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• Filling soft skills gap may be easier than you think

  Some of our readers responded to a recent story about the perceived soft skills gap in IT suggesting the talent leaders are seeking could be all around them. Continue Reading

• CEOs: CIOs earn seat at the table by creating competitive advantage

  CIOs who master new technologies and wring value from legacy systems are great, but what CEOs really want is a partner in creating competitive advantage. Continue Reading

• Even a minor lapse in security protocol can lead to major costs

  When security protocols are neglected, data isn't the only loss. A breach in Utah cost the state CIO his job and possibly his reputation. Continue Reading

• Really big deals: Facebook IPO and SEC guidance on cybersecurity

  Read about this week's biggest tech news, including Facebook's long-awaited IPO and the SEC's guidance on cybersecurity. Continue Reading

• Of motherhood and mobile strategy

  In this week's roundup, we make a highly unscientific link between motherhood and mobile strategy and get a glimpse of Siri's possible true calling. Continue Reading

• Mobile spending seeding a business revolution

  Mobile computing is burning up the enterprise in more ways than one. A new report on mobile spending adds a piece of kindling to the rage.Continue Reading

• BI? Website relaunch? It's all about mobile app design

  Whether it's a conversation about websites, business intelligence, sales, you name it -- all roads lead to mobile app design.Continue Reading

• Do CIOs care about gaining a competitive advantage?

  Do CIOs care enough about gaining a competitive advantage—or is collegiality the secret of success in IT?Continue Reading

• Sometimes tech innovation is the only option

  This week's roundup of bits from around the Web includes two interesting looks at tech innovation. Plus, could your Facebook profile help save a life?Continue Reading

• Enterprise CIO project management resources guide

  Project management success requires proper planning, a dedicated team and a deft CIO touch. Learn more in this project management resources guide.Continue Reading

• Four ways to improve your change management strategy

  What creates the most bottlenecks when it comes to a change management strategy? One expert outlines the biggest offenders.Continue Reading

• Promoting innovation, from boss-less offices to tweaking big data

  This week's roundup of tidbits from the Web includes ways of promoting innovation, as well as talent in the workplace.Continue Reading

• Privacy concerns surround Google cloud storage service

  Soon after Google launched its Drive cloud storage service, data privacy and security worries arose.Continue Reading

• CIOs get no respect? They should follow the money

  CIOs don't get any respect from CEOs on innovation leadership. Don't get miffed, follow the money.Continue Reading

• Seeing the obvious is an IT project management skill

  Having good IT project management skills can mean knowing when you don't need them.Continue Reading

• Quotable quotes on the role of the CIO

  The best comments on the role of the CIO often don't make it into stories. Here's a collection of insightful and often humorous CIO side comments.Continue Reading

• Reading the tea leaves on the CIO job shakeup at BofA

  What do companies want from their CIOs? This week's shakeup in the CIO job at Bank of America suggests the question is not given to easy answers.Continue Reading

• Strategic outsourcing and vendor management guide

  Get strategic outsourcing tips and IT vendor management best practices in this IT outsourcing guide for enterprise CIOs.Continue Reading

• Business transformation and the human touch

  Business transformation, and how the CIO can bring this to bear through adaptability and a bit of a human touch.Continue Reading

• Teamwork is important, folks at the top say

  Teamwork is important. Two born leaders tell CIOs why.Continue Reading

• Personal cloud solutions part of a frictionless future

  By 2015, analysts say, personal cloud products will displace PCs as the hub of consumers' digital lives, with annual spending topping $2 trillion.Continue Reading

• Will cloud service providers create a jobs boom?

  Are cloud service providers fueling major job growth, or just re-employing workers bumped by the cloud?Continue Reading

• Spring is here, and innovation is in the air

  In this week's roundup of news and notable bits from around the Web, spring brings thoughts of innovation.Continue Reading

• A tale of two data quality theories

  Data quality still hobbles business intelligence efforts. The question is what to do about it.Continue Reading

• Siri, find me a good lawyer

  In this week’s roundup, a legalpalooza: Yahoo sues Facebook, someone sues Siri and a lawyer slowly backs away from her Pinterest boards.Continue Reading

• Where are the women in computer science?

  Women are nearly at parity with men when it comes to bachelor's degrees in science and engineering. So, why are so few women in computer science?Continue Reading

• How big data improves an information security strategy

  A security guru discusses new ways of looking at the intersection between big data and an information security strategy.Continue Reading

• Who’s afraid of the iPad 3?

  This week’s bits include why the iPad 3 should put a scare in the competition, and an example of how CIOs who consider the consumer come out on top.Continue Reading

• The love-hate nature of unified communications

  A unified communications strategy where workers are empowered to make decisions comes up against management's need to control.Continue Reading

• Security woes and a different kind of Net threat

  We're feeling a little vulnerable this week. Maybe it's because our cache of tech bits is a little heavy on security issues.Continue Reading

• Data loss statistics: Emerging culprits

  Social networking, cloud computing and mobile technology create business opportunities. But data loss statistics show these advances create risks too.Continue Reading

• Silence on business analytics speaks volumes

  The next time your CIO pals clam up about business analytics, watch out. They're on to something. You should be too.Continue Reading

• No need to search, they know what you want

  Tidbits of news and analysis from the week that was, including another manipulation of big data, three steps to becoming the CIO you know you are and one mobile device that might give you headaches.Continue Reading

• BI strategies evolve for big data analysis needs

  "Big data" is a buzzword no more. CIOs are adapting their BI strategies to meet the challenges of big data analysis.Continue Reading

• Mission-critical systems taking on dual roles

  As CIOs take on new roles, they are finding new uses for mission-critical systems -- and that in turn is making their role more business-critical.Continue Reading

• Is technology leadership training lacking?

  A lack of technology leadership training specific to the CIO position leaves the up-and-comers fending for themselves.Continue Reading

• No honor-student bumper stickers for Steve Jobs

  A roundup of items you might have missed from around the Web, including Steve Jobs' high school GPA and a possible storm over cloud privacy in the EU.Continue Reading

• Days are dwindling for successful Windows 7 migration

  If you've been hitting the snooze button on Windows 7 migration, it's time to wake up -- you're already late.Continue Reading

• 2012 Global IT Forecast

  TechTarget asked 2,642 IT professionals and business analysts around the world for their IT forecasts for 2012. The direction of IT budgets and the technologies getting attention may surprise.Continue Reading

• Big data is dead? Long live analytics apps?

  The view of BI as an enterprise-wide system similar to ERP is giving way to a more tactical, "disaggregated" approach based on analytics apps.Continue Reading

• Who's the 'insider' security campaigns target?

  Can CIOs learn anything from a security campaign launched by the military more than 60 years ago?Continue Reading

• Shared services model puts focus on external customer

  For Owens Corning CIO David Johns, a shared services model is key to a low-cost, high-value IT and business services delivery strategy.Continue Reading

• Enterprise CIO Decisions Ezine

  The Enterprise CIO Decisions Ezine offers senior IT executives insights on pressing technology and management issues.Continue Reading

• The CIO and the extended enterprise

  The CIO role is stretching further into the outer limits of the "extended enterprise."Continue Reading

• CIOs: Should your next IT hire be a consumer advocate?

  How IT shops are changing and whom CIOs need to hire are big topics in the age of cloud and mobility. Should consumer advocates be on the list?Continue Reading

• CIOs proving the value of technology investments

  There's no easy way to prove the value of technology investments, but smart CIOs are finding new ones -- and smarter still, being proactive about it.Continue Reading

• Rosy outlook for services broker model may have thorns

  The IT services-broker model might be good for your business, but one CIO cautions against letting the label define your role.Continue Reading

• Re-evaluating endpoint security tools

  Has technology advanced to the point that some endpoint security tools -- and the staff needed to support them -- will go away?Continue Reading

• An enterprise guide to CIO roles and responsibilities

  Get answers to questions about IT career issues, salaries, budgets, spending and staff development in this guide to CIO roles and responsibilities.Continue Reading

• Overtime pay limit could put CIOs in a tough spot

  A bill limiting overtime pay for IT workers is one more example of politicians putting corporate interests ahead of individual workers, opponents say.Continue Reading

• 'IT as a services broker' model will carry beyond 2012

  IT leaders are positioning themselves as facilitators or IT services brokers rather than as the managers and mainframe minders of yore.Continue Reading

• CIOs have to be passionate and in fighting trim

  To be executive material for the CIO job these days, you'll need more than a well-cut suit.Continue Reading

• Application portals for managing mobile devices no joke

  CIOs are turning to application portals to meet mobile needs while protecting corporate IT policies.Continue Reading

• GE's journey from waterfall to Agile practices

  General Electric Co. turned to Agile practices to revamp software development in its Energy division. Now Agile is making its way across the company.Continue Reading

• The IT organization of the future: An enterprise within an enterprise

  The IT organization of the future is shifting to become not only a business but also a part of an integrated business services organization.Continue Reading

• The need for IT innovation leads to aggressive collaboration

  IT innovation is what happens when there's no money for new equipment but plenty of fresh ideas emanating from all parts of the business.Continue Reading

• CIOs looking for ways to say yes to the iPad in the enterprise

  CIOs are looking for ways to say yes to the iPad in the enterprise, despite the technological and cultural challenges associated with new mobile devices.Continue Reading

• IT offshore outsourcing markets, options on the rise, Gartner says

  The never-ending quest to cut IT costs is opening up new IT offshoring markets. Here are a look at Gartner's latest assessment and a new index from IT advisory firm TPI Inc.Continue Reading

• CIO podcasts: Information technology and leadership news and tips

  At SearchCIO.com, we're always looking for new ways to deliver the latest IT news and trends. Download these podcasts and listen on the go!Continue Reading

• Mobile data security spans policies, budgets and backups

  A proliferation of mobile devices in the enterprise forces CIOs to reassess policies, budgets and backups for mobile data security.Continue Reading

• Enterprise governance guide for CIOs and IT executives

  An enterprise governance program is key to the IT success of many organizations. Learn how to properly govern IT assets and resources and align IT governance and compliance.Continue Reading

• Mobile phone security policies give IT some control over the influx

  There's no turning back mobile devices' invasion of the enterprise. CIOs need to put mobile phone security policies in place to control these uninvited guests.Continue Reading

• Data storage management tips, techniques and options for SMBs

  With a growing number of storage options available to SMBs, it's important to nail down a data storage management strategy. Learn tips, strategies and techniques in our guide.Continue Reading

• FAQ: GARP and how it helps you achieve better information governance

  Many organizations do not have an information governance structure that works with defined record-keeping principles that ensures accountability. GARP may be your answer.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing management guide for enterprise CIOs

  In this cloud computing management guide, learn how to integrate the cloud into your organization, the risks that the cloud involves and private cloud possibilities.Continue Reading

• IT budgeting and spending strategies guide for CIOs

  IT budgeting and spending is a balancing act between needs and wants even in a strong economy. Are you ready to figure out what your IT department will need? Check out this CIO Briefing for IT budgeting and spending strategies.Continue Reading