Tips

Tips

• 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

• Are enterprise social networks worth it? A CIO experiments

  CIO Niel Nickolaisen conducts his own experiments to test whether enterprise social networks are worth it.  Continue Reading

• Sell client virtualization to CEOs by stressing innovation over ROI

  CEO John Weathington says CIOs can convince CEOs to invest in client virtualization by stressing innovation, as well as cost savings.  Continue Reading

• Forrester: Use mobile engagement to drive business process transformation

  In this SearchCIO tip, Forrester Research delivers a step-by-step guide to using mobile engagement to drive business process transformation.  Continue Reading

• Tweet jam recap: Hire a data scientist or train a data analyst?

  In this big data tweet jam recap, learn whether participants prefer to hire an external data scientist or train a data analyst from within.  Continue Reading

• Data interpretation and visualization techniques add business value

  In this SearchCIO.com tweet jam recap, learn how to add business value to big data analytics with data interpretation and visualization techniques.  Continue Reading

• Is analysis of data worth your IT staff's time? Tweet jammers talk big data

  How much time should CIOs invest in the analysis of data? SearchCIO.com Twitter followers argue the significance of big data analytics.  Continue Reading

• Nate Silver on Bayes' Theorem and the power of big data done right

  Nate Silver outlines three principles taken from Bayes' Theorem that influence his prediction process.  Continue Reading

• SMB network security tools don't have to break the bank

  Malware doesn't care if you're an enterprise or a mom-and-pop shop. The good news is SMB network security tools don't have to cost a fortune.  Continue Reading

• How CIOs can use game mechanics to build better engagement

  Game mechanics are more than just rewarding badges. This primer on game design theory offers insight on building customer and user engagement.  Continue Reading

• Information management and the role of IT in a big data era: Three tips

  Some 80% of employees rely on corporate data to do their jobs, yet under half believe the data is usable. What's the role of IT and information management?  Continue Reading