Leadership and strategic planning
Effective leadership and strategic planning skills are the keys to success for any CIO. As more CIOs are expected to speak the language of the business and contribute to the success of the organization, leadership and strategic planning skills are essential. Find information and advice on effective leadership and strategic planning for CIOs, including news, tips and other resources, in this topic section.
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Tip
14 Mar 2024
Practical strategies for shadow IT management
Employees might believe that they need tools beyond the organization's scope. Learn how CIOs and their teams can properly manage shadow IT to avoid unnecessary risk. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Jul 2023
Replacing vs. maintaining legacy systems
Understanding issues such as which systems hinder organizational performance can help IT leaders decide which legacy systems to replace and which to maintain. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jun 2011
Does your business know the enterprise can't be run on rogue IT?
The question to Warren Ritchie, CIO at the Volkswagen Group of America, was pretty standard: What was the biggest surprise he faced when he came into the IT world? Ritchie was speaking at the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Jun 2011
Workforce of the future is in the hands of the CIO
You couldn't go far at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium held recently in Cambridge, Mass., without hearing about the workforce of the future and how the CIO will help develop what some people are ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Apr 2011
Are CIO leadership skills moot if the business has you pigeonholed?
Are you lacking in CIO leadership skills, or do you lack CIO leadership qualities because the business has boxed you in, pigeonholed you as the IT guy? The question came up at a private dinner for ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Feb 2011
Phasing in desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization gives the business peace of mind. That was the bottom line when I asked Todd Bruni, director of client services for Christus Health, about the benefits of building a virtual ... Continue Reading
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Tutorial
12 Jan 2011
Policies, tools and best practices guide for virtualization management
A guide to developing a virtualization management strategy with tips on policies to set, tools to select and best practices for optimizing your virtual environment. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Dec 2010
Spreading cheer and good health through a virtual reality game
We got Kinect. For Christmas and the winter ahead, my husband said. For when the house is empty again and the weather outside is frightful. It will be good for our health, he told me. I do not play ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Dec 2010
Can the use of social media skew sales forecasts?
Best Buy uses social media like a pro, or as professionally as a business can, given the newness of the communication mode. The company's Twelpforce service enlists the passion of Best Buy's entire ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Dec 2010
An old data center infrastructure looks new in a coat of green
Thinking about heading out to Gartner Inc.'s 29th annual Data Center Conference in Las Vegas next week, I'm reminded of how much data center infrastructure has changed since the mid-1980s, when ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Nov 2010
Social bots by 2015, and other technology predictions from Gartner
Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us. Time to bring out the 2011 technology predictions. Hot off the presses from the Gartner research files are the consultancy's top ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Nov 2010
In the absence of spreadsheet management, horror lurks
Is the spreadsheet dead? Has the cockroach been eradicated? A half-billion people use Excel. For a story this week on spreadsheet management, I not only learned that the spreadsheet is alive and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Oct 2010
Unlikely to join Twitter, IT would rather be 'LinkedIn', guru says
Those of you trying to figure out how to back up a virtualized environment efficiently ought to check out Greg Schulz's blog about data footprint reduction. The 1% of IT staffers who join Twitter ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Oct 2010
How to use Twitter, if you're a CIO? With discipline
How do you tweet? I'm supposed to use Twitter for work, but I don't. Now I believe I know why. According to two CIOs who do, David Buckholtz and Ralph Loura, tweeting requires first, "a moment" ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Sep 2010
Women in IT band together at VMworld 2010
Navigating the crowded halls of VMworld 2010 in San Francisco last week, I couldn't help feeling drawn to the signage developed for this year's event: "Virtual Clouds, Actual Roads. " The backdrop ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Sep 2010
VMware luminaries say virtualized environments lead to IT as a Service
Hall D in San Francisco's Moscone Center was an electric mecca this week, as tens of thousands of IT professionals gathered to hear VMware Inc. luminaries discuss the future of IT as a Service at ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Aug 2010
The feds' identity ecosystem will include national identity cards
The U.S. government is increasing its efforts to identify, authenticate and authorize people online. This month it's releasing a draft of a Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace proposal ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Aug 2010
Gartner downgrades 2010 IT spending -- what's in your wallet?
Gartner Inc. downgraded its forecast for 2010 IT spending worldwide, and now pegs growth at 2.9% rather than the 4.1% growth it forecast earlier this year. Spending numbers for the U.S. market are ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2010
What's data fungibility got to do with delivering business insight?
CIOs need to know about their data's fungibility if they hope to deliver business insight to the business, not just information. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Jul 2010
Catalyst Conference: Is the new BI about less automation -- or more?
I'm here on the business intelligence track at the Burton Group's Catalyst Conference, trying to sort out the old BI from the new. As you might expect, there is a lot of talk about predictive ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2010
How mega data center construction is tied to taxes
Massive data center construction is happening in places where power is cheap and taxes are low, like Dublin, Ireland. That's where Microsoft built a 300,000-square-foot data center to support ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jul 2010
Readers respond to practice and philosophy of IT chargeback
My thanks go out to readers who were charged up enough to write about the IT chargeback series on SearchCIO.com. Whether you do showback, partial chargeback or chargeback for a profit; charge ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jul 2010
Chief data officers: Bringing data management strategy to the C-suite
John Bottega admits he's a bit of a clotheshorse. The guy likes a quality suit. Actually, he is a connoisseur of fine suits, their fit, their style, their durability. The sleeve on a quality suit, ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Jul 2010
Chief data officers: Bringing data management strategy to the C-suite
Data has become so relevant to how business gets done that some companies are adding a new officer to oversee data management strategy. Continue Reading
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News
22 Jul 2010
Readers respond to practice and philosophy of IT chargeback
Readers got all charged up about the IT chargeback series on SearchCIO.com, responding with words of wisdom about practical and philosophical implications. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jul 2010
Chargeback process: An old model heralds changes in IT
The old chargeback process, revived by cloud computing, could have major ramifications for IT organizations as they revamp to become centralized service providers, experts say. Traditional ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Jul 2010
Does IT chargeback pave the way to outsourcing?
If your organization is talking about moving to an IT chargeback or a supply and demand model for IT, could that be its first step on the road to outsourcing? That was an interesting sidelight ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jun 2010
Self-service technology transforms universities into 'schools of one'
IT executives who are grappling with social media and self-service technology will sympathize with their counterparts in higher education. The technology sophistication of current university ... Continue Reading
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News
18 Jun 2010
Developing an IT business service requires technology and fearlessness
Developing an IT business service isn't only about technology -- it's about fearlessly pursuing an idea that might seem daunting initially. Continue Reading
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News
03 Jun 2010
Applying for a CIO job? Must have mentor
The CIO job, maybe more than others, cries out for the helping hand of a mentor. Two seasoned CIOs prove the case. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 May 2010
BP's risk management strategy put planet in peril
A story in this morning's New York Times on BP's risk management strategy will no doubt send chills down the spine of many a corporate risk and compliance officer. The story reports on an internal ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 May 2010
Idea management software: The future is now
Idea management software sounds so futuristic, it makes me think of the movie Minority Report. In fact, ideation management is in the here and now. As SearchCIO.com News Director Christina Torode ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 May 2010
Mars and Venus on the future of IT
It could be I'm overly sensitive to gender issues among the academic scientific elite, having moved to Cambridge, Mass., about the time then-Harvard President Larry Summers made his unfortunate ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 May 2010
Technology job openings surge, headhunters are on the prowl
A report on technology job openings reinforces evidence that the recession is receding. Do you know where your IT staff is headed? It could be out the door. This month's report from Dice Inc., the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 May 2010
In lieu of customers, cloud vendors form partnerships at Cloud Expo
Sys-Con, creator of the sixth international Cloud Computing Expo held last month in New York, blamed a real cloud for the absence of traffic on its show floor. It wasn’t enterprise concern over ... Continue Reading
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News
13 May 2010
CIO careers: CFO wants control of IT, if he says so himself
Bad news for CIO careers? A new survey shows that 41% of CFOs consider themselves the main decision makers for IT investments. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 May 2010
The future is here, says Microsoft CIO, and it is 'Avatar'
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott was the keynote speaker at a modest but interesting gathering of CIOs in Boston yesterday, and he more or less stole the show, arriving in a rumpled suit and displaying the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 May 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: The future of Flash, Sarah Palin hacker convicted
I'm having a slightly cranky Monday morning. The Greater Boston area is on a "boil water" order due to a catastrophic water main break -- which is most immediately affecting me in that there is no ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Apr 2010
Antivirus software update goes rogue, corporate email security scares
Wednesday was a busy -- read: frustrating -- day for many organizations using McAfee Inc.'s antivirus software or Google Inc.'s Gmail. Problems with the two popular services raised concerns about ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Apr 2010
CIO careers: Seeking legal experts
Of all the conversations I had with attendees this week at the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit in Las Vegas, it was actually one with Gartner analyst Debra Logan about CIO careers that ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Apr 2010
Computer hardware upgrades and iPhone OS 4: When software spurs buying
As an iPhone 3G owner, I was very excited to hear about the Apple iPhone's newest operating system, the iPhone OS 4 software upgrade, planned for deployment this summer. Actually, I've never felt ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Apr 2010
Five steps to playing a bigger part in your company's M&A
I spoke with Gartner analyst Dave Aron for my story today about the CIO role in a merger and acquisition. The topic seemed timely: A variety of reports suggest that corporate M&A activity is ... Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2010
Gartner: Five phases of an M&A integration
Here is an early peek at forthcoming Gartner research on the five phases of an M&A integration, and tips for CIOs on their M&A role. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Mar 2010
BI strategy: What Holy Grail are you seeking?
Gartner’s BI Summit is just around the corner, and I’m eager to see how attendees’ business intelligence strategies and priorities have changed. When I went to the show last year, a big topic of ... Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2010
BI strategy: What Holy Grail are you seeking?
Gartner's BI Summit this April will give a glimpse into how CIO's business intelligence strategies and priorities are changing. Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2010
Is communication important in IT innovation?
Is your company trying to turn IT innovation into a process? Read about the three levels of innovation and the communication skills required for each. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Mar 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: National cybersecurity list, basketball technology
Like many of you, I'm caught up in the passage of health care reform here in the U.S. If you're interested in the health care system dovetails with your interest in technology, be sure to check out ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2010
On the job market? What CEOs want in the CIO role
Looking to fill the CIO role? Better learn the buzzwords. Three top headhunters say CEOs are fixated on leadership, transformation and innovation. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Mar 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: What is Foursquare's draw? Also Balanced Scorecard
Happy soggy Monday from the rain-soaked East Coast! We've had a pretty easy winter so far, but these April showers sure are coming early and strong. So, I've seen a lot in the mainstream media this ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Mar 2010
Are you stress testing your IT strategies?
I recently spoke with Robert Kaplan, author of the Balanced Scorecard, about how he would revise his framework given the economic meltdown in the last few years. The addition he would make is a ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2010
Are you stress testing your IT strategies?
Stress testing IT strategies is more than testing network or application performance; it's about accounting for what-if scenarios. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Mar 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: Web browser wars in Europe, iPad's new ad and more
I'm back from a couple of days off in Los Angeles – my first trip to southern California, and a well-timed one as I got to witness some of the pre-Oscar hoopla for myself. Now, it's back to the ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2010
Are innovation strategies back on CIO agendas?
After taking a backseat to cost-cutting during the recession, innovation strategies are back on business agendas. Is your IT innovation strategy in place? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Feb 2010
Public sector challenges mitigated by IT governance framework
My background is in community journalism, so public sector challenges -- strained municipal budgets and efforts to improve education, health care and other city services -- are all too familiar to ... Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2010
Public sector challenges mitigated by IT governance framework
Addressing public sector challenges is made easier by having a strong IT governance framework in place, leading to the best possible service to residents. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Feb 2010
Silicon Valley economy: Recession hitting IT hard at its epicenter
A few weeks ago, over a delicious dinner of Thai food with my uncle visiting from the Palo Alto area, I went on and on about my job here at SearchCIO.com and about all the various social media ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Feb 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: Super Bowl technology and Google's advertising
Super Bowl Sunday was yesterday, so let the Monday-morning quarterbacking begin! The turning point in the game was the Saints' decision to go for that onsides kick at the beginning of the second ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Feb 2010
2009 IT lessons: How did the recession change your IT organization?
I can't believe it's already February (and thank goodness: I wouldn't have been able to wait much longer for "Lost" to return!). Here at SearchCIO.com, even though a full month of 2010 is behind ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Feb 2010
Merck, Chevron and BP are touting a new IT management framework
It’s easy to forget how young a discipline IT is, given its enormous presence in our lives. Yesterday, however, that fact was front and center, as I watched the top IT talent at Intel Corp., Merck ... Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2010
2009 IT lessons: How did the recession change your IT organization?
IT lessons from 2009 abound as enterprise CIOs and their IT organizations reflect on the recession and the benefits of IT cuts. What are your recession lessons for 2010 and beyond? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Feb 2010
Business intelligence software as a revenue generator
You’ve gotten them: those 10-page documents detailing your cell phone bill, credit card account or bank statement. But now, because of the economy, you may start to receive those statements in an ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2010
How do you balance IT strategic planning and tactical decisions?
Our SearchCIO.com IT salary and careers survey did a little probing this year around one of those fraught CIO career questions: How much time do you devote to IT strategic planning as opposed to tactical decisions? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jan 2010
2010 IT budgets are unsettled and unsettling
After a week or so on the phone with any CIO I could get in touch with, here’s my super-unscientific prognostication on IT budgets in 2010: IT spending and CIO priorities are all over the board. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jan 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: Help Haiti using technology, IT outsourcing deals
To our readers in the U.S., happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! I'm guessing some of you have the day off and won't see this post until later in the week, but I wanted to catch you up on the buzz on ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jan 2010
IT and business alignment tactics
IT and business alignment is a challenge with which CIOs struggle daily, and it's bound to remain that way, with recent data showing that IT managers are predicting smaller budgets for 2010. So ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jan 2010
Can enterprise business intelligence be agile?
Instead of spending years developing an enterprise business intelligence strategy to consolidate BI tools and come to a corporate-wide agreement on key performance indicators, some enterprises are ... Continue Reading
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News
18 Dec 2009
Holiday paean to the CIO: You done good. Chin up.
The mood of CIOs whose projects we profiled in this year of the Great Recession is sober. McKinsey & Co.'s annual IT survey of business and IT executives seems to bear this out. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Nov 2009
Customer feedback management: Is anybody listening?
I recently made my first big purchase -- a new vehicle -- and I made my mind up pretty much before I entered the showroom floor, thanks to customer feedback I gathered on the Internet. What ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2009
Things to be thankful for: IT executives on Thanksgiving 2009
This has been a tough year, yet there are always things to be thankful for. We asked around about some of those things, from technologies to the softer side of managing. Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2009
Gartner's top 10 strategic technologies for 2010
Gartner's list of technologies that bear examination during the next three years show an agile, mobile, secure enterprise that can spot early warning signs and predict trends. Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2009
Qualities of a great leader from Jim Collins
What makes a great leader? Author Jim Collins shared some insights with attendees at Gartner's Symposium ITxpo. Continue Reading
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Tip
08 Oct 2009
How to decide if changing technology vendors is worth the time, risk
The cost savings offered by a second-tier vendor may or may not be worth the risk and expense of migration. Here's how to decide when to make a switch. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Oct 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: CIO mistakes, qualities of a good leader and ITIL
In a few hours, I'll be bound for Chicago to learn more about IT services and sourcing, but don't think I would leave you without your weekly wrap-up of CIO content! Check out the latest pieces to ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Sep 2009
How Google and Yahoo improved data center energy efficiency
Running large data centers is expensive and getting worse. No one knows that more than Google and Yahoo. At a panel on green data centers at MIT’s Emerging Technologies Conference this week, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Sep 2009
Three ways to reach out to women in IT: Mentor, advocate, encourage
A dinner this week on women in IT focused on midlevel women in technology and their challenges in getting ahead, given their frequently high family responsibilities and their own perceptions ... Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2009
Three ways to reach out to women in IT: Mentor, advocate, encourage
A dinner on women in IT focused on midlevel women in technology and their challenges in getting ahead. You might say that overcoming this gender gap means improving IT. Here are some of the ways we can all make that happen: Continue Reading
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News
11 Sep 2009
Looking for low-cost business processes? Check out GE WorkOut and FTD
Six Sigma and Lean too intimidating? Too expensive? Our blogger takes a look at two alternatives. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Aug 2009
IT services outsourcing: Do you have an ‘India-plus-one’ strategy?
For quite awhile, many U.S. companies have focused their IT services outsourcing strategies on India due to its market share, low cost of labor and robust vendor market. But now, some companies are ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Aug 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: Pros and cons of outsourcing, ITIL framework, PPM
Good morning! This past week, SearchCIO.com looked into the pros and cons of outsourcing in several countries in Asia, put out our latest FAQ on the ITIL framework and put your project and ... Continue Reading
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News
18 Aug 2009
Pros and cons of IT outsourcing in popular Asian countries
The benefits and challenges of IT outsourcing in India, China, the Philippines and Vietnam range from pricing to intellectual property barriers. Learn more here. Continue Reading
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News
07 Aug 2009
What's your beef with the agile development methodology?
Our blogger wants to know: Why aren't more organizations using the agile development methodology? Share your thoughts. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jul 2009
How will IT outsourcing play out in companies’ recovery plans?
As IT outsourcing is one of the core areas I cover for SearchCIO.com, I am, of course, interested in how both offshoring and onshoring will fare in the coming months. According to some ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jul 2009
What is transparency, and how is it relevant to IT?
We’ve all heard about Obama’s promise for government transparency, but what about IT transparency? First, what is transparency? Transparency is basically defined as openness and accountability in ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jul 2009
Is Google Chrome OS a turning point or yawner?
Nothing fuels the tech press like wars. So I have no doubt that we will see an endless string of reports from the battlefield over the next many months on the struggle between Google and Microsoft ... Continue Reading
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Tip
02 Jul 2009
Even with a PPM solution, IT project and portfolio challenges remain
A PPM solution can help you allocate resources among IT projects and calculate ROI, but it's no panacea for organizational issues. Here's why. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jun 2009
Satyam scandal: Has it affected your IT outsourcing and offshoring?
For those keeping an eye on IT outsourcing and offshoring, there were a couple of noteworthy pieces of news this week regarding the artist previously known as Satyam Computer Services Ltd. First, ... Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2009
Satyam scandal: Has it affected your IT outsourcing and offshoring?
As Satyam tries to recover, our blogger wonders if the company's troubles have had an impact on IT offshoring decisions. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 May 2009
Twitter for business: A help or a hassle at IT conferences?
I'm still reflecting on last week's MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, where my colleagues and I gathered a lot of good information on CIO leadership, IT outsourcing, health care, CIO innovation and more -- ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 May 2009
Why don’t connected healthcare information systems work?
In a perfect world, connected healthcare information systems would be easy to use, offer doctors a way to effectively communicate with their patients without any barriers or restrictions and give ... Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2009
Follow the action at MIT's CIO Symposium
SearchCIO.com Associate Editor Rachel Lebeaux is updating her Twitter feed with the latest from the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. Check back for updates all day! Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 May 2009
Adding a 'business downturn' clause to your telecom contracts
Telecom providers will do whatever it takes to keep your business, even in a business downturn. And that’s not just lip service. Did you know that you can insist on a “business downturn” contract ... Continue Reading
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News
07 May 2009
Have an IT question? Ask the IT consultant
Members of the Boston chapter of the Society for Information Management are available to answer your questions on their new blog. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 May 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: Challenges of a state CIO, BPM, SOA and ROI
This past week, SearchCIO.com was all over business process management, from BPM and service-oriented architecture (SOA) and how they work together to how to find fast ROI using BPM. We also ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Apr 2009
Oracle buys Sun: When strategic vendors go bye-bye
This decade has seen a lot of consolidation among both software and hardware vendors. Sun bought StorageTek, Sun bought MySQL. Oracle bought Sun, Oracle bought BEA (one of many midsized middleware ... Continue Reading
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News
16 Apr 2009
Chapter download: The department previously known as IT
In "Business/IT Fusion: How to move beyond alignment and transform IT in your organization," author Peter Hinssen suggests it's time for change to the way we approach IT and business alignment: It's time for fusion. Learn more in this chapter download. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Mar 2009
IBM layoffs: India Business Machines Corp.?
The news today from The Wall Street Journal that IBM is expected to cut a large number of U.S. workers in its global services unit and move that work to IBM employees in India reminded me that IBM, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Mar 2009
Cost savings on IT contractors: How to get the best rates
I was talking to IQNavigator the other day. They have software that helps companies manage what they spend on contingent workforces, such as IT contractors, and on vendor services, among other ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Mar 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: BI strategy, sourcing contracts and IT governance
This past week, SearchCIO.com homed in on business intelligence strategy, IT transformation, cost reduction tips for your strategic sourcing contracts and IT governance in an economic recession. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Feb 2009
Qualities of a good leader: Avoid layoffs at all cost?
An article on our sister site, SearchCIO.com, this week highlighted the qualities of a good leader during a recession, culling advice from leadership experts and CIOs. The list includes qualities ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Feb 2009
IT centralization grows as approach to IT consolidation
Of interest to me this week: stories of how CIOs are approaching IT consolidation not just in the data center, but also in their organizations. It’s no surprise that flat or reduced budgets impel a ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Feb 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: SaaS contracts, vendor management, data protection
Welcome back, readers! This past week at SearchCIO.com, we covered desktop virtualization, Software as a Service (SaaS) contract negotiations, IT vendor management offices and data protection ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Feb 2009
Desktop virtualization tradeoffs and benefits: What did I miss?
A couple of recent stories, "VDI vs. fat clients: The tradeoffs," and "Virtual desktops and virtualized applications: An FAQ for IT executives," caused a few readers to reach out to tell me I ... Continue Reading