Tips

Tips

• Mobile apps for business: Four CIO rules for building a mobile future

  Niel Nickolaisen suggests fellow IT leaders ignore the hysteria over 'mobile-first' enterprises and take a balanced approach to mobile app development.  Continue Reading

• Building an IT configuration management system: Hard but crucial

  An effective configuration management system that documents critical IT systems and services is a crucial prerequisite to successful incident response processes.  Continue Reading

• Mistakes CIOs make on IT outsourcing deals -- and how to fix them

  CIOs don't sign on to large IT outsourcing deals expecting them to go bad, so what accounts for the high failure rates? Andy Sealock offers a game plan for de-risking your deal.  Continue Reading

• How to govern your IT outsourcing provider after the ITO deal is done

  The best ITO deals need tweaking as time goes on. Good governance ensures that you and your IT outsourcing provider are on the same page.  Continue Reading

• Future-proof your IT outsourcing contract: A CIO checklist

  Despite reams of advice on how to write a good IT outsourcing contract, ITO expert Andy Sealock 'still sees terrible deals all over the place.' Here's how to do it right.  Continue Reading

• Infographic: Strategic IT plan checklist for CIOs

  A company's IT strategy can determine whether it sinks or floats in today's competitive marketplace. Download our free checklist to find out what components should be in your strategic IT plan.  Continue Reading

• Don't toss data center best practices when managing cloud services

  Cloud computing is different -- but it's not that different. Gartner analyst Mindy Cancila says you already do some of the most critical tasks.  Continue Reading

• Track the cost of cloud-based services with better financial management

  Companies that don't monitor the cost of cloud-based services could be in for a nasty surprise, warns Gartner analyst Mindy Cancila.  Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity experts: 'Brittle' security systems need overhaul

  Cybersecurity experts urge enterprises to embrace new tools, including micro-virtualization and intelligence-led security.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise data architecture strategy and the big data lake

  Today's enterprise data architecture strategy has to address how to align existing data systems with growing information needs, capabilities and data sources.  Continue Reading

• Larry Wall's programmer virtues and 'vices'

  IT pros who are lazy, impatient and hubristic are just what CIOs need. Gartner analyst Danny Brian explains why in this SearchCIO tip.  Continue Reading

• Taming today's cyberthreat landscape: A CIO checklist

  The cyberthreat landscape grows more dangerous by the day. Harvey Koeppel offers a 12-point cybersecurity checklist for CIOs.  Continue Reading

• From tech supplier to IT service provider, a CIO makes the 'big switch'

  To address gaps between business expectations and IT delivery, CIO Gary Watkins came up with a model to make his IT team the company's IT service provider of choice.  Continue Reading

• New CIOs: How to succeed in the first 120 days

  New CIOs have a short window to prove their mettle. Accenture's Diana Bersohn lays out a 120-day-plan for success.  Continue Reading

• Among threats to information security, human behavior a constant risk

  Among the myriad evolving threats to information security, CIOs can count on one constant: Human error. Niel Nickolaisen offers three best practices for dealing with ourselves.  Continue Reading