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• Leading the digital enterprise: Five tips on how to get there

  This year's MIT Sloan CIO Symposium focused on the digital enterprise and how the line between internal and external customers is blurring. Continue Reading

• Seven not-so-obvious roles your analytics pro will have to play

  What skills do CIOs need to develop or bring in-house to take on big data and advanced analytics? Here are some not-so-obvious candidates. Continue Reading

• Prescriptive Analytics: The Next Frontier

  Is an optimized future within our grasp? With prescriptive analytics, it just might be. Learn more in this month's issue of CIO Decisions e-zine. Continue Reading

• Time to prepare for bring your own smart machine

  Virtual personal assistants and smart advisors are both poised to push their way into the enterprise in the next two years. How can CIOs prepare? Continue Reading

• Five questions vital to a good digital business strategy

  Looking to develop a digital strategy? Start with the basics but with a digital twist. Here are five questions CIOs should ask themselves. Continue Reading

• Rogue technology: What lies beneath

  Rogue IT can wreak havoc on legacy systems and pose security threats, but it can also enable business agility. Learn more in CIO Decisions e-zine.Continue Reading

• CIO careers: A guide to getting ahead

  In this CIO Essential Guide, learn how CIOs in high-level careers in IT are driving their enterprises -- and profession -- forward.Continue Reading

• Advice for small business owners on whether to build a mobile app

  Building a mobile app can give small business owners a competitive edge, but it's not for everyone. Christine Parizo explains why.Continue Reading

• Out of the shadows: Rogue IT is becoming CIO business as usual

  The consumerization of IT and increasing demands for business agility are forcing the evolution of rogue IT. How are CIOs responding?Continue Reading

• On a day of praise for disruptive technologies, a word of caution

  A former Google engineer schools aspiring disruptors on what really matters when deploying disruptive technology for human consumption.Continue Reading

• CIO/CTO shapes up shared services strategy and puts the fun into ITSM

  Bart Murphy was hired by CareWorks Family of Companies to create and carry out a shared services strategy; he transformed IT and became CIO/CTO.Continue Reading

• Allstate's tech leader on communicating vision, honing leadership skills

  Allstate CIO Pat Coffey climbed the ranks from programmer to SVP. We asked her what leadership skills it takes to get ahead.Continue Reading

• 'Tis the season for IT self-service

  Chatter about big data reveals IT self-service can be a gift for CIOs. Take command and control but keep the buffet open.Continue Reading

• The New BPM

  Business process management is traditionally focused on improving workflows and rooting out inefficiencies, but new BPM processes and strategies are emerging. Learn more in this month's CIO Decisions e-zine.Continue Reading

• CIO guide: Protect information like a pro

  Providing adequate protection for corporate data is a top-of-mind concern across IT. In this guide, learn how to protect your information assets.Continue Reading

• The new BPM program: A focus on data-driven business outcomes

  With an emphasis on data-driven business results, the new BPM program is giving CIOs the tools to help grow the business.Continue Reading

• HoneyBaked Ham IT and marketing veeps find secret sauce in big data

  At The Original HoneyBaked Ham Co. of Georgia, there's no such thing as data for data's sake.Continue Reading

• At HoneyBaked Ham, IT and marketing follow the same menu

  At The Original HoneyBaked Ham Co. of Georgia, IT and marketing didn't always pair up so well, according to Mark O’Brien, vice president of marketing, and Bill Bolton, vice president of IT.Continue Reading

• Many enterprises missing out on value of internal social technologies, collaboration

  Even as enterprises become increasingly comfortable with the sometimes-dicey world of external social media, most fail to see the value of embracing enterprise social media technologies.Continue Reading

• Leadership tips in a challenging environment from three health IT CIOs

  At the 45th annual SIMposium, health IT CIOs talked about how technology is changing just about every aspect of health care, except one: the importance of leadership.Continue Reading

• Iconic shoe company leans on CIO, 'fast data' for better business returns

  Red Wing Shoe CFO Ralph Balestriere explains how his CIO and a focus on fast data are helping the business make better decisions and increase returns.Continue Reading

• Data camp helps Facebook establish a common language

  When businesses focus their energies on the answers big data will provide, they risk overlooking the important role that questions play.Continue Reading

• Smart Process Apps Rev Up Business Agility

  Emerging smart process applications can simplify activities that are loosely structured and people intensive. Learn how in this issue of CIO Decisions e-zine.Continue Reading

• Can Hadoop become an ‘enterprise data hub’?

  Cloudera recently introduced what it calls the “enterprise data hub.” Long story short: Welcome to another illustration on how to design for big data.Continue Reading

• Driving a big data advantage with good governance

  Far from being a drag, IT governance is a game changer in CIO team's push on big data and high-performance computing at Penn Medicine.Continue Reading

• Businesses say they want to be data-driven, but the truth hurts

  Learn about the three Cs of IT governance and using analytics in part two of this CIO Innovator profile.Continue Reading

• Cloud Governance: Know Thy Users

  CIOs face pressure to flex their cloud muscles, but security concerns still abound. Learn how CIOs can balance the two in this issue of CIO Decisions.Continue Reading

• Is it time for the Machiavellian CIO?

  In this SearchCIO New Books Q&A, author Tina Nunno explains why CIOs have a lot to learn from Machiavelli.Continue Reading

• The secret to strong leadership: Be willing to go to extremes

  In this SearchCIO New Books Q&A, author Tina Nunno explains why CIOs need to be willing to go to extremes and even embrace 'the dark side.'Continue Reading

• Google’s Eric Schmidt surprised by tablet revolution

  Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google Inc., admits the tablet caught him off guard. Here's what he had to say about mobile enterprise computing.Continue Reading

• Why is Microsoft licensing so complicated?

  Live from the 2013 Gartner Symposium ITxpo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discusses why Microsoft licensing is so complicated.Continue Reading

• The future of mobility: A BYOD guide for CIOs

  In this Essential Guide, learn how CIOs are planning for the future of mobility, aligning consumer devices with bring your own technology trends.Continue Reading

• Kurzweil: The human brain on IT

  Inventor and futurologist Ray Kurzweil shakes up an information management crowd with visions of the human brain on IT.Continue Reading

• CIO advice on showing value of social media and collaboration initiatives

  Two top CIOs give their quick takes on proving up the value of social media and collaboration tools.Continue Reading

• Falcons take on the information-based, multiscreen multitasker

  Falcons marketing pro Jim Smith talks football and partnering with the CIO to reach the multiscreen, multitasking fan.Continue Reading

• A new book zeroes in on finding the key metrics that drive decisions

  Author Ben Yoskovitz talks about the unflinching honesty of the right key metrics and what it means to the success of the business.Continue Reading

• New guide lays out how to use Lean analytics to grow a business

  In a new book, co-authors Ben Yoskovitz and Alistair Croll dig into how Lean analytics can guide a business' development and growth.Continue Reading

• CIO drives tech-enabled golf with repeatable processes, innovation labs

  TopGolf CIO Tom LaPlante helps drives the tech-enabled business by implementing stable processes and turning every employee into an innovation ninja.Continue Reading

• Cloud use strategy: Celtics VP of IT builds on wins, cuts losses

  Boston Celtics VP of IT leverages cloud use for business needs on and off the court and comes out winning -- even when he loses.Continue Reading

• The 2013 Enterprise IT Leadership Awards: The Winners

  We have the final tallies! Meet the winners in our 2013 SearchCIO Enterprise IT Leadership Awards, including our overall IT Leader of the Year.Continue Reading

• IT service management needs to incorporate best-in-class consumer IT

  CIOs need to get their act together and incorporate best-in-class consumer IT services into their IT service management program.Continue Reading

• Mobile business advice from Peter Vesterbacka of Angry Birds

  Still unconvinced mobile computing will change the world? Listen to what the Mighty Eagle of Angry Birds has to say.Continue Reading

• Big data, bad analytics

  The value of big data is in the analytics -- not any old analytics but software customized to your business purpose. Anything less is bad analytics.Continue Reading

• It's a mobile-first world and that means mobile BI too

  Viva mobile BI! As this CIO implements a mobile-first strategy, it only makes sense to do the same with business intelligence products and tools.Continue Reading

• Seven steps to building an effective incident response program

  Often undervalued, a well-thought-out incident response program for security breaches gets its due in this tip by Forrester Research.Continue Reading

• CIO designs an iPad analytics app that mirrors work, speeds decisions

  Guess? Inc. CIO Michael Relich delivered a mobile analytics app for the iPad that that was so good, employees bought their own devices just to use it.Continue Reading

• The CIO position: Why you need to eat your own dog food

  When it comes to the CIO position, the want ads have yet to catch up with the skill set du jour.Continue Reading

• Business innovation and collaboration inextricably linked, says SAS CIO

  Collaboration and innovation are two sides of the same coin, says SAS Institute CIO Keith Collins.Continue Reading

• Business and social network apps belong together: Will they ever meet?

  Social and business apps need to merge. But does anyone know how that's going to happen?Continue Reading

• CEB: Three steps to an enterprise framework for managing cloud risks

  The lack of a sound IT framework for managing cloud is a big hindrance to adopting cloud technologies. CEB offers CIOs a three-step remedy.Continue Reading

• MIT: A big data revolution is here, and it's past time for CIOs to lead

  The big data experts at the MIT CIO event made it official: Big data is transforming business. But it's complicated stuff, and it needs a CIO's touch.Continue Reading

• Honing IT project management skills? Become master of the obvious

  Overlooking the obvious happens to everyone. And it happens a lot when it comes to project and portfolio management (PPM), even among those with sound IT project management skills.Continue Reading

• IT project evaluation and portfolio management guide

  In this CIO Briefing, learn how to apply PPM strategies in the enterprise.Continue Reading

• Project prioritization and portfolio management guide

  In this Midmarket CIO Briefing, learn how to effectively manage initiatives in your IT organization.Continue Reading

• How to secure mobile endpoints? Start with a mobile strategy

  IT strategy consultant Jack Gold discusses the hows and whys of securing mobile endpoints, starting with this rule: Mobile strategy comes first.Continue Reading

• Airport CTO takes customer service to new heights with sensor technology

  Houston Airport CTO Lisa Kent uses sensor technology to provide superior service to her customers -- both internal and external.Continue Reading

• CIO shows competitive advantage, value of ERP and VDI all under budget

  IT Leadership Awards finalist CIO John Bowden showcased the value of ERP and VDI, with projects that saved money and workers' time.Continue Reading

• Tactical and strategic health care CIO drives through industry turmoil

  Deanna Wise is a model blend of a tactical and strategic CIO, delivering top-notch services and leading a $2 billion EHR implementation.Continue Reading

• Forrester CXi shows CIOs key to improving customer experience

  Companies that excel at customer experience work hand in glove with CIOs and IT, according to the Forrester 2013 Customer Experience Index.Continue Reading

• At MIT Sloan, CEOs talk innovation strategies while China attacks

  The innovation strategies of the nation's most innovative CEOs seem oblivious to the greatest security hack in history. Why is that?Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery infrastructure revamp gets industry attention

  A disaster recovery infrastructure revamp spotlights IT's ability to be a game changer for the business and industry.Continue Reading

• #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

• Are Multi-Hypervisor Environments Worth It?

  Are multi-hypervisor environments the right solution to virtualization oligarchy? Find out in the latest issue of CIO Decisions ezine.Continue Reading

• Students-first mentality drives IT innovation at Athabasca University

  CIO Brian Stewart put students first in an overhaul of IT systems at Athabasca University. Read more about this IT Leadership Awards finalist.Continue Reading

• Exploring the 'Big Data Frontier'

  IT business strategist Harvey Koeppel draws on historical data to explore the 'Big Data Frontier' and its potential to profoundly change the world.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

• C-suite looking for team members, not captains of industry

  Is the decider-in-chief, an industry relic? One CIO headhunter says so. The new C-suite ideal is the collaborative team player.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

• Putting a price on information: The nascent field of infonomics

  Putting a monetary value on informationContinue Reading

• CIO's collaborative technologies and social media guide

  In this CIO Briefing on enterprise collaborative technologies and social networking, learn how these tools can foster teamwork and drive business success.Continue Reading

• Rainmakers: Three CIOs who made revenue generation their business

  CIOs know alignment with the business is vital, but as IT emerges as a center of innovation, smart CIOs are taking charge of revenue generation.Continue Reading

• Living the e-life amid security threats, privacy issues

  Businesses are advised to enlist employees in the effort to protect against security threats. That won't be easy for a generation living the e-life.Continue Reading

• To be a better leader be a team player: CIO leadership lessons from a pro

  Former CIO of Marriott, now personal coach, Carl Wilson talks CIO leadership and the importance of integrating IT with the business.Continue Reading

• Mastering digital business: This is not your father's Oldsmobile

  Digital business requires CIOs to use technology differently from how it was used to fuel innovation in the e-commerce age -- just ask Oldsmobile.Continue Reading

• The Value of PPM

  Project and portfolio management helps IT bucket its most pressing initiatives, leading to better project spending and accountability.Continue Reading

• A CIO boosts the business value of IT by helping customers make money

  CUNA Mutual Group CIO Rick Roy talks about building up IT business value by focusing on the customer -- the paying customer, that is.Continue Reading

• Strategic agility planning guide for enterprise CIOs

  In this CIO Briefing, learn how to develop IT projects and practices at your organization through Agile methodologies.Continue Reading

• Corporate data center guide for enterprise CIOs

  In this CIO Briefing, learn how enterprise CIOs can enable greener IT and the march toward mobile, virtualization and the cloud.Continue Reading

• IT disaster preparation and recovery guide for CIOs

  In this CIO Briefing, learn how CIOs are protecting their organization from security breaches and equipment failures.Continue Reading

• DR Ascends to the Cloud

  Advances in cloud computing are taking backup strategies skyward and easing common business continuity concerns. Learn more in the latest issue of CIO Decisions ezine.Continue Reading

• ITIL and ITSM strategy guide for enterprise CIOs

  In this enterprise guide to ITIL and ITSM frameworks, learn how CIOs can align the delivery of IT services with the needs of their organization.Continue Reading

• Six ways the CIO job description is changing

  Our annual Role of the CIO survey points to a transformation in the CIO job description and the skills it entails. Learn more in this slideshow.Continue Reading

• Mobile IT Network Revamp

  Mobile IT is radically changing how CIOs look at security, network capacity and their own IT users and customers.Continue Reading

• Social media guidelines and strategy for CIOs

  In this social media primer, learn how CIOs are establishing social media guidelines and strategies aimed at improving their enterprise network.Continue Reading

• Should cloud service providers take a vertical tack?

  A specialty approach could be the answer for cloud service providers looking to ease enterprise CIO risk and compliance concerns.Continue Reading

• Consumerization of technology guide for CIOs

  In this guide to the consumerization of technology in the enterprise, learn how CIOs are using emerging platforms to maintain competitive advantage.Continue Reading

• Creating competitive advantage through data analytics

  In this week's roundup, as the title suggests, read three different ways of creating competitive advantage. Plus, why CIOs need to start questioning the green-ness of cloud.Continue Reading

• A guide to IT sustainability practices for CIOs

  In this guide to IT sustainability practices for CIOs, learn how to make your company greener through technology innovation.Continue Reading

• Olympic-size woes and the dark side of tech innovation

  This week's roundup finds former tech stars who won't be up on a podium anytime soon, the dark (Hat) side of innovation and heroic leadership lessons.Continue Reading

• Conquering brain drain and big data analytics

  In this week's roundup get tips on reviving your gray matter, discover the only question you need ask to solve your big data analysis dilemma and more.Continue Reading

• Scary-good tech innovation

  This week's roundup of bits from around the Web includes some amazing tech innovation, social collaboration tips and a rather forgettable anniversary.Continue Reading

• Why you don't want to Excel at virtualization capacity management

  As more of your data center becomes virtualized, succeeding at capacity management increasingly depends on using the right tools.Continue Reading

• Virtualization management guide for enterprise CIOs

  In this guide to virtualization management for enterprise CIOs, read about launching or updating a virtualization strategy, VDIs and use cases.Continue Reading

• Girls who code may become women in computer science

  Girls Who Code seeks to give teenage girls the skills to pursue degrees in technology and join the sparse ranks of women in computer science.Continue Reading

• Virtualization technologies for DR, desktops

  This FAQ explores the ways CIOs are expanding the reach of virtualization technologies in their organizations and managing this growth.Continue Reading

• Is Yammer a solution to a CIO problem or a trap?

  Has Microsoft just solved a huge CIO problem with its acquisition of Yammer, or laid a trap for IT in a bring-your-own-device era?Continue Reading

• What the Queen of Soul can teach about social CRM

  In this week's roundup of interesting items from around the Web, we present a musical key to social CRM, Google's search for love and more.Continue Reading