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• IT best practices in 2009: Lessons learned for 2010

  IT efficiency was driven by the economic recession in 2009, and enterprise CIOs will carry the lessons they learned into 2010. Get their IT best practices in this guide.  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Next-generation business intelligence systems

  Find out how CIOs are taking their business intelligence strategies to the next level with new approaches to gathering, accessing, measuring, displaying and sharing information.  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Implementing an IT service catalog

  An IT service catalog is a menu of services offered by an IT organization. Get the FAQs on how to implement an IT service catalog and automate the service request process.  Continue Reading

• CIO's guide to outsourcing application development and management

  Application outsourcing will lead enterprise CIO agendas again next year, with IT application development and management services in high demand. Learn more in this guide.  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Agile practices and their role in software development

  Companies are increasingly using Agile practices to improve software project outcomes. Learn more about Agile here, from Scrum to Extreme Programming and more.  Continue Reading

• The Real Business of IT: Download a free chapter

  The book "The Real Business of IT" focuses on how CIOs can demonstrate the value of IT as a strategic partner. Download a free chapter on finding new value sources in IT.  Continue Reading

• Improving your business process management strategy: Chapter download

  Bogged down by business process management? A new book from industry veteran Terry Schurter provides tips for managing business processes. Read the first chapter here.  Continue Reading

• FAQ: IT and organizational change management

  The CIO's role in organizational and IT change management is to ensure service availability and business support. Learn more about IT's role in change management.  Continue Reading

• A guide to managing the risk assessment process

  Risk management assessments in IT take on many different forms -- from data risk to project risk. Learn more about managing the risk assessment processes in your IT organization.  Continue Reading

• Information technology management e-book downloads for midmarket CIOs

  SearchCIO-Midmarket.com's e-books offer midmarket CIOs a package of articles focused on the pressing information technology and management issues facing CIOs, including salaries, business intelligence, data security and mobile technology. Download ...  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Business process management defined

  Business process management (BPM) is top of mind for executives looking to cut costs and increase efficiency. Here, we answer FAQs like: What is BPM? How does it relate to SOA?  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Understanding the ITIL framework

  The ITIL framework is a globally accepted standard for improving IT service quality. This FAQ reviews the ITIL definition, training options and costs and ITIL-compatible tools.  Continue Reading

• Hit the ground running and make people your priority

  In "Hit the Ground Running," a book by Jason Jennings, learn how some company executives are leveraging the power of their people for economic success.  Continue Reading

• Business agility and IT project success factors: Book chapter download

  A sneak peek at CIO Niel Nickolaisen's book on business agility and project success using models to measure purpose and risk, then assign priority and resources accordingly.  Continue Reading

• Lean IT principles: A FAQ for CIOs

  Lean thinking is the process of incorporating Lean principles into an enterprise. This FAQ shows how Lean thinking works and how IT is benefiting from this improvement methodology.  Continue Reading