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• Video-conferencing systems integral to unified communications agenda

  Video-conferencing systems are a fragmented market and not without flaws -- but they're becoming mainstream business tools and should be part of any unified communications strategy. Continue Reading

• Rethinking the desktop, a CIO spearheads a mobile device strategy

  Facing a Windows 7 upgrade, CIO Rick Roy rethinks the desktop with a mobile device strategy that cut costs, offers choice -- and makes IT look smart. Continue Reading

• 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. Continue Reading

• IT leadership and strategy guides for CIOs

  Leading your IT organization through calm and troubled waters alike requires innovative strategies and top-notch leadership skills. These CIO Briefings will help you expand your leadership and strategy skill sets. Continue Reading

• Open source solutions offer agility and collaborative development

  Midmarket firms save money while avoiding vendor lock-in with open source solutions that range from operating systems to middleware and applications. Continue Reading

• Content management services take to the cloud

  Decentralized and widespread enterprises are moving content management services to the cloud and reaping the benefits.Continue Reading

• SaaS solutions offer more security and soft savings than once thought

  SaaS solutions provide better security and greater "soft" savings than was previously thought; but CIOs should heed concerns about vendor viability, integration and support.Continue Reading

• BYOD and ITIL: Amicable relationship or irreconcilable differences?

  BYOD, or bring your own device to work, is gaining ground, adding complexity to IT's job. Do frameworks like ITIL help or hurt BYOD?Continue Reading

• Free Web conferencing can save big -- but at what cost?

  Sometimes the best things in life are free -- but is that really the case when it comes to free Web conferencing? We investigate the true cost of free Web tools.Continue Reading

• Nationwide Mutual Insurance saves $2 million through lean operations

  In an era of built-out IT infrastructures -- when innovation of owned technology is the rule -- lean operations can cut costs, as they did at Nationwide Mutual Insurance.Continue Reading

• CIOs find alternative funds for startup growth in vendor financing

  Midmarket companies are feeling the soft economy when acquiring growth capital, and vendor financing is ready to step in. Are you ready to put others’ money where your mouth is?Continue Reading

• The value of cloud computing: CIOs discuss expectations and payoffs

  CIOs are cautiously deciphering the value of cloud computing, and finding that their expectations don't always match the payoff. Yet the service delivery model is gaining traction.Continue Reading

• IT offshore outsourcing markets, options on the rise, Gartner says

  The never-ending quest to cut IT costs is opening up new IT offshoring markets. Here are a look at Gartner's latest assessment and a new index from IT advisory firm TPI Inc.Continue Reading

• Virtualization management from the trenches

  A data center design expert shares his virtualization management tips on must-have policies and tools, as well as the business benefits gained through virtualization.Continue Reading

• IT trends in 2010 included strides in cloud, BI and the data center

  IT trends in 2010 included advances in cloud computing, business intelligence, and other applications and services, and in the data center. Read more on IT innovation in this guide.Continue Reading