Manage

Small business infrastructure and operations

• Best practices for successful IT project management

  Jonathan Hassell's tips for successful IT project management help CIOs give a little more freedom to teams and reap big rewards with improved project timelines. Continue Reading

• At IBM, big data management is big -- really big

  IBM's big data management projects rely on its Blue Insight cloud and Cognos analytics software, which turn data into optimized business processes. Continue Reading

• Employee creativity drives CIO's video teleconferencing initiative

  CIO Mauricio Vicente drove customer value and employee creativity in a major video teleconferencing project, making him a SearchCIO-Midmarket.com IT Leadership Awards finalist. Continue Reading

• BI programs should co-opt social sciences to be closer to the money

  CIOs should incorporate anthropology, economics and other social sciences into their BI programs to answer burning business questions. Continue Reading

• IT leaders embrace cloud solutions based on economic, business sense

  Some enterprise IT leaders are only dipping their toes into cloud solutions. Others, however, have taken the -- carefully considered -- plunge. Continue Reading

• An innovative cloud strategy helps CIO with major ROI

  One SearchCIO-Midmarket.com 2012 IT Leadership Award finalist works a creative cloud strategy to save his company both time and capital.Continue Reading

• Project teams and prioritization: Keys for creative project management

  CIOs must master creative project management to achieve business goals. The right project teams and prioritization are the secrets to success, Scott Lowe explains.Continue Reading

• CIO, CFO disagree on tech investments' value to the business

  Do the CIO and CFO see eye to eye on IT's value to the business? A new SearchCIO.com report reveals some serious gaps and ways to improve alignment.Continue Reading

• Business process optimization and the CIO role converge

  Keen on applying IT best practices to the business, enterprise leaders rely on CIOs for business process optimization and change management programs.Continue Reading

• CIO focuses on developing leadership skills on a tight budget

  CIO Paul Harder focuses on developing leadership skills among his nonprofit agency's team and in the community on a very small IT budget.Continue Reading

• Miami Dolphins using analytics technology to get home-field advantage

  Miami Dolphins CTO Tery Howard turns to analytics technology and IBM to make Sun Life Stadium all that it can be.Continue Reading

• How to preserve your relationship with an outsourcing partner

  When an outsourcing partner messes up your agreed services, what's the next step? Expert Jonathan Hassell offers advice about keeping the ship afloat.Continue Reading

• Ensuring self-service BI doesn't become a data free-for-all

  Doing self-service BI right still requires structured and governed data management.Continue Reading

• Realities of risk today require a chief business security officer

  The chief business security officer, a new type of security pro, can help bridge the gap between IT security and business initiatives.Continue Reading

• The ROI of self-service BI

  Self-service BI could very well be the answer to the perennial question, "What's the ROI of business intelligence?"Continue Reading