While all CIOs face a number of common challenges, each industry poses its own, unique IT issues. Financial firms must grapple with a number of stringent compliance requirements while retailers must keep their Web operations up and running at all times or risk lost revenue, for instance. In this vertical market guide for CIOs, we've broken down our best articles and tips by industry so you can zero in on your unique challenges.
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Financial services and insurance
Health care
Government and education
Retail
Other vertical markets
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| Financial services and insurance Table of Contents |
- Magazine content: Virtual vault (Source: CIO Decisions, Oct. 1, 2006)
- Article: At university, GroupWise on Linux beats out Exchange (Source: SearchOpenSource.com, May 2, 2006)
- Article: Cutting-edge monitoring tools now critical to financial firms (Source: SearchCIO.com, Sept. 6, 2006)
- Article: Financial data management tool eases compliance woes (Source: SearchCIO.com, July 18, 2006)
- Case study: Bank achieves more than 500% ROI in 8 months (Source: SearchCIO.com, May 3, 2006)
| Health care Table of Contents |
- Article: Virtualization eases health care company's server sprawl (Source: SearchCIO.com, July 27, 2006)
- Article: Business intelligence aids health center (Source: SearchCIO.com, July 20, 2006)
- Article: Hospital admin talks shop (Source: SearchCIO.com, May 27, 2006)
- Article: Rural hospital tests VPN to meet state regs (Source: SearchCIO.com, May 23, 2006)
- Article: Wellness at your service (Source: SearchCIO.com, April 12, 2006)
- Article: CIO Conversation: Partners Healthcare's Mary Finlay (Source: SearchCIO.com, Sept. 21, 2005)
| Government and education Table of Contents |
- Article: University's server availability up 30% as result of consolidation (Source: SearchDataCenter.com, May 31, 2006)
- Article: Poor government security makes industry wary (Source: SearchSecurity.com, March 20, 2006)
- Article: Wisconsin CIO gets slammed on Oracle e-mail debacle (Source: SearchCIO.com, March 8, 2006)
- Article: New Orleans CIO: VoIP, portals and Katrina (Source: SearchCIO.com, Sept. 27, 2005)
| Retail Table of Contents |
- Article: Blade servers were nothing to fear, retailer finds (Source: SearchServerVirtualization.com, Oct. 10, 2006)
- Article: SAP acquisitions helped expand retail presence (Source: SearchSAP.com, Sept. 7, 2006)
- Article: Firm selects SAP over Oracle for retail operations (Source: SearchSAP.com, Aug. 22, 2006)
- Article: IBM sells CDP software through major online retailers (Source: SearchStorage.com, July 21, 2006)
- Article: Shoe retailer selects Oracle over SAP, Microsoft (Source: SearchOracle.com, June 11, 2006)
- Article: Oracle adds pieces to retail suite (Source: SearchSAP.com, Jan. 17, 2006)
| Other vertical markets Table of Contents |
- Magazine content: Chemical manufacturers tackle global hurdles (Source: CIO Decisions, Oct. 1, 2006)
- Magazine content: In real estate, online tools extend consumers' reach (Source: CIO Decisions, Aug. 1, 2006)
- Article: SOA project gets mother of all stress tests (Source: SearchWebServices.com, June 27, 2006)
- Article: Know thyself: Online branding tells all (Source: SearchCIO.com, June 25, 2006)
- Magazine content: Objection! (Source: CIO Decisions, June 1, 2006)
- Magazine content: Builders must bridge the miscommunication gap (Source: CIO Decisions, May 1, 2006)
- Article: Cardinals join VoIP league (Source: SearchCIO.com, Oct. 27, 2005)
| More resources Table of Contents |
- Resource center: Vertical industries
This was first published in November 2006