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• 2014 cloud strategies include renewed security focus, business motivations

  2014 is predicted to be the year cloud really goes mainstream. As it does, CIOs will look at security and how services are provisioned in new ways. Continue Reading

• 2014 cloud strategies embrace end-to-end implementation

  In 2014, there's evidence CIOs are moving beyond piecemeal cloud solutions to comprehensive cloud strategies. The ultimate? Going data center-less. Continue Reading

• Talking big data technologies and Bitcoin at the MIT VC Conference

  Big data technologies that snag VC dollars, the startup showdown, 'data curation at scale' and #FiveTechHorrors: The Data Mill reports. Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery practices and business continuity plans for SMBs

  Disaster recovery practices and business continuity plans are no longer a luxury for SMBs. We've rounded up some of the best DR/BC advice for CIOs. Continue Reading

• CIO guide: Protect information like a pro

  Providing adequate protection for corporate data is a top-of-mind concern across IT. In this guide, learn how to protect your information assets. Continue Reading

• Analytics 3.0 -- the old guard masters how to build data products

  Analytics 3.0, the 'data as a corporate asset' quiz and 'hellabytes': The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• SaaS successes propel cloud-first philosophy at University of Miami

  After finding success with cloud-based IT Service Management, the University of Miami is emboldened to carry out a cloud-first approach to IT needs.Continue Reading

• Push for centralized IT ushers in cloud-first philosophy at U of Miami

  In this CIO Innovator Q&A, University of Miami's Deputy CIO tells how a drive for IT centralization led to a transformative cloud-first IT strategy.Continue Reading

• The new BPM program: A focus on data-driven business outcomes

  With an emphasis on data-driven business results, the new BPM program is giving CIOs the tools to help grow the business.Continue Reading

• Enterprise BPM beyond battling bottlenecks

  Enterprise BPM is about more than battling bottlenecks. CIOs are looking to business process management to help grow the business and hone a competitive edge.Continue Reading

• New BPM process and strategy prioritize data-driven outcomes

  Business process management is traditionally focused on improving workflows and rooting out inefficiencies, but new BPM process and strategy is emerging, centered on growing the organization through an emphasis on data-driven business outcomes. In ...Continue Reading

• Smart process applications: Straight talk from CIOs

  Smart process applications were the focus of November's 'CIO Decisions' e-zine. What do CIOs say about this new breed of apps and other technologies?Continue Reading

• Want better analytics? Start asking 'crunchy' questions

  Predictive analytics and crunchy questions, data visualizations and good design: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• HoneyBaked Ham IT and marketing veeps find secret sauce in big data

  At The Original HoneyBaked Ham Co. of Georgia, there's no such thing as data for data's sake.Continue Reading

• Many enterprises missing out on value of internal social technologies, collaboration

  Even as enterprises become increasingly comfortable with the sometimes-dicey world of external social media, most fail to see the value of embracing enterprise social media technologies.Continue Reading

• Need an enterprise data strategy? Cultivate people untainted by data science

  Building an enterprise data strategy, collaborative filtering, algorithms and the CFO: The Data Mill reports from the 2013 MIT Sloan CFO Summit.Continue Reading

• Don't be a digital underdog -- it's omnichannel or bust

  In the Searchlight: what CIOs can learn from Best Buy's omnichannel turnaround. Plus, corporate social media done right, big data in HR and more.Continue Reading

• Social gamification: How it benefits companies and their users

  Social gamification is proving its worth in organizations large and small. In this Q&A, Sonya Barry, a community manager at Java.net, explains how.Continue Reading

• CIO's focus on people, innovative thinking leads to revenue-generating idea

  Visiting Budapest, CIO Alexander Pasik realized innovative thinkers are mostly born, not made. So he developed a process to capitalize on them.Continue Reading

• Crowdsourcing is the new cloud computing -- get with it, CIOs

  Crowdsourcing, mobile apps and IT priorities: The Data Mill reports from Society for Information Management's annual conference.Continue Reading

• Leadership tips in a challenging environment from three health IT CIOs

  At the 45th annual SIMposium, health IT CIOs talked about how technology is changing just about every aspect of health care, except one: the importance of leadership.Continue Reading

• Cool or creepy? The ethics of big data is on the table

  Uncomfortable conversations about the ethics of big data and the virtues of transparency: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Off the shelf or DIY, smart process apps add agility

  Smart process apps are a new breed of software designed for streamlining business activities that are people-intensive and subject to change.Continue Reading

• Smart process applications: Next-gen answer to business agility demand

  With business agility more in demand than ever, context-rich smart process applications emerge as a difference-making solution.Continue Reading

• Get smart with smart process apps

  Is your IT organization ready to get smart? Smart process apps are becoming a tool of choice in many agile-inclined enterprises.Continue Reading

• Strategic business intelligence for a mobile future

  Gathering, analyzing and providing easy access to data is central to strategic business intelligence programs. Learn more in this CIO Essential Guide.Continue Reading

• Smart process applications rev up business agility

  As demand for business agility increases, smart process applications are emerging as a new breed of easy-to-deploy apps intended to simplify activities that are loosely structured and people intensive. Smart process applications are poised to change...Continue Reading

• Readers talk technological advancement, future planning, Ray Kurzweil

  In this CIO Chatter roundup, see what readers had to say about Ray Kurzweil's perspectives on technological advancement and future planning for IT.Continue Reading

• Relational databases are far from dead -- just ask Facebook

  Facebook and relational databases, social television, and open data: The Data Mill reports from Strata Conference + Hadoop World.Continue Reading

• Techy tikes: Great mobile experience crucial to win over future users

  In the Searchlight: Baby, you need to create a great mobile experience or else. Plus, a Google mystery, a data center keeps its cool and more.Continue Reading

• MetroPCS plots data center-free course with cloud-based solutions

  MetroPCS's Kevin Broadway stumbled onto the cloud seven years ago. Now he's nearly data center-free and a strategic partner to the business.Continue Reading

• The CIO secret to strong leadership: Be willing to go to extremes

  In this SearchCIO New Books Q&A, author Tina Nunno explains why CIOs need to be willing to go to extremes and even embrace 'the dark side.'Continue Reading

• Tap your inner wolf to gain a CIO competitive advantage

  In this SearchCIO New Books Q&A, author Tina Nunno explains why CIOs have a lot to learn from Machiavelli.Continue Reading

• Ten big data case studies in a nutshell

  What are companies such as Macy's, Tesco, American Express and Wal-Mart Stores doing with big data? The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• How to manage mobile devices: Tech investments and a feature wish list

  A CIO gives his take on the tech he needs to manage mobile devices and which MDM capabilities he believes are still half-baked.Continue Reading

• BYOD program: Device and infrastructure gotchas

  A CIO offers insight into what he did -- and didn't -- see coming when he developed a BYOD program.Continue Reading

• Rolling out a mission-critical application: We can do better

  Does the glitch-ridden Health Insurance Marketplace bring back bad memories? Niel Nickolaisen offers his Rx for rolling out a mission-critical app.Continue Reading

• MetLife fires up Synapse and JSON to recruit rock-star developers

  How to find rock-star developers, Twitter versus Facebook, the DNA diet and anonymous Web searches: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• IT strategy 2014: SDN, SDS, hybrid cloud services are top trends

  Intelligent data centers, disruptive workforces, IT demand through the roof and other trends that'll rock your 2014 IT infrastructure and operations.Continue Reading

• The state of the digital enterprise at Gartner Symposium

  Parsing the state of digitization at Gartner Symposium and other noteworthy quotes from Google, Revlon, MetLife and 7-Eleven: The Data Mill dishes.Continue Reading

• Creative destruction and the cloud: Why it's a good thing

  The creative destruction brought on by the cloud is an imperative and unavoidable part of your IT and business strategy.Continue Reading

• Can cloud ROI formula and agility trump potential cost savings?

  In their pursuit of cloud, some CIOs are placing a premium on an effective cloud ROI formula and are focusing on cloud agility, tweet jammers said.Continue Reading

• Why is Microsoft licensing so complicated?

  Live from the 2013 Gartner Symposium ITxpo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discusses why Microsoft licensing is so complicated.Continue Reading

• Big data and predictive analytics: When is enough data enough?

  When to call it quits with data, the power of a name and performing surgical marketing: The Data Mill reports from Predictive Analytics World.Continue Reading

• Private vs. public cloud computing debate: Tweet jammers weigh in

  In this #CIOChat recap, tweet jam participants engage in a private vs. public cloud computing debate, with a focus on incorporating user preferences.Continue Reading

• Green cloud computing tips: Rethink energy consumption and save money

  Green cloud computing advice and other tips from our sister sites demonstrate how CIOs can pursue a low-energy-consumption, budget-friendly strategy.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing governance: Know thy users

  CIOs are facing mounting pressures to flex their cloud muscles, but concerns about security still abound. Some CIOs are balancing the cloud's agility with its inherent risks by establishing an airtight cloud computing governance model. In this ...Continue Reading

• SearchCIO-Midmarket 2013 IT Leadership Awards

  The SearchCIO-Midmarket 2013 IT Leadership Awards recognizes contributions of IT executives who not only demonstrate innovative leadership in IT, but have made a substantial impact to a business or industry.Continue Reading

• The future of mobility: A BYOD guide for CIOs

  In this Essential Guide, learn how CIOs are planning for the future of mobility, aligning consumer devices with bring your own technology trends.Continue Reading

• Craft a solid cloud exit strategy

  In our cloud economics tweet jam, participants advised CIOs to craft a cloud exit strategy that prepares them for internal and external failures.Continue Reading

• Forging a desktop strategy for a workforce in transition

  The desktop dead and buried? Not according to Tim Herbert of CompTIA. Here is his advice to CIOs on forging a desktop strategy for 2014.Continue Reading

• 'Cookie stuffing': A data scientist takes on seamy side of online ads

  Combatting cookie stuffing, smoking out dubious URLs, designing for behavior change and selling the company culture: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Mobile BI strategy: Focus on the nomads

  A role-based mobile BI strategy strikes a chord with the business; beyond that, mobile BI hasn't hit widespread adoption.Continue Reading

• Mobile BI: The misperceptions and the missteps

  From infrastructure to form factor, business intelligence expert Howard Dresner talks about the myths and very real obstacles of launching mobile BI.Continue Reading

• SearchCIO 2013 Enterprise IT Leadership Awards

  The SearchCIO 2013 IT Leadership Awards recognizes contributions of IT executives who not only demonstrate innovative leadership in IT, but have made a substantial impact to a business or industry.Continue Reading

• CIO advice on showing value of social media and collaboration initiatives

  Two top CIOs give their quick takes on proving up the value of social media and collaboration tools.Continue Reading

• Will Amazon Web Services' FedRAMP certification boost public cloud use?

  In this Ask The Expert, Forrester analyst Ed Ferrara discusses the potential impact of AWS' FedRAMP certification on public cloud use.Continue Reading

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• A CIO learns how to navigate between the cloud and a legacy system

  Simplification is CIO Niel Nickolaisen's IT mantra, but integrating a legacy system with his new cloud solutions has been anything but simple.Continue Reading

• Lean Six Sigma and Agile get up close and productive at Bose

  Leadership, maturity models and core value streams: How Bose IT has blended Lean Six Sigma and Agile in its SAP environment.Continue Reading

• Does business have the patience for data science?

  A data scientist call to arms, say hello to NFC jewelry, and the Magic Quadrant for mobile app dev platforms: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Architecting the agile enterprise

  How does an IT department running on legacy systems keep up with the changing pace and shape of business today? As we explore in this issue of CIO Decisions, CIOs are taking lessons from the startup world, adapting new approaches for getting ...Continue Reading

• Semi-structured data is king of LinkedIn's recommendation engine

  LinkedIn's semi-structured data shines, CVS responds to social media finger wagging, and Microsoft does the shuffle, The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• The history of cloud computing and what's coming next: A CIO guide

  In this enterprise guide, learn about the history of cloud computing and how to successfully implement cloud technologies in your organization.Continue Reading

• Community cloud could fix data crunching dilemma for cancer research

  Building a community cloud for cancer research, make-it-yourself data and a new report on emerging tech: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• A new book zeroes in on finding the key metrics that drive decisions

  Author Ben Yoskovitz talks about using the right metrics at the right time as the path to business success.Continue Reading

• New guide lays out how to use Lean analytics to grow a business

  Co-authors Ben Yoskovitz and Alistair Croll dig into how Lean analytics helps new businesses grow. The model is catching on with big companies too.Continue Reading

• Social collaboration software through the lens of a SharePoint lover

  Yammer and SharePoint: A match made in heaven or cloud-crossed lovers? Plus, tips on how to succeed with social collaboration in this week's Data Mill.Continue Reading

• Managing big data: Four critical practices for getting started

  Big data management is still more art than science. These four tips from Nemertes Research will help keep your big data program on track.Continue Reading

• The science and profit model behind Lean analytics

  Lean analytics takes a bow, Airbnb experiments, and troubled grocery stores prove the importance of Agile practices: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Putting a social layer into every business app

  The social enterprise has arrived, and savvy organizations are looking to build a social layer into every possible business application and platform. How are these collaboration-minded companies getting everybody on board with new social workflow ...Continue Reading

• Are consumer-targeted mobile security tools the future of BYOD?

  A new tool puts mobile security in the hands of the consumer. With the increased focus on BYOD, are there also enterprise mobile security benefits?Continue Reading

• Netflix uses the OODA loop to stay ahead of the competition

  OODA loops, the death of the IT department and personal privacy. The Data Mill brings news from the Gartner Catalyst conference.Continue Reading

• CIOs and the chief data officer: Who's the pioneer and who's the settler?

  SearchCIO's Nicole Laskowski was at the MIT Chief Data Officer Information Quality Symposium last week. Here's what she picked up for The Data Mill.Continue Reading

• Shaw's jettisons customer rewards program to focus on customer service

  Shaw's discontinues its rewards program, providing further evidence of a customer analytics gap for businesses. The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Google Ventures team member talks mobile disruption at MassTLC

  What does mobile disruption mean for SMBs? Learn what Google Ventures' Rich Miner had to say at this year's MassTLC Mobile Summit.Continue Reading

• The 2013 IT Leadership Awards: Our finalists

  The 2013 SearchCIO IT Leadership Awards honor the effective leadership styles of leading CIOs and IT executives. Here, we introduce our finalists.Continue Reading

• Apache YARN helps to knit more mature Hadoop offering

  Apache YARN spun a tale of its own at Hortonworks' Hadoop Summit, but it wasn't the only big data announcement. The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Patent for self-destructing email could be a real 'boom' for security

  This week's Searchlight rejoices at the prospect of self-destructing email, plus iWatch rumors, an MIT project that lets you play spy, and more.Continue Reading

• The 2013 IT Leadership Awards: Meet our CIO finalists

  The 2013 SearchCIO IT Leadership Awards honor the top CIOs and IT executives in the enterprise space. Here, meet our finalists.Continue Reading

• Big data gets personal about environmental pollution

  What's next for big data analytics? Environmental pollution, according to the hot-shots at the MassTLC Big Data Summit, The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Can CIOs justify replacing employees with a hologram projector?

  With hologram technology advancing, it may soon be possible to replace traditional workers with hologram projectors. But is it smart? A CTO weighs in.Continue Reading

• 2013 SearchCIO-Midmarket IT Leadership Awards finalists

  The 2013 IT Leadership Awards honor the leadership and management skills of CIOs and IT execs in the midmarket space. Here, we reveal our finalists.Continue Reading

• Tech-savvy San Francisco Giants aim for bleachers with @Café

  SearchCIO's Nicole Laskowski was at the E2 Conference this week. Here's what she picked up for The Data Mill.Continue Reading

• Learning native tongue of your business is key to reviving role of IT

  If CIOs are to remain relevant and strategic, they need to teach their IT teams the lingua franca of business.Continue Reading

• It's time to rebrand enterprise IT expertise

  As businesses go digital, technology expertise is needed more than ever. The question is how to do that in a way that doesn't alienate the business.Continue Reading

• Debate data and information privacy on Twitter July 10

  Is your organization's confidential data protected? Discuss data and information privacy strategy with Search-CIOMidmarket on Twitter July 10.Continue Reading

• MIT: A big data revolution is here, and it's past time for CIOs to lead

  The big data experts at the MIT CIO event made it official: Big data is transforming business. But it's complicated stuff, and it needs a CIO's touch.Continue Reading

• Project prioritization and portfolio management guide for CIOs

  In this Midmarket CIO Briefing on project prioritization, learn how to effectively manage initiatives in your IT organization.Continue Reading

• Turning dirty data into business insights for your customers

  How do CIOs help their companies capitalize on big data? In the case of Land O' Lakes, it meant helping others to help itself. As senior news writer Nicole Laskowski reports in this issue of CIO Decisions ezine, the dairy cooperative has ...Continue Reading

• IT project evaluation and portfolio management guide for CIOs

  In this CIO Briefing, learn how to apply IT project evaluation and portfolio management strategies in the enterprise.Continue Reading

• How to secure mobile endpoints? Start with a mobile strategy

  IT strategy consultant Jack Gold discusses the hows and whys of securing mobile endpoints, starting with this rule: Mobile strategy comes first.Continue Reading

• Build a hybrid storage cloud

  This e-guide looks at the available products, services and possible pitfalls when combining public cloud services and on-premises storage.Continue Reading

• As companies become more data-driven, the CIO role keeps on changing

  What's the CIO's role in today's data-driven, mobile, social, cloud business environment? That was a major theme for MIT Sloan CIO Symposium tweeters.Continue Reading

• Enterprise Storage Quality Awards

  This e-guide from our sister site, SearchStorage, highlights the results of the Enterprise Storage Quality Awards.Continue Reading

• Social media, engagement reinventing business model, tweet jammers say

  Can social media engagement change the business model? In this SearchCIO tweet jam recap, learn how these tools are reinventing the business.Continue Reading

• Technology Priorities for 2013

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• Making a BYOD strategy work in a HITECH environment

  Crafting a bring-your-own-device strategy for high-octane physicians in a HITECH environment requires strong controls and good bedside manner.Continue Reading

• Gartner's basic business rules for capitalizing on big data

  A breakthrough like big data comes around only once in a blue moon. Here's what business executives need to do to capitalize on it.Continue Reading

• Gartner outlines the IT essentials for building a big data strategy

  Building a successful big data strategy takes discipline, imagination and a CIO who can work with the business. Here's how to do it.Continue Reading