Tips

Tips

• Three tips for a better IT service model

  With IT budgets moving out of the IT department, these three best practices will help put your IT organization in a better position to compete with outside IT services companies.  Continue Reading

• Loss of focus chief reason for startup failure

  Too much passion, too little passion, too many cooks -- there are many factors that can lead to loss of focus and, ultimately, to startup failure.  Continue Reading

• Private cloud termination agreement: What CIOs need to know

  Relationships between companies and their cloud providers can be fleeting. Knowing this, it's important for CIOs to think about exit strategies before they sign that cloud contract. David Rutchik, a partner at Pace Harmon LLC, offers advice.  Continue Reading

• The complexities of a diversified cloud strategy

  Experts urge using a diversified cloud strategy to offset cloud vendor instability, but the sophisticated management skills this approach requires may make it unfeasible for some IT organizations.  Continue Reading

• Use a diversified cloud strategy to offset provider instability

  It can be tough for CIOs to get cloud providers to commit to providing long-term services. One way to ensure stability is by using a diversified cloud strategy.  Continue Reading

• Mobile app development process: Saving time, money

  Learn about one approach to mobile app development that cuts the amount of resources that go into expensive software development and testing.  Continue Reading

• 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