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Week of 02 Jan 2012 Big data, mobile IT, cloud drove fast-moving 2011, set stage for 2012 (05 Jan 2012)
Driven by mobile IT, big data and clouds of all shapes, the pace of change sped up for CIOs in 2011 and set the stage for an equally disruptive 2012.
Outlook 2012: IT looking out for the business in services broker role (03 Jan 2012)
With increasing demand for turn-on-a-dime application provisioning and pressure to control costs, the CIO is taking on the role of IT services broker.
Re-evaluating endpoint security tools (05 Jan 2012)
Has technology advanced to the point that some endpoint security tools -- and the staff needed to support them -- will go away?
Rosy outlook for services broker model may have thorns (05 Jan 2012)
The IT services-broker model might be good for your business, but one CIO cautions against letting the label define your role.
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Week of 19 Dec 2011 'IT as a services broker' model will carry beyond 2012 (21 Dec 2011)
IT leaders are positioning themselves as facilitators or IT services brokers rather than as the managers and mainframe minders of yore.
A new PMI Agile certification could be a hit with CIOs (20 Dec 2011)
A project management expert explains why CIOs should look for managers with a new Agile certification developed by the Project Management Institute.
Overtime pay limit could put CIOs in a tough spot (TotalCIO | 23 Dec 2011)
A bill limiting overtime pay for IT workers is one more example of politicians putting corporate interests ahead of individual workers, opponents say.
Tying a virtual desktop infrastructure to business needs (21 Dec 2011)
A hospital's chief technology officer and chief architect talk about the relationship between desktop virtualization and patient care.
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Week of 12 Dec 2011 Application portals for managing mobile devices no joke (13 Dec 2011)
CIOs are turning to application portals to meet mobile needs while protecting corporate IT policies.
CIO's change management strategy gives left and right brain their due (13 Dec 2011)
Managing change can be the hardest part of IT's job. One CIO has a strategy to manage change that hinges on using both hemispheres of the brain.
CIOs have to be passionate and in fighting trim (16 Dec 2011)
To be executive material for the CIO job these days, you'll need more than a well-cut suit.
Getting a grip on shadow IT in the age of self-service technology (12 Dec 2011)
Shadow IT should be a serious concern for all CIOs in an age of self-service technology. Here's how to get a grip on it.
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Week of 05 Dec 2011 2012 IT budgets favor BI projects, end-to-end IT services delivery (05 Dec 2011)
After a recession-fueled spike in 2011, IT budgets are leveling off and focusing on information-driven projects and integrated IT services.
Outlook 2012: Monetizing IT (08 Dec 2011)
It's that time of year again, when we and everyone else pull out the crystal IT ball for Outlook 2012.
Software laden with technical debt heading for a crash (08 Dec 2011)
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.
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Week of 28 Nov 2011 A new wrinkle on IT and business alignment: Employee 'line of sight' (30 Nov 2011)
For some CIOs, IT and business alignment has gotten personal. The alignment that matters is between individual employees and strategic business goals.
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Week of 21 Nov 2011 Business process improvement is about more than efficiency gains (21 Nov 2011)
Business process improvement begins with efficiency gains, but BPM goals are becoming more about external customers and rapid, real-time improvements.
The who, what and where of winning with business process improvement (22 Nov 2011)
Two business process management veterans share how they succeeded at business process improvement and set up a BPM program for continuous enhancement.
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Week of 14 Nov 2011 Things you don't know about vendor relationship management, but should (15 Nov 2011)
Vendor relationship management often isn’t a strong suit of CIOs. A Gartner guru offers tips for working with vendors -- with comment from CIOs.
What CIOs don't know about vendor relationship management can hurt (14 Nov 2011)
CIOs are adept at managing vendor contracts. What they tend to have trouble with is vendor relationship management. Find out why.
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Week of 07 Nov 2011 CIOs aren't letting cloud security risks derail move to the cloud (09 Nov 2011)
CIOs are getting a handle on cloud security risks by using trusted providers and doing due diligence in negotiating contracts. Still, concerns linger.
Guardian Life transforms IT by putting knowledge workers first (07 Nov 2011)
CIO Frank Wander made IT hum at Guardian Life by focusing on people, not systems. Learn how his turnaround project created a healthy social environment for the knowledge worker.
When CIOs talk enterprise mobility, costs loom large (08 Nov 2011)
Minutes, devices, licenses: Listening to CIOs talk about enterprise mobility, it's quickly evident that cost questions are uppermost on their minds.
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Week of 31 Oct 2011 Digital users come first with mobile app buoyed by big data (01 Nov 2011)
Kaplan Inc.'s chief digital officer focuses on mobile app design when shaping content. CIOs should also consider the user experience, experts say.
Report: Economy in turmoil, IT budgets and new projects fading (02 Nov 2011)
Optimism and IT budgets for new projects waned in 2011, Forrester Research says. Operating costs must go down in 2012 for IT to play a strategic role.
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Week of 24 Oct 2011 CIOs a help, not a hindrance, to adoption of cloud solutions (26 Oct 2011)
Cloud solutions vendors are claiming that CIOs don’t want to buy cloud. Really? Here are four CIOs whose cloud projects are proving otherwise.
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Week of 17 Oct 2011 CIOs giving business a competitive edge with Agile practices (18 Oct 2011)
Enterprises are relying on the CIO for faster time to market and faster time to value through the use of Agile practices.
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Week of 10 Oct 2011 AT&T builds an innovation ecosystem on four levels (12 Oct 2011)
AT&T CIO Thaddeus Arroyo has built an innovation ecosystem that operates on four levels and where managing innovation is about continuous improvement.
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Week of 03 Oct 2011 How Kraft is transforming the meaning of work in a digital enterprise (06 Oct 2011)
Kraft Foods' push to become a more virtual, digital enterprise is driven by savings on hard costs and a lot of marketing know-how.
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Week of 26 Sep 2011 CIOs: Align technology and marketing strategy to meet customer needs (28 Sep 2011)
CIOs explain how a combined technology and marketing strategy helps companies respond to customers, and why business must serve customers differently.
GE's journey from waterfall to Agile practices (27 Sep 2011)
General Electric Co. turned to Agile practices to revamp software development in its Energy division. Now Agile is making its way across the company.
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Week of 19 Sep 2011 Managing technology in a 'hybrid IT' era (22 Sep 2011)
CIOs should focus on building hybrid IT skills as workers throughout the business increasingly provision the IT they need to do their jobs.
Rank-and-file data analysis skills the key to Big Data success? (20 Sep 2011)
Whether the data analysis skills of employees make or break a Big Data strategy is up for debate. See how your corporate analytics IQ fares.
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Week of 12 Sep 2011 Google enterprise apps gaining, but as supplements -- not substitutes (15 Sep 2011)
Millions of users have signed up for Google enterprise apps. For many, the cloud platform is still a supplement, not a substitute, for legacy systems.
PLM software is the go-to guy, increasingly critical to the business (14 Sep 2011)
PLM's star is rising, as IT executives turn to the software to solve problems, error-proof the global design process and speed time-to-market.
Role of the CIO survey shows change driven by technology, business (13 Sep 2011)
The role of the CIO is changing in response to technology innovation and business requirements.
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Week of 05 Sep 2011 A CIO's desktop virtualization journey and fallback plan (06 Sep 2011)
CIO Maytee Aspuro turned to desktop virtualization for a mobile field staff, and set the stage for a government agency migration to virtual desktops.
ITIL chief architect: How to build an IT Service Management strategy (08 Sep 2011)
Choosing the right IT services to deliver is the foundation of a winning IT Service Management strategy. ITIL chief architect Sharon Taylor explains.
SOA expert gives tips on IT cost optimization (07 Sep 2011)
Even though CIOs have done an excellent job of reducing costs, there is more cost optimization to be done, Ernst & Young's David Nichols says.
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Week of 29 Aug 2011 A manufacturing-floor look at Ford's bring-your-own-device program (31 Aug 2011)
Ford Motor's mobility expert gives an inside view of how and why the car giant introduced bring-your-own-device programs to 70,000 of its employees.
CIOs sell enterprise desktop virtualization with mobility (30 Aug 2011)
Enterprise desktop virtualization is getting a boost from iPad-wielding execs -- and all the other mobile warriors. Success is knowing user needs.
Securing and supporting a bring-your-own-device program at Ford (01 Sep 2011)
Ford's mobility expert discusses bring-your-own-device program security and why contextual computing is causing fundamental shifts in business and IT.
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Week of 22 Aug 2011 Expedia's quest for IT process excellence (25 Aug 2011)
Expedia's IT infrastructure VP lays out her plan to build a reliable and predictive IT services organization, starting with IT process excellence.
From technology integration to efficiency optimization at Wells Fargo (24 Aug 2011)
The head of Wells Fargo's technology integration team shares lessons the group has learned and what Wells Fargo and Wachovia are working on next.
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Week of 15 Aug 2011 Big Data: Probing global warming with object database engine (16 Aug 2011)
How can we sort out the data that could illuminate global warming's effect on the poles? One IT veteran had to rediscover the object database engine.
Enterprise mobility's next phase: Contextual services (17 Aug 2011)
Expert Maribel Lopez explains why enterprise mobility should focus on improving business processes and using Big Data to create contextual services.
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Week of 08 Aug 2011 Automated software quality metrics a cure for slapdash software? (11 Aug 2011)
Can automated software quality metrics for gauging structural integrity cut development costs and reduce business risk? One consortium says they can.
Desktop virtualization deployment strategies and challenges (10 Aug 2011)
A look at how enterprise IT execs have deployed desktop virtualization, the benefits they have realized and the challenges they faced along the way.
Desktop virtualization now being pushed by the business, not by IT (09 Aug 2011)
Virtual desktop infrastructure no longer is the end-all solution for desktop virtualization, and the technology's business use cases are shifting.
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Week of 01 Aug 2011 External and internal cloud computing strategies from the trenches (02 Aug 2011)
Here's how and why enterprise IT executives are developing external and internal cloud computing strategies and are encountering hiccups as they do.
IT will shift to a hybrid cloud and become an IT services broker (03 Aug 2011)
IT executives and experts explain why a hybrid cloud could be the IT services model of the future, and how hybrid IT will change IT as we know it.
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Week of 25 Jul 2011 Choice trumps IT standardization in CIO's mobile device strategy (28 Jul 2011)
Facing a Windows 7 upgrade, a CIO rethinks desktops and embarks on a data-driven mobile strategy that offers device choice and keeps IT on its toes.
Mobile BI solutions that don't break the bank (26 Jul 2011)
Mobile BI solutions don't have to break the budget. Mobility expert Bill French ponders the benefits of lightweight BI solutions for the mobile era.
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Week of 11 Jul 2011 The IT organization of the future: An enterprise within an enterprise (12 Jul 2011)
The IT organization of the future is shifting to become not only a business but also a part of an integrated business services organization.
Three tech trends shaping the future IT organization and the CIO role (13 Jul 2011)
Cloud computing is just one of three technologies shaping the IT organization of the future and the role of the CIO.
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Week of 04 Jul 2011 Large data sets pose huge challenges for CIOs, but boost careers too (06 Jul 2011)
Convinced that Big Data will give them a competitive edge, enterprises are looking to their CIOs to manage large data sets. That's a tough challenge.
The push is on for IT cost transparency (07 Jul 2011)
CIOs are under pressure as never before to achieve IT cost transparency. One CIO finds his way with technology business management software.
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Week of 27 Jun 2011 Cost and content of social media policies vary widely by industry (27 Jun 2011)
Setting social media policies is a tricky and potentially costly process that varies widely based on an industry's regulatory requirements.
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Week of 20 Jun 2011 A weak economy is redefining domestic IT outsourcing, but does it pay? (23 Jun 2011)
Can domestic outsourcing providers compete with skilled Indian providers and other offshore options? Experts explain why CIOs should do the calculation.
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Week of 13 Jun 2011 Codelco CIO transforms business with business process automation (15 Jun 2011)
Marco Antonio Orellana Silva, Codelco-Chile's CIO, explains how business process automation is changing how the mining company operates.
EPA CIO looks to collaboration software for technology innovation (16 Jun 2011)
Like private companies, government agencies need to know about technology innovation. Find out why Malcolm Jackson, CIO of the EPA, is looking at collaboration software as a game-changer.
No matter an outsourcing contract's size, governance is an inside job (14 Jun 2011)
No matter how big the outsourcing contract, accountability should be an inside job. CIO Linda Jojo explains why outsourcing is all about governance.
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Week of 06 Jun 2011 CIO, CEO of New York Life RPS tackle IT organization transformation (09 Jun 2011)
New York Life Retirement Plan Services' CIO and CEO discuss the changing role of the IT organization, and why social media is topping their agenda.
Motorola's 'mobility in the enterprise' strategy takes two paths (07 Jun 2011)
Motorola Mobility makes and uses products for mobility in the enterprise. That gives CIO Walt Oswald a unique view of innovating with mobile tech.
Workforce of the future puts CIOs in the hot seat (08 Jun 2011)
Why collaboration and innovation expert Tamara Erickson believes CIOs will be central to their organization's success and the workforce of the future.
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Week of 30 May 2011 At Manulife Financial, innovation is part of IT governance structure (02 Jun 2011)
In this CIO Innovators video, Manulife Financial Corp. CTO Harry Pickett describes IT innovation as a function of the IT governance structure.
Sentiment analysis turns social media into customer intelligence (31 May 2011)
Sentiment analysis tools are creating a kind of customer intelligence that online marketers are finding beats traditional market research.
Virtual cloud computing rings in a new security era (01 Jun 2011)
Elasticity and ease of provisioning are virtual cloud computing characteristics that appeal to CIOs but are off-putting from the perspective of security.
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Week of 23 May 2011 A Wells Fargo roadmap to sidestep technology integration risks (25 May 2011)
Learn how an air space analysis system helped Wells Fargo CIOs avoid technology integration disasters during the merger with Wachovia.
No dark art: Crowd computing drives value, so why aren't you doing it? (23 May 2011)
Tapping collective intelligence, or crowd computing, can yield big value for businesses, but it also challenges the status quo.
Wells Fargo and Wachovia: The technology integration of two giants (24 May 2011)
Post-Wells Fargo and Wachovia merger, the CIOs offer a look at a technology integration strategy driven by the need to convert 70 million customers.
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Week of 16 May 2011 Application transformation necessitates strategic SaaS vendor review (17 May 2011)
If your organization is considering an application-transformation strategy, do your homework on Software as a Service products before you commit to a vendor.
Cloud insurance and secure identity management alleviate SLA concerns (19 May 2011)
Following outages and breaches at major cloud service providers, IT executives ponder new priorities: cloud insurance and secure identity management.
Cloud-based business intelligence making a difference for fast movers (18 May 2011)
Cloud-based business intelligence delivers results like those from an enterprise BI system, but it allows businesses a chance to spin up results faster for less money.
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Week of 09 May 2011 CIO's approach to innovation is on the frontlines of business (12 May 2011)
For CIO William Wray, operational excellence trumps technology in his approach to innovation. The goal: faster, better, cheaper processes that will make employees happier.
Legacy application modernization: Make SOA work for you (10 May 2011)
Service-oriented architectures can help enterprises modernize their legacy applications. Here are some ways to make them work.
Subaru CIO gets technology to align with business goals (11 May 2011)
Subaru CIO Brian Simmermon replaced more than 90% of the company's technology to remove silos and redundancy, and to align with business goals.
Technological innovation now a full-contact sport across the C-suite (12 May 2011)
Technological innovation is becoming a full-contact sport across the C-suite, McKinsey IT strategist Roger Roberts says. We ask him what CIOs need to do to compete.
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Week of 02 May 2011 Content management services take to the cloud (04 May 2011)
Decentralized and widespread enterprises are moving content management services to the cloud and reaping the benefits.
In building a mobility strategy, what the employee says goes (03 May 2011)
In companies building a mobility strategy, the question has shifted from what's best for the business to how to do what's needed on the mobile devices employees are demanding.
NASA's IT redo takes off, guided by tools for data center efficiency (05 May 2011)
Guided by tools for data center efficiency, NASA transforms its IT infrastructure with a holistic view toward standardized offerings and automated self-service from the help desk.
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Week of 25 Apr 2011 Amazon's EC2 outage clarifies requirements for an enterprise cloud SLA (28 Apr 2011)
CIOs should approach the cloud with the same due diligence with which they approach data centers, and negotiate an SLA with a built-in backup strategy for data and services.
CIOs scrambling to adapt mobile device management to a BYOD era (26 Apr 2011)
The astonishing incursion of personal devices into the enterprise requires a new look at mobile device management. It's time to put the horse back before the cart.
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Week of 18 Apr 2011 CIO innovator on creative destruction: Getting out of the comfort zone (21 Apr 2011)
Creative destruction is one way to define innovation, but sometimes getting out of your comfort zone is the best way to realize innovation, according to Bryan Smith, CIO at Volvo Construction...
SaaS solutions offer more security and soft savings than once thought (20 Apr 2011)
SaaS solutions provide better security and greater "soft" savings than was previously thought; but CIOs should heed concerns about vendor viability, integration and support.
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Week of 11 Apr 2011 A culture of innovation begins with line-of-business and IT teamwork (12 Apr 2011)
IT executives create a culture of innovation by focusing on information before technology, and fostering line-of-business and IT teamwork.
CIO brings innovation to business process outsourcing (13 Apr 2011)
As part of SearchCIO.com's CIO Innovator Profile series, Maximus Canada CIO Joel Levinson discusses innovation and business process outsourcing.
Cloud-based project management service gets projects off the ground (14 Apr 2011)
Companies looking for lightweight, low-overhead project management software are turning their attention skyward, to the cloud.
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Week of 04 Apr 2011 Device choices make mobile workforce management decisions primary (06 Apr 2011)
The decision to deploy devices to support a mobile workforce is an easy one, but choosing which devices and platforms to deploy is not as easy.
How Lands' End's CIO seized the moment to soft-sell a cloud strategy (05 Apr 2011)
Lands' End CIO Steve Cretney came up with a cloud strategy to help the retailer expand internationally. Then the hard part came -- using his soft skills to bring people along.
In the wake of Vanguard's enterprise 2.0 effort, deep cultural changes (07 Apr 2011)
Vanguard's Abha Kumar realized an ambitious enterprise 2.0 project in three years by tapping into a corporate blueprint predicated on high-performing employees.
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Week of 28 Mar 2011 Nationwide Mutual Insurance saves $2 million through lean operations (31 Mar 2011)
In an era of built-out IT infrastructures -- when innovation of owned technology is the rule -- lean operations can cut costs, as they did at Nationwide Mutual Insurance.
The CIO's dilemma? Disruptive innovation vs. performance improvement (30 Mar 2011)
CIOs focused on continuously improving their IT products and services might want to heed the lessons of now-defunct market leaders who got upended by disruptive innovation.
The need for IT innovation leads to aggressive collaboration (29 Mar 2011)
IT innovation is what happens when there's no money for new equipment but plenty of fresh ideas emanating from all parts of the business.
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Week of 21 Mar 2011 CIOs looking for ways to say yes to the iPad in the enterprise (22 Mar 2011)
CIOs are looking for ways to say yes to the iPad in the enterprise, despite the technological and cultural challenges associated with new mobile devices.
SaaS platform gives Market6 multi-tenancy and identity management (24 Mar 2011)
Why build when you can buy? Market6 chose a SaaS platform to transform its single-tenant software into a multi-tenant cloud offering packed with sales support.
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Week of 14 Mar 2011 John Hancock Financial Services' CIO on why IT finance matters (17 Mar 2011)
Allan Hackney spent his first 15 months as CIO at John Hancock Financial Services hunkered down with the ledger. Learn why managing IT finance matters and how it's about to change.
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Week of 07 Mar 2011 Cloud brokers emerge to sort out the chaos of cloud services (08 Mar 2011)
Faced with a chaotic mix of cloud services, IT execs now must sort through a crowd of cloud brokers that claim to minimize risks and improve interoperability.
Federated identity management urgently needed in the cloud (10 Mar 2011)
Federated identity management groups and vendors toss up standards and solutions, as enterprises attempt to wrest control of user access to cloud-based applications.
The recession behind them, are CIOs facing an IT hiring crisis? (09 Mar 2011)
After three years of IT budget cuts and layoffs, are CIOs facing an IT hiring crisis? For CIOs at a recent conference, the answer is yes.
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Week of 28 Feb 2011 IT execs piggyback disaster recovery onto virtualization (02 Mar 2011)
Virtualization is not a cure-all for disaster recovery, but it does simplify disaster recovery planning and procedures, and can save money to boot.
IT execs question whether cloud disaster recovery is a viable option (02 Mar 2011)
Cloud storage is drawing interest, but enterprises are steering clear of cloud disaster recovery as cloud reliability concerns linger.
The next frontier in IT disaster recovery plans: Mobile devices (28 Feb 2011)
Lulled by mobile devices synced back to centralized servers, CIOs haven't given much thought to IT disaster recovery plans for mobile computing. That needs to change.
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Week of 14 Feb 2011 'Cloud in a box' promises to snap in private cloud resources on demand (17 Feb 2011)
Cloud-in-a-box solutions promise to take the burden of building a private cloud off enterprise IT departments.
Converged data center infrastructure promises to banish IT silos (15 Feb 2011)
Vendors are promising to eliminate data center infrastructure management headaches by hooking together one-stop solutions. Will enterprises take the bait?
How Chevron is building a pipeline of IT leaders focused on innovation (16 Feb 2011)
How is one of the world's largest energy companies fostering IT innovation? By letting IT leaders know it's OK to focus on technology, according to Peter Breunig, general manager of technology and...
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Week of 07 Feb 2011 Business intelligence, analytics help CIO challenge collective wisdom (10 Feb 2011)
Business intelligence and predictive analytics are enabling New York City Housing Authority CIO Atefeh Riazi to take the guesswork out of IT investments.
IT executives share their views on private clouds (08 Feb 2011)
IT executives and system integrators add their two cents to the private cloud definition, and discuss whether they have anything to gain from the "new paradigm."
The lines between cloud computing models are blurring (09 Feb 2011)
Cloud computing models are converging. Many roads are leading to PaaS, and some vendors are building an IaaS-SaaS-PaaS triple threat.
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Week of 31 Jan 2011 Advice for dealing with the top 10 risks in public cloud computing (02 Feb 2011)
The top 10 public cloud computing risks -- from security to legal ambiguity -- and how IT executives and industry experts advise dealing with them.
IT executives weighing cloud risks against the benefits (03 Feb 2011)
As IT executives decide whether cloud risks outweigh the benefits of moving to the cloud model, the debate continues.
IT offshore outsourcing markets, options on the rise, Gartner says (01 Feb 2011)
The never-ending quest to cut IT costs is opening up new IT offshoring markets. Here are a look at Gartner's latest assessment and a new index from IT advisory firm TPI Inc.
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Week of 24 Jan 2011 2011 IT salary and careers survey guide (24 Jan 2011)
See how IT salaries stack up by title and vertical industry, as well as what your peers expect to make in 2011, in this guide to SearchCIO.com's CIO Salary and Careers Survey.
A CIO's journey to bring back IT innovation (27 Jan 2011)
IT innovation was lost behind an Iron Curtain at H.B. Fuller until "turnaround" CIO Steven John was brought in to shake up the company's Eastern Bloc mentality.
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Week of 17 Jan 2011 Center for CIO Leadership hopes to retool the role of the CIO (18 Jan 2011)
Concerned about the devolving role of the CIO, the Center for CIO Leadership is refocusing the position on strategic business and technology innovation.
Cloud, virtualization pull more managers into strategic IT planning (19 Jan 2011)
In the 2010 CIO Careers and Salary Survey, managers say leading-edge technologies are drawing them into strategic IT planning. A healthy number, however, are not so gung-ho.
IT salary survey: More money, but opportunities for growth a challenge (20 Jan 2011)
The 2010 IT salary survey shows compensation up compared with last year, but some IT professionals will find challenges moving up or out of their current jobs.
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Week of 10 Jan 2011 CIO survey: IT salaries in 2010 and how they vary by industry (11 Jan 2011)
As companies began emerging from the recession, IT salaries differed by industry, in some cases widely. How were industries alike? Raises and a generally upbeat outlook for 2011.
IT salary survey reveals mixed levels of satisfaction (13 Jan 2011)
Our annual IT salary survey reveals that skilled midlevel managers make almost as much as CIOs, and salary satisfaction suffers with additional responsibilities.
The CIO job and age discrimination (12 Jan 2011)
Is the CIO job more vulnerable to age discrimination than other C-suite positions? Yes, but in ways you might not imagine, according to leading headhunters.
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Week of 03 Jan 2011 IT budgets, priorities returning to health in 2011 (03 Jan 2011)
Virtualization, software spending top IT budgets in 2011, while staffing levels are shortchanged, according to TechTarget's 2011 IT Priorities Survey.
Virtualization management from the trenches (06 Jan 2011)
A data center design expert shares his virtualization management tips on must-have policies and tools, as well as the business benefits gained through virtualization.
Writing a CIO resume for 2011 (04 Jan 2011)
What should the CIO resume look like in 2011? The ideal one includes global experience and showcases your ability to make money for the business.
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Week of 20 Dec 2010 A health care community cloud takes shape (21 Dec 2010)
A community cloud is taking shape among vertical-industry companies keen on sharing computing resources and gaining low-cost access to industry-specific applications.
Six questions for building an effective outsourcing strategy (22 Dec 2010)
Knowing what not to outsource is not always as obvious as it seems, according to sourcing experts. Here are six questions to help you build an effective outsourcing strategy.
Virtualization without virtualization management cancels out benefits (22 Dec 2010)
Retaining the benefits gained through virtualization comes down to virtualization management policies and the tools of the trade.
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Week of 06 Dec 2010 EBay rethinks its data center design with sustainability in mind (09 Dec 2010)
Sales growth was outstripping eBay's data center design until its CIO introduced a more sustainable and economical approach to IT.
IBM CIO talks IT risk management, mobile device security (06 Dec 2010)
IBM CIO Pat Toole talks about his role in IBM's IT risk management strategy, and how IBM is handling application development and mobile device security.
Make social passion the cornerstone of enterprise collaboration (08 Dec 2010)
The deployment of enterprise collaboration and social media is now a top agenda item for CIOs. Realizing the potential of these tools is a matter of passion, experts say.
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Week of 29 Nov 2010 Consolidation, compliance pushing demand for a green data center (01 Dec 2010)
CIOs see the benefits of a green data center as lower costs and leadership props, experts say. Here's the skinny on green data center certifications and enabling technologies.
IBM CIO uses his seat at the table to drive IBM to the clouds (02 Dec 2010)
IBM CIO Pat Toole uses his seat at the table to launch Blue Insight, one of the world's largest private clouds, and to drive consolidation of the company's mammoth IT operations.
Picking an outsourcing service provider? Avoid these four mistakes (29 Nov 2010)
If 2011 is like 2010, choosing the right outsourcing service provider and getting the deal off to the right start will be critical for CIOs. Here are four mistakes to avoid.
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Week of 22 Nov 2010 In these uncertain times, CFO responsibilities focus on execution (23 Nov 2010)
News CIOs should use from the MIT Sloan CFO Summit: In these uncertain times, CFO responsibilities center on internal execution and scenario planning for constant change.
The onus is on IT to decipher virtualization licensing models (24 Nov 2010)
Virtualization licensing models have come a long way on the server side, but making sense of virtual licensing models for the desktop is a complex endeavor.
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Week of 15 Nov 2010 How to select an enterprise collaboration platform (hold on tight) (17 Nov 2010)
Enterprise collaboration platforms aim to add a social layer to work apps. This story, the second of two about such platforms, offers a market overview and vendor selection advice.
IT culture's norms in need of adjustment (18 Nov 2010)
Cloud technology accentuates some norms of IT culture that need to change. The command-and-control approach is one of them.
With new enterprise collaboration platforms, 'social' means business (16 Nov 2010)
Forget about pushing people to use wikis and blogs. The rush is on to build enterprise collaboration platforms that pull social networking into every workstation.
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Week of 08 Nov 2010 A data management strategy without policies spells doom (09 Nov 2010)
There is a need for speed when it comes to data retrieval, but a successful data management strategy begins with data classification, retention and storage policies.
Virtual system monitoring tools seek out trouble spots and free up IT (10 Nov 2010)
System monitoring tools designed for virtual environments discover in minutes what might have taken people days; they even anticipate problems, freeing IT from reactive mode.
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Week of 01 Nov 2010 Business process transformation hinges on a flexible management model (03 Nov 2010)
Business process transformation succeeds best in IT organizations emphasizing collaboration and real-time analysis. Learn how IT can bring transformation to the lines of business.
The upcoming revolution in business intelligence systems (04 Nov 2010)
A revolution is coming to business intelligence systems that's fueled by more compute power, mobility, data from everywhere and the adoption of predictive analytics.
When it comes to a data protection strategy, paranoia is a good thing (02 Nov 2010)
A data protection strategy should cover data at rest or in transit, as well as physical and virtual threats in the data center or in the cloud.
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Week of 25 Oct 2010 Build a strong CIO-CFO alliance in 2011, or put IT strategy at risk (26 Oct 2010)
It's time to reinforce the CIO-CFO alliance, or get busy establishing one. The CFO is playing a bigger role in IT decisions, and that's expected to continue beyond this recession.
Is a CIO-CFO partnership possible? Gartner's CIO and CFO prove it is (28 Oct 2010)
With CFOs' influence in IT decisions at its greatest in a decade, CIOs need to develop a strong CIO-CFO alliance. Gartner Inc.'s CFO and CIO analyze how they built a partnership.
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Week of 18 Oct 2010 CIOs fired up and ready to go again on IT and business alignment (20 Oct 2010)
After years of advice on IT and business alignment, you'd think CIOs would have heard enough. But at this week's Gartner Symposium ITxpo, the quest for IT business value lives on.
Deduplicate, compress and defray costs of data storage management (19 Oct 2010)
Enterprises are looking for cost-effective data storage management techniques. Deduplication is the most popular solution, but not always the best. Learn more about some options.
End-to-end monitoring offers a view from cloud to enterprise (18 Oct 2010)
End-to-end monitoring tools for the cloud and the enterprise promise to provide IT a view inside virtualized environments and the cloud.
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Week of 11 Oct 2010 A COO pushes IT innovation by making it about business value (13 Oct 2010)
At the Forrester CIO Forum, a health care COO tells CIOs how he is using IT innovation to transform the business. The keys? BIACs, COEs and focusing on the bottom line.
Mobile application development tops CIO strategies (12 Oct 2010)
Cloud computing was unavoidable -- of course -- but CIOs at this year's Society for Information Management conference were keener on mobile application development strategies.
Mobile data security spans policies, budgets and backups (12 Oct 2010)
A proliferation of mobile devices in the enterprise forces CIOs to reassess policies, budgets and backups for mobile data security.
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Week of 04 Oct 2010 A burst of business continuity, disaster recovery planning (06 Oct 2010)
Explosives maker Austin Powder played with virtualization, and an idea for its business continuity and disaster recovery planning ignited: Make HQ a hot site for remote offices.
Outsourcing trends: Mobile business applications for a business edge (05 Oct 2010)
Want to know what your competitors are asking their offshore providers for? Mobile business applications, managed, supported and deployed fast for competitive gain.
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Week of 27 Sep 2010 Business process automation for the business' sake (30 Sep 2010)
CIOs like Ed Bell caution that business process automation success doesn't necessarily hail from the process of automation or the BPM tool, but rather from an understanding of the desired business...
Disaster recovery solutions for virtual environments run the gamut (29 Sep 2010)
When it comes to virtual disaster recovery solutions, the question is, how fast do you want them? Experts say a mix of solutions may be the way for enterprises to go.
Social media, mobility shape business process automation in Las Vegas (28 Sep 2010)
CIO Joe Marcella, a seasoned practitioner of business process automation, talks about his approach and how the recession -- and social media -- have made BPA more critical than ever.
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Week of 20 Sep 2010 Role of CIO increasingly calls for monetizing IT, intellectual assets (23 Sep 2010)
The CIO job goes by lots of names. Here's a new one: rainmaker. As businesses become IT- and intellectual-property-centric, CIOs are using their digital smarts to drive revenue.
Social media and networking ushering in a 'third wave' of capitalism (22 Sep 2010)
Pepsi gets it, so does Coke. But social media and networking are not just about selling soda. They represent a "third wave of capitalism," one guru says. Ignore it at your peril.
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Week of 13 Sep 2010 Mobile phone security policies give IT some control over the influx (16 Sep 2010)
There's no turning back mobile devices' invasion of the enterprise. CIOs need to put mobile phone security policies in place to control these uninvited guests.
Outsourcing trends: Waiting on cloud, CIOs eye two-tier ERP model (15 Sep 2010)
As CIOs wait for public-cloud offerings to mature, they look to offshore providers for services that confer competitive advantage. First up: a two-tier ERP or hub-and-spoke model.
The ROI of a virtual desktop infrastructure is more than money saved (14 Sep 2010)
The virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI, architecture is making strides in the enterprise, promising business agility and business continuity, not just savings.
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Week of 06 Sep 2010 Customization is out, as CIOs seek standardized outsourcing solutions (08 Sep 2010)
Outsourcing solutions are undergoing a seismic shift, says the head of outsourcing at A.T. Kearney. See what CIOs want from outsourcing companies, and the tradeoffs made in return.
Policies and people are keys to managing a virtualization strategy (07 Sep 2010)
Keep in mind that a successful virtualization strategy relies on the right policies and people, even if you are rushing to virtualize everything from applications to servers.
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Week of 30 Aug 2010 Data center colocation: Lock in prices now, experts advise (01 Sep 2010)
Demand for data center colocation is up, and so are the prices, prompting a debate over whether investments in colocation services match the ROI.
Data center outsourcing dilemma: CIOs weigh in on owning vs. renting (31 Aug 2010)
Is it better to own or rent data center space? CIOs are seeking more modular, green data center designs and considering data center outsourcing, as consolidation takes precedence.
Getting clarity on the ITIL framework from ITIL's chief architect (31 Aug 2010)
Some 30 years after it began, the ITIL framework can still furrow the brow. Where do you start? Can you choose between V2 and V3? We get some clarity from two ITIL experts.
Public vs. private cloud computing: Which fits your enterprise needs? (01 Sep 2010)
Public and private cloud computing have penetrated enterprises, forcing IT to develop a plan for managing two distinct service-delivery models.
The fundamentals of launching an IT service catalog (01 Sep 2010)
The IT service catalog is a linchpin of ITSM, but is hard to create and manage. Here an expert advises where to begin, what to avoid and why CIOs should make a catalog a priority.
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Week of 23 Aug 2010 How a CIO made a business case for a cloud computing solution (24 Aug 2010)
A cloud computing solution at Harvard Medical School illustrates the need for CIOs to articulate the business case and bring everyone into the process.
SOA solutions create a wrapper for legacy modernization (25 Aug 2010)
An expert defends the benefits of SOA solutions for legacy modernization and for creating network-centric collaborative environments.
Why a conservative mutual fund company loves corporate social media (26 Aug 2010)
How does a conservative company like The Vanguard Group find itself on the forefront of corporate social media and enterprise 2.0 communication tools? It's all about the client.
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Week of 16 Aug 2010 CIO Q&A: 2010 IT spending squeezed at Welch Foods, but no sour grapes (18 Aug 2010)
2010 IT spending at Welch Foods was slashed, and so was IT staff, due in part to a bad blow from Mother Nature. Find out why CIO Dave Jackson is not complaining.
Cyber insurance mitigates the risk of data breaches in cloud computing (19 Aug 2010)
Cyber insurance should be standard for cloud computing vendors, experts say, but some providers fail to obtain it. Customers of cloud service providers need to share the risk.
Experts debate the fate of cloud provider liability limits (17 Aug 2010)
All eyes are on cloud provider liability limits as experts ponder the financial backing needed for enterprise trust.
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Week of 09 Aug 2010 Laying the foundation for ECM with records information management (10 Aug 2010)
Before your business thinks about buying an enterprise content management system, a deep dive into records information management could be in order. Take it from CIO Laura Fucci.
Time to lay down the cloud computing law for uptime (12 Aug 2010)
Experts lament the lack of cloud computing law covering the financial remuneration of unexpected downtime, while some cloud providers innovate with money-back guarantees.
Trials and tribulations of implementing a data management strategy (11 Aug 2010)
Even when there is a driving need, launching a new data management strategy can be an uphill battle. As one chief privacy officer learned, getting the right team in place is key.
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Week of 02 Aug 2010 Corporate business services: Repurpose to reap value and flexibility (04 Aug 2010)
CIOs are taking a hybrid approach to the creation of IT and corporate business services, repurposing existing technology and adding new service delivery methods.
Enterprise adoption of the public cloud hinges on liability policies (TotalCIO Blog | 06 Aug 2010)
People compare public cloud computing to the Wild West, but it's only a matter of time before law and order reign through liability policies.
How CIOs are tackling IT business services creation (03 Aug 2010)
CIOs are in a prime position to shape new IT business services and shepherd the enterprise into new markets.
What's data fungibility got to do with delivering business insight? (TotalCIO Blog | 06 Aug 2010)
CIOs need to know about their data's fungibility if they hope to deliver business insight to the business, not just information.
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Week of 26 Jul 2010 Catalyst Conference: Is the new BI about less automation -- or more? (TotalCIO Blog | 30 Jul 2010)
On the BI track at the Catalyst Conference, sorting out the old BI from the new BI.
How mega data center construction is tied to taxes (TotalCIO Blog | 30 Jul 2010)
James Bond, meet Uncle Sam: How cybercriminals, disasters and taxes all impact mega data center construction.
Leaving the past behind and embracing the 'new normal' in IT (28 Jul 2010)
The very traits that made companies successful in the 20th century will cause them to fail in the "new normal," according to futurist John Seely Brown.
Retiring IT assets to avoid maintenance penalties (27 Jul 2010)
Learn how a data center consulting firm helped a retail chain consolidate IT assets to avoid maintenance costs and penalties.
Server provisioning methods holding back cloud computing initiatives (29 Jul 2010)
With older approaches to server provisioning proving inadequate for many cloud computing initiatives, corporate users look to image-based provisioning for a solution.
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Week of 19 Jul 2010 Chief data officers: Bringing data management strategy to the C-suite (TotalCIO Blog | 22 Jul 2010)
Data has become so relevant to how business gets done that some companies are adding a new officer to oversee data management strategy.
How the chargeback process will alter the IT-business relationship (21 Jul 2010)
The long-debated chargeback process has been revived by cloud computing, which could change how IT groups are organized and operate in a competitive and stressed economy.
Readers respond to practice and philosophy of IT chargeback (TotalCIO Blog | 22 Jul 2010)
Readers got all charged up about the IT chargeback series on SearchCIO.com, responding with words of wisdom about practical and philosophical implications.
Why you need a formal data governance program, and how to get started (22 Jul 2010)
Formal data governance programs are still the exception rather than the rule. Learn why your organization needs one, plus five preconditions necessary to ensure success.
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Week of 12 Jul 2010 Calculating ROI on IT projects is useful but not sufficient (14 Jul 2010)
Calculating ROI on IT projects is necessary and useful. ROI is only as good as the assumptions that go into it, however -- including a company's track record on project delivery.
Chargeback process: An old model heralds changes in IT (TotalCIO Blog | 16 Jul 2010)
With a chargeback process, the IT organization must not only think like a business, but also reorganize to include external services in its new role as trusted adviser.
Deutsche Post DHL cuts IT budgets by half with a supply demand model (13 Jul 2010)
After moving to a supply demand model for IT, the German logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL cut its IT business expenditures by 50% and achieved better business-IT alignment.
Does IT chargeback pave the way to outsourcing? (TotalCIO Blog | 15 Jul 2010)
IT chargeback and the supply-and-demand model for IT impose fiscal discipline on business spending on technology. But do they lead to outsourcing?
IT chargeback adoption obstacles and benefits (15 Jul 2010)
CIOs debate the merits of IT chargeback as a holy grail of business efficiency.
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Week of 05 Jul 2010 Bumpy patch ahead for MDM software (TotalCIO Blog | 08 Jul 2010)
As master data management moves from the early adopters to fast followers, many IT shops will assume that MDM software is mature. Not so, says Gartner analyst Andrew White.
IT chargeback: A fundamental part of cloud computing takes shape (08 Jul 2010)
IT chargeback is being put to the test by cloud computing. Which metrics can be used to charge business units for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS?
IT chargeback: A political hot potato is tossed up by cloud computing (TotalCIO Blog | 09 Jul 2010)
Measured service is the point of cloud computing, but IT chargeback isn't as simple as it sounds: Consider the metrics, the process, and the pros and cons.
Pros and cons of using enterprise master data management with BI (07 Jul 2010)
Enterprise master data management is a big task. Some CIOs are finding quick wins by starting MDM within their business intelligence efforts. For others? It's a no-win.
Stack computing not catching on, but could hold promise in the cloud (06 Jul 2010)
Integrated computing stacks from Oracle and IBM aren't catching on with most CIOs, but some see an advantage when stacks are connected with architectures for private cloud computing.
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Week of 28 Jun 2010 A funny thing happened on the way to Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance (TotalCIO Blog | 01 Jul 2010)
The U.S. Supreme Court's narrow ruling this week on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act underscored how CIOs have capitalized on becoming SOX compliant.
Agile best practices can combine waterfall and Scrum (01 Jul 2010)
Agile projects can mingle Scrum and waterfall approaches, but proceed with caution. Program managers share agile best practices and pitfalls.
Biometric fingerprints find new, mobile audience (TotalCIO Blog | 01 Jul 2010)
Biometric fingerprints, an old technology, gain traction as a cloud-based service in a world where the workforce is increasingly mobile.
Private cloud computing: Pitfalls and advice for avoiding them (29 Jun 2010)
As private cloud computing gains traction in the enterprise, pitfalls await uninformed IT staff. Avoid common mistakes by reading our list of private cloud misperceptions.
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Week of 21 Jun 2010 Cloud location: Why it's important to know where your data resides (TotalCIO Blog | 25 Jun 2010)
The Internet may be everywhere, but experts say cloud location is important to consider. Find out why.
Disaster recovery plan at heart of data center consolidation project (22 Jun 2010)
A data center and IT strategy overhaul will give one state a much-needed disaster recovery plan on a green ticket.
Five private cloud computing best practices (24 Jun 2010)
Private cloud computing is something with which enterprises are coming to grips. Check out our list of five best practices for successfully deploying a private cloud.
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Week of 14 Jun 2010 BI SaaS: Getting a fix on your business in a tight economy (15 Jun 2010)
BI SaaS solutions for the cloud are causing more commotion among enterprise and midmarket companies alike than are cloud apps for email and CRM.
BI software advances can't address adoption issues, CIOs say (17 Jun 2010)
At a recent business intelligence summit, CIOs were excited over the rapid evolution of BI software -- but mindful of how hard it is to make BI solutions work.
Business service development: Lessons learned from the frontlines (16 Jun 2010)
There is no clear-cut path for IT to follow when it comes to business service development. CIOs and experts share their dos and don'ts.
Developing an IT business service requires technology and fearlessness (TotalCIO Blog | 18 Jun 2010)
Developing an IT business service isn't only about technology -- it's about fearlessly pursuing an idea that might seem daunting initially.
Self-service technology transforms universities into 'schools of one' (TotalCIO Blog | 18 Jun 2010)
Self-service technology is a must for institutions of higher learning, as millenials demand a customized educational experience.
Using the sex appeal of the iPad to push BI reporting in the C-suite (TotalCIO Blog | 17 Jun 2010)
Democratizing BI reporting is the mantra of the industry, but adoption problems persist, especially in the C-suite. Can the iPad turn that around?
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