Opinion

Opinion

• Take it from a serial entrepreneur, the age of small business is now

  SearchCIO's new columnist Bryan Barringer was all of 7 when he inspired his family to open its first business. This serial entrepreneur -- and serious Star Wars fan -- will be your guide to starting a business.  Continue Reading

• Four steps to launching an open data project

  Private sector CIOs can learn from their public sector counterparts when it comes to open data. Veteran public sector CIO Bill Oates is proof.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise architecture for big data -- a dilemma by any definition

  Big data is a term that's readily bandied about by marketers, but enterprises undertaking their own information architecture implementation need to know exactly what's meant by big data before proceeding.  Continue Reading

• Survey: IT and business at odds on defining big data success

  The disconnect between IT and the business on big data projects, the convergence of OLTP and OLAP and lighting as a service: The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• Consumer messaging apps make their mark on the enterprise

  CIOs should keep an eye on the consumer messaging apps market; enterprise search brings big data to the masses; and introducing the citizen developer: The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• Eight steps for comprehensive BYOD governance

  BYOD governance is not a destination, but a journey. It begins with this eight step roadmap for safe and effective BYOD policies.  Continue Reading

• Gartner: Inject digital intelligence into your IT architecture

  To take on the Internet of Things, CIOs will need an IT architecture with built-in digital intelligence to keep up with changing market forces and create competitive advantage. The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• Chief digital officer vs. chief data officer: Who will win the day?

  Will the chief digital officer outlive the chief data officer? Where should data experts draw the line in the sand on data quality? The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• When are the private and public cloud like a cronut?

  Done right, a blend of the private and public cloud can lead to an IT strategy that’s greater than the sum of its parts.  Continue Reading

• Man plus machine required for big data variety

  Medical and pharmaceutical researchers wrestle with finding meaning in big data variety and find that technology alone is still not up to the task.  Continue Reading

• From smoke signals to SMAC, digital business arrives

  Sharing your content is no longer about writing letters, sending emails or placing advertising. SearchCIO expert Harvey Koeppel analyzes how social media technologies have transformed business communications along with mobile, analytics and cloud.  Continue Reading

• IT leaders explain how to assign a value to your data assets

  In the latest CIO Decisions, CIOs and IT experts share their thoughts on infonomics -- placing a value on data assets -- and other of-the-moment IT concerns.  Continue Reading

• Great software governance means never having to be a 'CI-no'

  Software governance means managing myriad as-a-service offerings, and CIOs are in the unique position of weaving formerly rogue or consumer services into the business fold.  Continue Reading

• CIOs: Hadoop ecosystem cries out for security and governance

  The Hadoop ecosystem is bristling with new developments, but security and governance are lacking, warn Gartner analysts Merv Adrian and Nick Heudecker. Plus notes on Apache Giraph, HaaS and the Hadoop appliance -- The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• Tunneling to perfection: Apache Hadoop's MapReduce evolves

  First comes MapReduce and then comes what? Big data luminaries gather to discuss, and The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading