Business software

Mobile application development: Fast, furious -- and flawed?

Mobile application development is a competitive race, so is it more important to get mobile apps out the door fast? Or out feature-rich and flawless?CIO Matters | 04 Feb 2013

Fannie Mae's approach to taming end-user computing applications

Take a look at how Fannie Mae brought end-user computing application proliferation under control in three steps.Tip

CIO and IT team do the heavy lifting in Bally business transformation

Bally Total Fitness CIO Guy Thier is driving business transformation via mobile apps, social media, CRM and a deep knowledge of operations.CIO Innovator | 15 Jan 2013

International CES passé? C'est pas vrai!

This week in SearchCIO.com Searchlight, CES gets panned but Vegas may be poised for a tech-led turnaround. Plus, why curiosity doesn't kill some cats.Searchlight | 11 Jan 2013

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In creating mobile applications, perfection sometimes beats speed

This week SearchCIO.com Searchlight considers whether MySpace deserves a third act, and if it's better to be fast or good with mobile applications.Searchlight | 14 Dec 2012

Stat amplifies why CIOs need a social media presence, mobile strategy

In this week's SearchCIO.com Searchlight, a wild stat shows why CIOs need a social media presence and mobile strategy. Plus, dealing with 'big data.'Searchlight | 07 Dec 2012

'Tis the season to question the mobile-first mentality

In this week's SearchCIO.com Searchlight, Web entrepreneurs ponder the point of a mobile-first mentality. Plus big data tips and tech in politics.Searchlight | 29 Nov 2012

'Big data' analytics, number-crunching nation

If the presidential election says nothing else to CIOs, it demonstrates that 'big data' analytics and mobile apps are not technologies as usual.CIO Matters | 08 Nov 2012

IT business service ideas' success hinges on three factors

Is Yammer a solution to a CIO problem or a trap?

Has Microsoft just solved a huge CIO problem with its acquisition of Yammer, or laid a trap for IT in a bring-your-own-device era?News | 26 Jun 2012

Enterprise mobile apps and business software guide for CIOs

Are enterprise mobile apps taking your business software to the next level? Establish a strategy for enterprise mobile apps with this guide.CIO Briefing

Enterprise mobile apps and business software guide

Are enterprise mobile apps taking your business software to the next level? Establish a strategy for enterprise mobile apps with this guide.CIO Briefing

Make business processes part of your management playbook

Business processes can add significant value to your company, but first you must understand the nature of business process management and improvement.Tip

Innovation and agility start with application process optimization

This tip discusses how to achieve the goals of business process reengineering, including application process optimization for innovation and agility.Tip

Making sure your business software stays business-ready

Business software is the table stakes an organization needs to thrive. Here's how to assess whether your business applications are up to the task.Tip

Recognition technology drives next-generation mobile strategies

New audio and visual recognition technology should be shaping mobile strategies, and CIOs shouldn't overlook the business value of cheap consumer tech.Tip

Ensuring self-service BI doesn't become a data free-for-all

Doing self-service BI right still requires structured and governed data management.News | 28 Mar 2012

The ROI of self-service BI

Self-service BI could very well be the answer to the perennial question, "What's the ROI of business intelligence?"News | 27 Mar 2012

Mobility strategy: CIOs have to embrace disruptive technologies

It was suggested at Fusion 2012 that without a mobility strategy, it could be true: "CIO" could mean "career is over."News | 13 Mar 2012

Information management and the role of IT in a big data era: Three tips

What to consider before deploying the Hadoop framework

Custom fitting a big data strategy

CIO Matters: Leveraging big data for big business value

Signal, noise and big data hype at the crossroads of Gartner BI, MDM summits

SearchCIO reporter Nicole Laskowski and Jack Vaughan from SearchDataManagement discuss the big data hype in this podcast recap.Tip

Enterprise analytics strategy and management guide for CIOs

In this CIO Briefing on enterprise analytics strategy, learn how a systematic approach to analyzing big data can drive better IT decision making.CIO Briefing

Tweet jam recap: Hire a data scientist or train a data analyst?

In this big data tweet jam recap, learn whether participants prefer to hire an external data scientist or train a data analyst from within.#CIOChat

Custom fitting a big data strategy

A big data strategy should be tailored to employee skill sets and desired business outcomes.Opinion

Big data: Access and outcome over infrastructure

Hadoop has become synonymous with big data, but how do CIOs know it’s the right technology for their business? CIOs must formulate a big data strategy driven by business goals and value. Learn how in this issue of Modern Infrastructure, CIO Edition.E-Zine

Data interpretation and visualization techniques add business value

In this SearchCIO.com tweet jam recap, learn how to add business value to big data analytics with data interpretation and visualization techniques.#CIOChat

Guide to managing business processes

With Agile and lean methodologies and a focus on innovation, organizations are succeeding in managing business processes and achieving their goals.CIO Briefing

The who, what and where of winning with business process improvement

Two business process management veterans share how they succeeded at business process improvement and set up a BPM program for continuous enhancement.News | 22 Nov 2011

Business software projects that transform IT

IT transformation through business software projects doesn’t come easily -- learn how to deal with legacy applications, collaboration software rollouts and more from CIO Innovators.CIO Innovators

IT Business Services CIO Decisions Ezine Vol. 3

Are you crafting an IT business service management approach that will generate new opportunities for your organization? Learn how in this issue of Enterprise CIO Decisions Ezine.Enterprise CIO Decisions

IT Automation Strategy CIO Decisions Ezine Vol. 5

Is your organization adopting an IT automation strategy to increase efficiencies and cut costs? Find out how in this issue of Enterprise CIO Decisions Ezine.Enterprise CIO Decisions

Business transformation depends on getting the foundation of BI right

BI initiatives will succeed in leading to business transformation only if they're focused on the foundation of a data governance program.Tip

From technology integration to efficiency optimization at Wells Fargo

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.CIO Innovators | 24 Aug 2011

The best BPM implementations focus on keeping things simple

Business process management tools often are designed to compensate for overly complex processes. Learn to strip BPM down to manageable constituents.The Real Niel

The push is on for IT cost transparency

CIOs are under pressure as never before to achieve IT cost transparency. One CIO finds his way with technology business management software.News | 07 Jul 2011

An innovation management approach where ideas don't go to die

Roy Rosin, Intuit's innovation leader, shares his best practices for sustaining innovation management, serial disruption and a culture of innovation.CIO Innovators

Do CIOs care about gaining a competitive advantage?

Do CIOs care enough about gaining a competitive advantage—or is collegiality the secret of success in IT?News | 04 May 2012

Forward-looking CIOs need to focus on app dev skewed toward mobile

App dev now is taking center stage because meeting customers' real-world information needs is not just nice, it's necessary to being able to compete.News | 03 May 2012

VMware CIO: Bringing the consumer experience to the enterprise

Investing in the consumer experience with a social media and mobile slant ranks among VMware CIO Mark Egan's top five ways to create business value.CIO Innovators | 02 May 2012

Miami Dolphins using analytics technology to get home-field advantage

Miami Dolphins CTO Tery Howard turns to analytics technology and IBM to make Sun Life Stadium all that it can be.News | 29 Mar 2012

The 2020 vision for ERP

The look and feel will change, but the value of ERP will remain as strong as ever through the next decade and predicted "frictionless enterprise."News | 02 Mar 2012

Other IT systems may get the buzz, but the value of ERP remains

In the rapidly evolving tech world, where data analytics and cloud hype steal the headlines, the value of ERP is easy to overlook.News | 29 Feb 2012

Content management systems for CIOs

A content management system (CMS) can help make sense of your organization's various documents, Web pages, blogs and other resources. Learn more in this tutorial.CIO Briefing

Business process improvement is about more than efficiency gains

Business process improvement begins with efficiency gains, but BPM goals are becoming more about external customers and rapid, real-time improvements.News | 21 Nov 2011

CIOs: Align technology and marketing strategy to meet customer needs

CIOs explain how a combined technology and marketing strategy helps companies respond to customers, and why business must serve customers differently.News | 28 Sep 2011

Sentiment analysis turns social media into customer intelligence

Sentiment analysis tools are creating a kind of customer intelligence that online marketers are finding beats traditional market research.News | 31 May 2011

Enterprise business intelligence tutorial for CIOs

In this enterprise business intelligence tutorial for CIOs, learn how to get started, what makes BI successful and the future of BI technologies.CIO Briefing

Enterprise business intelligence tutorial

In this enterprise business intelligence tutorial for CIOs, learn how to get started, what makes BI successful and the future of BI technologies.CIO Briefing

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.News | 07 Feb 2012

CIO: Forget tech metrics; meeting business needs is measure of success

Don't ask iRobot CIO Jay Leader to calculate tech metrics on IT projects.News | 02 Feb 2012

Content management systems for CIOs

A content management system (CMS) can help make sense of your organization's various documents, Web pages, blogs and other resources. Learn more in this tutorial.CIO Briefing

Technology priorities of CEOs not lining up with those of CIOs

The top technology priorities of CEOs as they move into 2012 are not focused on the latest or coolest technology, but on good old standbys.Blog

Subaru CIO gets technology to align with business goals

Subaru CIO Brian Simmermon replaced more than 90% of the company's technology to remove silos and redundancy, and to align with business goals.News | 11 May 2011

Enterprise business software and services guides for CIOs

They're the nuts and bolts of IT, the lifeblood of your IT organization. Explore the critical IT systems and software that you use every day with these CIO Briefings.CIO Briefing

With new enterprise collaboration platforms, 'social' means business

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.News | 16 Nov 2010

Business process transformation hinges on a flexible management model

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.News | 03 Nov 2010

Cloud computing identity management standards could push cloud use

Cloud computing identity management standards are in the works to ensure the open and secure exchange of identities in the cloud.Tip

Cloud interoperability standards aim for vendor independence

Standards groups are developing cloud interoperability, portability and security standards in an attempt to ease the switch from one cloud provider to another.Article | 06 Apr 2010

Next-generation BI software: It's all in the interface

Business intelligence tools developers hope to increase BI usage among employees -- especially younger ones -- by adopting the look and feel of popular consumer applications like Google.Article | 04 Jun 2009

Cloud computing companies offer new services, architecture

Cloud computing is a disruptive force in computing, akin to the revolution ushered in by the Internet. The big vendors are dumping billions into new services and architecture.Article | 15 Apr 2008

Open source software management guide for CIOs

Open source software and downloads, which lack proprietary code, can save enterprises big bucks. Get the latest analyst predictions, case studies and more to help you make smart open source investment decisions.CIO Briefing

Navy CIO OKs open source systems

Open source software is now an official option for all IT systems in the Navy and Marine Corps, according to a guidance memo issued June 5 by the Department of the Navy's Office of the Chief Information Officer.News | 12 Jun 2007

Vendors duke it out over open source 'forking'

To protect their interests, some vendors are making it difficult for other vendors to reuse their technology -- but they're still calling themselves open source. Experts are divided over whether this apparent diluting of open source is a problem.Article | 07 Jun 2007

Dell to join forces with Microsoft, Novell on interoperability

Dell Inc. joins Microsoft and Novell Inc. in their business collaboration designed to provide greater interoperability between Windows and SUSE Linux.News | 08 May 2007

Vendors-turned-open source rally round midmarket

Software developers trying to improve their competitive edge by taking their products open source means CIOs will have more flexibility when they shop for software.Article | 24 Jan 2007

Eclipse platform emerges as a major SOA player

Eclipse and SOA have emerged in this decade. As Eclipse marks the fifth anniversary of its first open source download, it also looks forward to a major SOA tool release.Article | 07 Nov 2006

Cloud-based BI tools a trend with legs

Some are using them already; others want to but aren't. Everyone, however, seems to be talking about cloud-based business intelligence tools.News | 27 Jan 2012

SaaS solutions with a vertical slant

A growing segment of SaaS solutions targets industry-specific needs and mission-critical business functions.News | 17 Nov 2011

CIOs a help, not a hindrance, to adoption of cloud solutions

Cloud solutions vendors are claiming that CIOs don’t want to buy cloud. Really? Here are four CIOs whose cloud projects are proving otherwise.News | 26 Oct 2011

Virtualization trends and management: A quiz for CIOs

The latest virtualization trends speak to the transformation of desktops, apps and more. Test your virtualization knowledge with this quiz.Quiz

CEB survey lays out senior IT managers' public-cloud concerns

In a new survey, senior IT managers name 19 flaws in the public cloud. Five of those flaws stand out, but many believe they all can be overcome.Tip

Cloud Computing CIO Decisions Ezine Vol. 2

Enterprise CIO Decisions

Google enterprise apps gaining, but as supplements -- not substitutes

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.News | 15 Sep 2011

Cloud-based business intelligence making a difference for fast movers

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.News | 18 May 2011

Application transformation necessitates strategic SaaS vendor review

If your organization is considering an application-transformation strategy, do your homework on Software as a Service products before you commit to a vendor.News | 17 May 2011

Content management services take to the cloud

Decentralized and widespread enterprises are moving content management services to the cloud and reaping the benefits.News | 04 May 2011

Mainframe migration: Start with a clean slate

When it comes to a mainframe migration, methodical and meticulous is the way to go.News | 19 Jul 2012

Academic analytics make the grade for education CIO

Academic analytics are at the forefront of IT innovation in the University of Wisconsin System. Learn more in this video interview with Ed Meachen.CIO Innovators

To gain a competitive advantage with mobile, CIO readiness is all

Gaining a competitive advantage with mobile is no easy feat for a statewide bank. Getting an early jump made the difference for one CIO.News | 17 May 2012

Mobile app dev at heart of website redesign

A website redesign with ROI in mind meant bringing Maxim magazine readers' favorite features to their favorite devices.News | 09 May 2012

Will CIOs' role suffer in an IT services organization?

CIOs continue to buzz about building an IT services organization and running IT as a business. But is it a demotion in the making?News | 02 Dec 2011

CIOs giving business a competitive edge with Agile practices

Enterprises are relying on the CIO for faster time to market and faster time to value through the use of Agile practices.News | 18 Oct 2011

Five reasons enterprises are adopting Agile practices

Agile practices are going mainstream. Here are five reasons why enterprises are swapping out traditional project management practices for Agile.Blog

Business software projects that transform IT

IT transformation through business software projects doesn’t come easily -- learn how to deal with legacy applications, collaboration software rollouts and more from CIO Innovators.CIO Innovators

CIOs: Align technology and marketing strategy to meet customer needs

CIOs explain how a combined technology and marketing strategy helps companies respond to customers, and why business must serve customers differently.News | 28 Sep 2011

IT Business Services CIO Decisions Ezine Vol. 3

Are you crafting an IT business service management approach that will generate new opportunities for your organization? Learn how in this issue of Enterprise CIO Decisions Ezine.Enterprise CIO Decisions

Software development process is too slow, SAP CEO says

The chairman and CEO of the world's largest business software company says software development is too slow. Amen to that, SAP.Article | 06 Dec 2007

RFID fails to deliver, says Sara Lee's CIO

Sara Lee Corp. CIO George Chappelle believes RFID has a bright future, but right now it isn't delivering.Article | 07 Mar 2007

BI tools give beer maker reason to toast

Guinness maker Diageo had a major supply chain problem -- only it didn't know it. See how it fixed the problem and boosted ROI in the process.Tip

SOA, semantics changing data integration

A competitive business landscape requires new approaches to data integration, using SOAs and semantics, according to the keynote at the Global Integration Summit.Article | 30 May 2006

Oracle updates RFID server, but is it innovative enough?

Oracle has announced several RFID-related enhancements to its Sensor Edge Server, but one industry experts thinks that both Oracle and rival SAP need to do more to innovate on RFID technologies.News | 09 May 2006

Dillman replaced as Wal-Mart CIO

The high-profile Wal-Mart CIO has a new job, but she leaves an impenetrable legacy to the IT world.Article | 06 Apr 2006

Best Buy's supply chain transformation

Best Buy has transformed its supply chain from a high-volume distribution mechanism to a customer-facing operation that drives strategy as well as product.Article | 26 Jan 2006

Killer apps? Get ready to wait

CIO Les Johnson puts his ERP hopes on hold while typical project delays eat up time. But killer apps await.Column | 20 Jan 2006

Top 10 CIO headlines

Sarbanes-Oxley? RFID? Governance? Which IT topics did SearchCIO readers click on and check out in 2005? Find out here.Article | 03 Jan 2006

Supply chain-driven innovation

Demand-driven innovation is driving every part of the modern business, including the supply chain. Take a look at the new supply chain, which responds directly to customer needs.Article | 23 Dec 2005

Mastering digital business: This is not your father's Oldsmobile

Digital business requires CIOs to use technology differently from how it was used to fuel innovation in the e-commerce age -- just ask Oldsmobile.CIO Matters

Urban Outfitters looks creative destruction in the eye

Hip retailer Urban Outfitters Inc. looks 'creative destruction' in the eye and responds with a new online strategy.Business POV

Are enterprise social networks worth it? A CIO experiments

CIO Niel Nickolaisen conducts his own experiments to test whether enterprise social networks are worth it.Tip

Tweet jam recap: Hire a data scientist or train a data analyst?

In this big data tweet jam recap, learn whether participants prefer to hire an external data scientist or train a data analyst from within.#CIOChat

Data interpretation and visualization techniques add business value

In this SearchCIO.com tweet jam recap, learn how to add business value to big data analytics with data interpretation and visualization techniques.#CIOChat

Powering past mistakes, Electrolux builds a model social enterprise

With social networking layer, Amazon flexes digital-disruption muscle

In this week's Searchlight: Amazon plays disruptor once again with its buy of social networking site Goodreads, cyberattacks get scarier and more.Searchlight | 29 Mar 2013

user-generated content (UGC)

User-generated content (UGC) is the words and photos that unpaid contributors create and provide to publications, particularly Web properties.Definition

New York Life CEO extols business benefits of social media strategies

New York Life RPS CEO Dave Castellani talks about the business benefits of a social media strategy and IT's role in shaping it.News

consumer experience (CX)

Consumer experience (CX) is the approach of emulating, in the business world, how individuals interact with technology in their personal lives.Definition