quick -- check your Twitter stream on your smartphone. Better now? We've all heard BlackBerry jokingly referred to ...
- July 26, 2011
26 Jul'11
IT transformation means one thing: New IT job skills needed
I found it amusing/disturbing during the NFL player lockout that players were worried about making ends meet. Many players should certainly learn new job skills for when their playing days end, but ...
- July 25, 2011
25 Jul'11
Gear up to install OS X Lion
Massive heat waves in the South and Midwest have us scurrying for the cool, comforting glow of our monitors in the delicious air conditioning, so we've been scouring the Web and have found some ...
- July 22, 2011
22 Jul'11
Comic-Con: IT innovation lessons from dudes in Stormtrooper suits
There are a few annual events I adore even though I'll never ever go to any of them: Burning Man, SXSW, TED, and this time of year, Comic-Con. When you're hyper-focused on IT innovation, you ...
- July 18, 2011
18 Jul'11
IPad Bluetooth keyboards, iPad’s own keyboard vulnerable to hackers
Were you on vacation and unplugged last week? While you're planning your shopping list for the week, you might want to add an iPad Bluetooth keyboard and a 20-foot touch-screen wall. Here's what ...
- July 12, 2011
12 Jul'11
What chief information officers have in common with Kevin Bacon
What does a chief information officer have in common with Kevin Bacon? Mathematics. The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game has been around for a while. It proves that all of us are more intertwined ...
- July 12, 2011
12 Jul'11
The IT organization of the future: An enterprise within an enterprise
The IT organization of the future is shifting to become not only a business but also a part of an integrated business services organization.
- July 11, 2011
11 Jul'11
Will Google social media be the fastest growing network in history?
The world is a busy place, and last week was no exception. We saw the last public launch of NASA's shuttle program, witnessed tremendous buzz in the wide scramble for adoption of Google's social ...
- July 08, 2011
08 Jul'11
Can the new Google social network overtake Facebook?
Facebook and Google have been at war for years. They want your eyes on their sites, and they'll do anything toward that goal. You've undoubtedly heard about the potential new heir to the Facebook ...
- July 07, 2011
07 Jul'11
For CIOs, there is a lot more than Hadoop to managing large data sets
No matter the topic at hand, lately my conversations with CIOs turn to Big Data -- or, to use my editor's preferred term, large data sets. CIOs have Big Data on the brain -- and for good reason. ...