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Cloud computing for business
- July 26, 2012
26 Jul'12
Adapting corporate IT roles to enterprise use of cloud and BYOD
In this second of a two-part discussion of the four forces reshaping corporate IT roles, Andrew Horne addresses the impact of cloud and BYOD.
- July 24, 2012
24 Jul'12
Sustainable practices from a paperless and politic CIO
Passionate about sustainable practices, Wellesley College's CIO gently pushes going paperless in an environment built on books.
- July 23, 2012
23 Jul'12
Will analytic cloud tools make CIOs into energy efficiency czars?
With the emergence of analytic cloud tools, will CIOs' talent for data position them to lead on energy efficiency?
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- July 11, 2012
11 Jul'12
Capacity management from the trenches
Independent Bank Corp. CIO Pete Graves speaks in-depth about his capacity management plan and offers advice gleaned from years of experience.
- July 05, 2012
05 Jul'12
Strategy is the goal in business process outsourcing
When is soccer like IT outsourcing? When it's used to explain how businesses need to create strategic value from business process outsourcing.
- June 27, 2012
27 Jun'12
Fortifying the ITIL framework for IT and the business
Why one company adopted the IT Infrastructure Library framework when it brought IT back in-house, and the unexpected side benefits for the business.
- June 15, 2012
15 Jun'12
The cloud computing security conundrum
What happens when two technology executives disagree on cloud computing security? A very interesting discussion but no conclusions about what to do.
- May 31, 2012
31 May'12
Seize big data and analytics or fall behind, MIT panel says
Get cracking on big data and analytics or go home, says a panel of data experts at the recent MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.
- May 30, 2012
30 May'12
Data hoarding and bias among big challenges in big data and analytics
Companies will rise and fall on their ability to use big data and analytics, research suggests, but human foibles make success anything but certain.
- May 25, 2012
25 May'12
CIO role through the lens of MIT: Agile rebel or company dishwasher?
The CIO role was under the microscope at MIT this week. Will CIOs be the standard bearers of the IT revolution or just stuck cleaning up the mess?
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- May 23, 2012
23 May'12
Why CFOs love cloud metrics -- and when CIOs need to push back
With CFOs increasingly enticed by cloud metrics, CIOs must understand CFOs' love of cloud computing solutions -- and also know when to push back.
- May 08, 2012
08 May'12
Using tech to gain a competitive advantage: The new CIO benchmark?
Interest in the ways rival companies are using technology to gain a competitive advantage has risen sharply among business leaders.
- April 30, 2012
30 Apr'12
Cloud integration revitalizes an aged business model
A cloud integration platform helps CIO relaunch a struggling business by leveraging a community of partners and reaching thousands of new customers.
- April 30, 2012
30 Apr'12
CIO finalist: Custom Web application gives rise to a new business
CIO Nicole Bradberry, a SearchCIO-Midmarket.com IT Leadership Award finalist, created a business around a custom Web application for health care providers.
- April 26, 2012
26 Apr'12
Should CIOs steer users away from Google Drive cloud storage service?
Another week, another potential woe for the CIO? Tuesday saw the long-awaited/speculated release of Google Drive, joining the world of such cloud storage service offerings as Dropbox and ...