Opinion

Opinion

• Offshore IT outsourcing: Economy, not ethics, is big question for CIOs

  Offshore IT outsourcing is an emotional topic for CIOs, but the cost can be more complicated than a simple bottom line.  Continue Reading

• Living the e-life amid security threats and privacy concerns

  Businesses are advised to enlist employees in the effort to protect against security threats. That won't be easy for a generation living the e-life.  Continue Reading

• Mastering digital business: This is not your father's Oldsmobile

  Digital business requires CIOs to use technology differently from how it was used to fuel innovation in the e-commerce age -- just ask Oldsmobile.  Continue Reading

• CIO Matters: Data presentation goes to the movies

  The work CIOs do to analyze big data will come to naught without data presentations that influence business decisions. Think lights, camera, action!  Continue Reading

• What to consider before deploying the Hadoop framework

  Learn three ways to decide if deploying the Hadoop framework is the right move for your enterprise big data needs.  Continue Reading

• Custom fitting a big data strategy

  A big data strategy should be tailored to employee skill sets and desired business outcomes.  Continue Reading

• Project management best practices show off IT talent in Miami Beach

  An accountability mandate helps an IT director introduce IT project management best practices that make his staff’s value apparent—and transparent.  Continue Reading

• CIO Matters: Leveraging big data for big business value

  Leveraging data for business value represents a fundamental shift in the way we conduct business, interact with customers and exchange information.  Continue Reading

• With a transparent IT project plan, resistance isn’t futile

  You’ve heard of a man with a plan? An organization with an IT project plan vastly improves its chances of achieving accountability and cost savings.  Continue Reading

• The advantages of cloud computing must be clarified to be implemented

  The advantages of cloud computing are multifaceted, but CIOs must be clear on its applications if they hope to net sweet returns.  Continue Reading

• Cloud’s business value: Get ‘cirrus’ about your organization’s needs

  Extracting cloud’s business value isn’t without its struggles, but CIOs know that pushing through the rough patches can lead to a big payoff.  Continue Reading

• Information analysis woes? Build a better business data analysis plan

  Suffering from information analysis troubles? Establishing a business data analysis plan can help organizations make smarter business decisions.  Continue Reading

• IT infrastructure strategy and the cloud: A new CIO frontier

  As the definition and uses of cloud computing have evolved, so too have CIOs’ approaches and attitudes toward IT infrastructure strategy.  Continue Reading

• Cloud computing adoption, implementation at core of future data center

  Cloud computing adoption will be at the heart of the future data center, but CIO questions about implementation still abound.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery in the cloud takes on new significance post-Sandy

  As large swathes of the East Coast look to resumes operations in Hurricane Sandy’s wake, disaster recovery in the cloud is taking on new significance.  Continue Reading