Tips

Tips

• #MITCIO tweets and tips on architecting the enterprise of the future

  Six takeaways from the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium on architecting the enterprise for cloud, big data, mobile, you-name-it.  Continue Reading

• As companies become more data-driven, the CIO role keeps on changing

  What's the CIO's role in today's data-driven, mobile, social, cloud business environment? That was a major theme for MIT Sloan CIO Symposium tweeters.  Continue Reading

• Introduction to data science: A crash course for CIOs

  Is your organization practicing good data science? Contributor Phil Simon examines how data scientists are transforming big data into 'the new oil.'  Continue Reading

• For effective cybersecurity, communicate and cover your assets

  Learn how to tackle cybercrime from former White House CIO Theresa Payton and former federal Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt.  Continue Reading

• A CIO's five-point plan for managing endpoint security

  Niel Nickolaisen offers a five-point solution for managing endpoint security for the hyper-connected enterprise -- starting with data governance.  Continue Reading

• Harnessing potential, avoiding problems with smaller PaaS providers

  Smaller PaaS providers or the usual suspects? Gartner's Yefim Natis discusses the pros of partnering with PaaS startups and how to avoid the cons.  Continue Reading

• Hybrid cloud management myths and integration challenges

  A successful hybrid cloud management strategy means asking the right questions. Gartner analyst Chris Wolf shares the top queries CIOs need to make.  Continue Reading

• Policies for BYOD: Readers talk back about mobility, security

  Establishing policies for BYOD remains a top priority for CIOs, according to SearchCIO readers in our latest CIO Chatter.  Continue Reading

• Stop storage infrastructure costs from spinning out of virtual control

  Storage infrastructure costs are expected to skyrocket due to server virtualization. Expert Jon Toigo explains how CIOs can keep these costs in check.  Continue Reading

• Optimizing storage capacity management for a virtual environment

  Learn the steps for virtualizing the storage infrastructure for effective storage capacity management, performance optimization and data protection.  Continue Reading

• Building the 'human firewall': A behavioral approach

  Build a 'human firewall' with employee security awareness programs that incorporate straight talk, humor, wit and storytelling.  Continue Reading

• Free supply chain model examples, strategy resources for the CIO

  Is your organization's supply chain strategy on sure footing? We've rounded up some free supply chain model resources from around the Web.  Continue Reading

• Mobile-first mentality driving SMB mobile computing business processes

  Is mobile computing transforming your SMB's business processes? Our tweet jammers discuss the mobile-first mentality in many smaller organizations.  Continue Reading

• Application development outsourcing: Cost-saving SMB mobile strategy?

  In SearchCIO-Midmarket.com's first tweet jam, participants proposed a cost-saving SMB mobile strategy focused on application development outsourcing.  Continue Reading

• Deliberating data center development, evolution and investments

  Pondering the next stage in data center development? CIOs are taking a hard look at capacity and disaster recovery in molding these future assets.  Continue Reading