Tips

Tips

Small-business IT strategy

• Overcome the fear factor in enterprise application consolidation

  Application consolidation is not for the faint of heart. Among other hurdles are the users who threaten mutiny. Niel Nickolaisen offers advice on getting the deed done.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft, VMware, Cisco experts vet the cloud for CIOs

  What factors do CIOs weigh when choosing between public and private cloud? Is PaaS the future? Is it time to bring back that cloud deployment? Cloud experts offer insight to CIOs.  Continue Reading

• Advice for CIOs on cloud computing risk management

  Cloud technology expert Stephen Braat of IT service provider CDW shared his views on cloud computing risk management with CIOs at SIMposium 2014.  Continue Reading

• Cloud contract checklist: A lawyer's perspective

  It can be difficult to navigate cloud contracts. There are laws to abide by, SLAs, subcontractors and more. Where to start? One lawyer lays out the six basic issues he vets when he reviews cloud contracts with his clients.  Continue Reading

• Gartner's four steps on how to better manage public APIs

  Do you know what APIs are being leveraged inside your enterprise? Performing an internal audit is the first of four steps required for managing APIs.  Continue Reading

• Is text analytics the next BI beachhead for CIOs?

  Is it time to bring text analytics in-house? A director of analytics at Visa advises CIOs to consider these three questions before making a move.  Continue Reading

• How to ace the all-important investor pitch

  How do you convince investors to fork over money for your new business concept? A detailed 'needs inventory' is critical, says SearchCIO small business columnist Bryan Barringer. Patience also helps.  Continue Reading

• Handling disaster recovery during a bona fide crisis

  Harvey Koeppel has been there, done that in terms of IT DR, but no disaster recovery and business continuity plan prepared him for the tragedy that struck when he was the CIO of a global bank on assignment overseas.  Continue Reading

• Building a disaster recovery plan starts with IT disowning DR

  An email arrives from on high ordering IT to complete a project ASAP. The CIO marshals the troops. When it comes to disaster recovery, however, it's the CIO's duty to just say, 'No.'  Continue Reading

• Six mobile strategies that build customer relationships

  Mobile strategies that build strong customer relationships aim to make the offline world a better place. Here are six ways businesses are doing that.  Continue Reading

• Don't risk mobile chaos for lack of mobile governance

  Without governance, BYOD will quickly turn into mobile chaos. SearchCIO expert Bryan Barringer lays out the fundamentals of forming a mobility governance team.  Continue Reading

• How to build a custom cloud minus the expense of customization

  CTO Niel Nickolaisen explains how a custom cloud met changing customer demands, and how he pulled one off while sidestepping the evils of customization.  Continue Reading

• How to monetize your mobile app

  Monetizing your mobile application isn't easy. In this SearchCIO tip, three experts share the secrets behind monetizing their mobile apps and offer advice on how you, too, can develop a successful app.  Continue Reading

• Three steps to a coherent digital customer strategy

  CIOs and their application teams need to help their businesses develop a coherent digital customer strategy. Forrester Research's Stephen Powers and Mark Grannan outline the tools required to manage, engage and measure digital customer experiences.  Continue Reading

• Go mobile for business intelligence benefits, but beware the hurdles

  On-the-spot decision making and in-the-field analysis are two of the many benefits that make mobile analytics a worthy investment.  Continue Reading