June 2008

• June 30, 2008 30 Jun'08

  What is your biggest IT challenge?

  CIOs explain the toughest part of their job.  Continue Reading

• June 26, 2008 26 Jun'08

  Big Blue debuts little green mainframes

  IBM introduces new packaging of its green data center technologies dubbed "mini-IBMs."  Continue Reading

• June 24, 2008 24 Jun'08

  Leadership coach says IT should delegate more to business units

  Restructuring IT to take on more productive endeavors means giving business units a bigger stake, says a former Taco Bell CIO.  Continue Reading

• June 19, 2008 19 Jun'08

  The Brady effect: full steam ahead for ITopia

  I’ve become a tad protective of CIOs in my three years covering your daily battles to bring our economy into the information age. When I hear an IT consultant lecture CIOs on aligning with the ...  Continue Reading

• June 19, 2008 19 Jun'08

  Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 appealing as ERP refresh

  Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 has a lot going for it, a Forrester analyst says. But is now the time for a new ERP system?  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  Creative IT solutions keep databases running smoothly

  Don't fall in love with any one technology, and you'll always be employable in IT, says this leadership award winner from a crafting supplies company.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  CIO Oded Haner: A clear view for shipping and receiving

  Monster Cable's CIO took a basic ROI sheet and turned it into big-time savings in his company's warehouses.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  CIO David Mann: Teambuilding a new Web tool

  CIO David Mann built a new tool for customers of The Word and Brown Cos. Now he and his staff keep it tweaked.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  CIO Ron Crall: Life support for ailing IT infrastructure

  CIO Ron Crall discusses how he and his staff modernized an ailing urban hospital's IT infrastructure.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  From Chuck E. Cheese to the big cheese of IT

  Find out how this leadership award winner's creativity and "good enough is never enough" attitude has elevated his construction company's IT footprint.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  CIO Jim Mulholland: Creativity Inc. IT head makes warehouse operations easier

  Jim Mulholland discusses the applications that made his company's warehouse automation program a success and how he demonstrates its ROI to senior management.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  CIO takes a people-based approach to new service

  David Mann, CIO at The Word & Brown Cos., and his staff wrote AgencyPro for his customers. It is people who make software work, he says.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  CIO delivers sustainable IT for Peace Corps

  CIO Ram Murthy took a mainframe migration project (which had failed once already) and turned it into an award-winning infrastructure.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  Technology proves worthy means for spreading the gospel

  Joseph Edward's IT team has developed an application that lets diocese parishes keep the flock close. Voice over Internet Protocol and a Web portal strategy are also planned.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  Thin clients pump new life into ailing hospital

  In 2007, Quincy Medical Center, once an award-winning hospital in Boston, was floundering under the weight of mismanagement. The IT infrastructure was a mess. But then the fixer arrived.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  CIO Ram Murthy: New architecture saves Peace Corps $1M

  CIO Ram Murthy explains how new business processes enabled the Peace Corps to successfully migrate off legacy systems and save $1 million by eliminating license fees.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  Membership has online benefits at credit union

  The ability to transact business anywhere, anytime and anyway was the goal for Advancial Federal Credit Union CIO Larry Burwell. An enhanced home banking system did the trick.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  Marquette CIO enhances student safety with virtual patrolling

  Marquette CIO Kathy Lang built a virtual patrolling center that uses sophisticated video surveillance and a Cisco wireless mesh to monitor student safety on and around the university's urban campus.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  CIO Larry Burwell: Online banking expands credit union's reach

  Advancial Federal Credit Union couldn't find an online banking solution that met its needs and those of its customers -- so CIO Larry Burwell and his IT team made their own.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  CIO Kathy Lang: Virtual patrolling center enhances campus safety

  Marquette University CIO Kathy Lang has built a virtual patrolling center that is already improving student safety in and around the urban campus.  Continue Reading