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| Week of 19 Oct 2009 |
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Gartner's top 10 strategic technologies for 2010
Gartner's list of technologies that bear examination during the next three years show an agile, mobile, secure enterprise that can spot early warning signs and predict trends. |
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Qualities of a great leader from Jim Collins
(TotalCIO Blog | 20 Oct 2009)
What makes a great leader? Author Jim Collins shared some insights with attendees at Gartner's Symposium ITxpo. |
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How to build IT innovation, flexibility into your IT outsourcing deals
Learn how to draw IT innovation from your IT outsourcing vendors and structure your contracts to cover new technology models like cloud and SaaS. |
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| Week of 12 Oct 2009 |
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Sidekick data and 'balloon boy'
(TotalCIO Blog | 16 Oct 2009)
What do the Sidekick data loss and the balloon boy saga have in common? More than you might think, according to our blogger. |
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IT staff retention likely to become an issue in economic recovery
(TotalCIO Blog | 16 Oct 2009)
The economic recession has put everyone in a cost-cutting mind-set. But our blogger asks: Can companies continue to work that way during the economic recovery and expect to keep st... |
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Lean thinking in IT: Case studies and advice from practitioners
Lean thinking in IT can improve customer satisfaction and business alignment and cut waste, as TransUnion, Harley-Davidson and Flextronics have found. Here's how. |
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Multi-sourcing requires IT governance strategy with multiple tiers
An IT governance strategy for multi-sourcing activities requires a multi-tier approach with participation throughout the enterprise. Read how NASA learned to govern multi-sourcing. |
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GPS devices, geolocation data create privacy, security risks
(SearchCompliance.com | 12 Oct 2009)
Emerging technologies that allow users to broadcast geographic locations raise many issues for companies, CIOs, while legislatures and the FTC consider legal aspects. |
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| Week of 05 Oct 2009 |
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Gen X, not Gen Y, leads adoption of social technologies in workplace
(TotalCIO Blog | 09 Oct 2009)
CIOs should look to Generation X, not Generation Y, to be the early adopters of new and social technologies within their organization. |
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Why IT can be OK with users managing their own SaaS services contracts
(TotalCIO Blog | 09 Oct 2009)
The road to creating and managing IT outsourcing contracts is a long and winding one – especially when business users start procuring their own services, such as applications... |
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Disaster recovery is dead; long live continuous business operations
IT disaster recovery is dead, according to the head of the Disaster Recovery Institute International. Here's how DR is becoming synonymous with business continuity. |
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| Week of 28 Sep 2009 |
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CIO management mistakes and the cost of IT failure
(SearchCIO.com | 02 Oct 2009)
There are a lot more than eight ways to torpedo a CIO career, our readers tell us. |
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Questions to ask in building your IT outsourcing strategy
(SearchCIO.com | 02 Oct 2009)
We've been contemplating the questions CIOs should ask as they formulate or revisit their IT outsourcing strategy. |
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ITIL case study: ITIL best practices at two financial services firms
When Barclays Global Investors and Wachovia invested in ITIL, they saw improved efficiencies and huge cost savings. Read their stories here. |
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Maturing an ITIL strategy beyond incident, problem, change management
Some ITIL implementations stall once IT gets incident, problem and change management under control. Here's what ITIL practitioners advise to keep driving benefits and maturity. |
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CIO management mistakes that can harm CIO careers, cause IT failures
Are you an effective CIO or senior IT leader, or are you poised for failure because you've made one of these mistakes? Here's what you might need to change before it's too late. |
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| Week of 21 Sep 2009 |
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Cost-saving moves push security off list of top CIO management issues
(SearchCIO.com | 25 Sep 2009)
SIM's annual survey is out, and perennial CIO issues -- IT security and business continuity/disaster recovery -- have plummeted on the lists of both CIO management and technology p... |
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How Google and Yahoo improved data center energy efficiency
(SearchCIO.com | 25 Sep 2009)
Running large data centers is expensive and getting worse. No one knows that more than Google and Yahoo. |
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Miscues abounded in Boston email retention policy, practices
Boston CIO Bill Oates talks about measures taken to tune an email retention policy after disconnects between user practice and system capability set off a political firestorm. |
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Google Wave: A sea change for business collaboration, communication?
Businesses are getting caught up in the Google Wave, contemplating how such mashup collaboration technologies stand to change the way they operate internally and do business. |
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| Week of 14 Sep 2009 |
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Three ways to reach out to women in IT: Mentor, advocate, encourage
(SearchCIO.com | 18 Sep 2009)
A dinner on women in IT focused on midlevel women in technology and their challenges in getting ahead. You might say that overcoming this gender gap means improving IT. Here are so... |
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For CIOs, email deletion scandal shows need for email retention policy
An email deletion scandal that threatens to upend the Boston mayoral race is fair warning to CIOs who need an email retention policy or archiving system. |
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Culture management critical to ITSM and ITIL implementation
The goal of any ITSM program is not purchasing the tool or implementing the processes. Instead, it's about creating an organizational culture that will positively embrace these new... |
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Service portfolio management: Helping IT get back to business
More mature IT shops are adopting ITIL v3's service portfolio management approach to better manage the service lifecycle and provide business-centric services to the organization. |
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| Week of 07 Sep 2009 |
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Looking for low-cost business processes? Check out GE WorkOut and FTD
(TotalCIO Blog | 11 Sep 2009)
Six Sigma and Lean too intimidating? Too expensive? Our blogger takes a look at two alternatives. |
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Health care security, HIPAA compliance on deck for CIOs in Obama era
HIPAA enforcement has long been lax, but that's changing with stiffer HIPAA security and privacy rules and incentives to move to electronic health records. |
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Tips from the CDC's CIO on H1N1 flu preparedness
As a second wave of swine flu looms, we check in with James Seligman, CIO at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on a CIO checklist for H1N1. |
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Talking swine flu and Conficker with the CIO of the CDC
The CIO at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discusses how preparations for H1N1 and other human viruses compare with the computer variety and more. |
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| Week of 31 Aug 2009 |
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Gmail outage raises issue of control
(TotalCIO Blog | 03 Sep 2009)
Gmail users couldn't reach their email earlier this week. What does that say about cloud computing options? One IT director shares his thoughts with our blogger. |
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Tips for business continuity and contingency planning for swine flu
IT business continuity plans for swine flu outbreaks focus on people and remote access issues. Here are experts' tips on what to include. |
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Uniting ITSM, PPM process methodologies yields IT management benefits
ITSM and PPM are typically separate disciplines, but integrating them can increase visibility, help with budgeting and more. Learn more about this dynamic duo. |
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Effective ITIL project leadership: Plan-Do-Check-Act
Successful ITIL project leaders are using the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to ensure their teams stay motivated, follow the same processes and contribute innovative ideas. |
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| Week of 24 Aug 2009 |
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IT outsourcing pros and cons for Latin America
IT outsourcing pros and cons for Latin America range from time zone alignment and geographic proximity to a lack of vendors and language barriers. Learn more here. |
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Technology is changing IT disaster recovery outsourcing
New technologies such as virtualization, disk backup and cloud are radically changing IT disaster recovery services. |
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Seven tips to make the value case for disaster recovery
How do you make the case in your company to invest in disaster recovery? Here are seven tips from leading providers that tell you how. |
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| Week of 17 Aug 2009 |
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Swine flu -- not hurricanes -- leads disaster recovery agenda
(TotalCIO | 21 Aug 2009)
As Hurricane Bill bears down, our blogger looks at what's really topping the disaster recovery agenda for IT leaders -- swine flu. |
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Failure to track virtualization licensing terms can cost you
(TotalCIO Blog | 20 Aug 2009)
How are vendors counting licenses under the virtualization model? Our blogger explains why you should look into your virtualization licensing terms -- or be ready to pay some hefty... |
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Pros and cons of IT outsourcing in popular Asian countries
The benefits and challenges of IT outsourcing in India, China, the Philippines and Vietnam range from pricing to intellectual property barriers. Learn more here. |
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