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• August 13, 2012 13 Aug'12

  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.

• August 04, 2012 04 Aug'12

  CIO lights up Olympics with green tech innovation

  Every four years, it's the same thing. We sit and watch the summer Olympics in awe of human physical potential and our minds begin to wander. What if we'd kept up those swimming lessons? If only we ...

• August 03, 2012 03 Aug'12

  London summer games CIO deploys piezoelectricity

  TechTarget is a believer in fostering new talent in journalism. Welcome Miki Onwudinjo to the SearchCIO-Midmarket.com family as our new editorial assistant.  CIOs are leaders in determining the ...

• August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12

  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.

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  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.

• July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12

  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.

• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  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.

• July 10, 2012 10 Jul'12

  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.

• July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12

  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.

• July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12

  Leap second creates havoc for cloud computing services

  Did the "leap second" get you down this weekend? Did the Amazon cloud computing services outage prevent you from watching old episodes of Louie on your iPad’s Netflix app? Us too. Between all of ...

• June 29, 2012 29 Jun'12

  A revolutionary idea to promote women in computer science

  Who went and put a holiday in the middle of the week? Well, if you're not getting a long weekend out of it, at least the Fourth will break up your week -- goodness knows summer weeks are always ...

• June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  Yammer does little to boost Microsoft's enterprise collaboration wares

  So, with its $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer, Microsoft confirms its desire to become a player in "enterprise social." My question is, since when was the company not all about enterprise ...

• June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  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?

• June 23, 2012 23 Jun'12

  Summer brings the heat and cool tech innovation

  Don't know about you, but we here in the Boston area have had just about enough heat in the first two days of summer to last all season. They say it helps to think cool thoughts -- it ...

• June 19, 2012 19 Jun'12

  Buddying up to HR to solve your tech hiring headache

  CIOs looking for allies in the IT revolution will want human resources on their side in facing the challenge of tech hiring.

• June 18, 2012 18 Jun'12

  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.

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  Relocated, remote workers may be worth financial risk

  Fearing the financial risk, many companies are missing out on IT talent by not considering hiring remote workers or paying for relocation.

• June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12

  The role of the CIO is changing: What is your company doing about it?

  I am going through the data from the second annual SearchCIO.com Role of the CIO survey. So far, the data suggests more skewing toward business transformation and innovation and away from ...

• June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12

  The Apple Retina display: Big whoop?

  Each week, we round up an executive summary of the high points around the blogosphere. This week, we're taking a look at the legality of Internet traffic regulation and how the big Internet ...

• June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12

  Access is necessary but not sufficient for mobile IT

  It's easy to forget how breathtakingly quickly mobile IT made its way to the enterprise. Educating, not just providing access, will be key for CIOs.

• June 05, 2012 05 Jun'12

  CIO skills in most demand: The ability to 'helicopter'

  Does your CIO skills repertoire include the ability to "helicopter"? Then do I have a job for you!

• June 04, 2012 04 Jun'12

  Corporate innovation: Why you're never going to win

  We scoured last week's blogs for the best and brightest blog posts and media on topics of interest to midmarket CIOs. This week we're examining the problems that plague midsize corporations, like ...

• June 04, 2012 04 Jun'12

  Social media tips and other helpful lists

  In this week's roundup, we have a list made up primarily of lists -- how meta! Included are social media tips and a general how-to on being a good CIO.

• June 02, 2012 02 Jun'12

  Social media tips and other helpful lists

  The Late Show Top 10, Billboard's Hot 100 -- everybody loves a good list. (Except, perhaps, those of the "to-do" variety.) To help satisfy that hankering for digestible order, this week's roundup ...

• June 01, 2012 01 Jun'12

  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.

• May 25, 2012 25 May'12

  The revolution is here, but is the CIO’s role about cleaning up the mess?

  Welcome to the revolution, err, MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, complete with bomb throwers, cautionary tales and pondering about the CIO role.

• May 22, 2012 22 May'12

  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.

• May 18, 2012 18 May'12

  Really big deals: Facebook IPO and SEC guidance on cybersecurity

  Unless you've been living in outer space (or on MySpace), it's impossible not to know that today is the day Facebook drops its privacy settings and friends the NASDAQ. News and analysis abound, but ...

• May 18, 2012 18 May'12

  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.

• May 18, 2012 18 May'12

  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.

• May 16, 2012 16 May'12

  Disaster recovery documentation falling short

  Disaster recovery documentation can make or break your DR strategy.

• May 15, 2012 15 May'12

  FAQ: Info-on-demand era calls for mobile strategy

  With the rising demand for access to information anytime, anywhere and on any device, a strong mobile strategy is paramount to CIO success.

• May 12, 2012 12 May'12

  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.

• May 10, 2012 10 May'12

  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.

• May 09, 2012 09 May'12

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

  Enterprises are outsourcing mobile app design and keeping the names of their partners a closely guarded secret for competitive gain. IT departments are being asked to redesign customer-facing ...

• May 09, 2012 09 May'12

  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.

• May 04, 2012 04 May'12

  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?

• May 04, 2012 04 May'12

  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?

• May 01, 2012 01 May'12

  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.

• April 28, 2012 28 Apr'12

  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.

• April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12

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

  Sometimes innovation begets innovation. This week, check out a gaming company that took the rather innovative step of eliminating hierarchy in the workplace and found it led to -- innovation. On a ...

• April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12

  Privacy concerns surround Google cloud storage service

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

• April 26, 2012 26 Apr'12

  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.

• April 24, 2012 24 Apr'12

  COBIT 5.0 takes IT governance frameworks to next level

  It's one thing to get excited about new releases of Windows, iPhones or even HTML. It's another to get jacked and pumped about IT governance frameworks. But in the case of COBIT 5.0, you should. ...

• April 20, 2012 20 Apr'12

  Eco-friendly technology: Green means go, especially in Nebraska

  Have you had a "taxing" week? Bad puns probably won't make you feel any better, but checking out our weekly roundup of news bits and analysis just might -- it's totally free. Earth Day is coming up ...

• April 20, 2012 20 Apr'12

  Seeing the obvious is an IT project management skill

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

• April 17, 2012 17 Apr'12

  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.

• April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12

  CIOs want exit options from cloud service providers

  Security and compliance remain top concerns for CIOs seeking cloud service providers, but vendor lock-in isn't far behind.

• April 06, 2012 06 Apr'12

  Analytics racing past our ability to 'gestalt' it

  The Gartner BI summit on the promise of analytics technology pointed up our losing battle to harness and humanize technology.

• April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12

  Geek Squad move is a peek into the future of IT for SMBs

  Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy announced recently that it is extending its Geek Squad computer help services to small businesses and other partners. In its own way, this move says a lot ...

• April 02, 2012 02 Apr'12

  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.

• March 30, 2012 30 Mar'12

  Teamwork is important, folks at the top say

  Teamwork is important. Two born leaders tell CIOs why.

• March 27, 2012 27 Mar'12

  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.

• March 23, 2012 23 Mar'12

  Spring is here, and innovation is in the air

  Spring is here, the season of renewal. In honor of this time of all things fresh and new, this week's roundup includes a peek at innovators who inspire an innovator, the ways Best Buy's new digital ...

• March 23, 2012 23 Mar'12

  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.

• March 23, 2012 23 Mar'12

  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?

• March 21, 2012 21 Mar'12

  A tale of two data quality theories

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

• March 20, 2012 20 Mar'12

  Renewable energy sources scarce, but there's plenty of energy to save

  This wasn't a new story, but it was to me. So, I was a little disappointed to read about the dangers of wind power. Dangers? From a clean, renewable energy source? Yes, the magnets used to build ...

• March 16, 2012 16 Mar'12

  The bad example set by the Britannica online edition

  This week, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that its most recent print run would be its last, ending a 244-year run of printing out giant tomes. The $1,395 print-bound sets were swooped up by ...

• March 16, 2012 16 Mar'12

  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.

• March 16, 2012 16 Mar'12

  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?

• March 15, 2012 15 Mar'12

  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.

• March 12, 2012 12 Mar'12

  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.

• March 09, 2012 09 Mar'12

  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.

• March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12

  Self-service BI: Power to the user

  Self-service BI is another sign that user empowerment is well under way at many enterprises.

• March 03, 2012 03 Mar'12

  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.

• March 02, 2012 02 Mar'12

  The 2020 vision for ERP

  The look and feel will change, but the value of ERP will remain as strong as ever through the next decade and predicted "frictionless enterprise."

• February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12

  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.

• February 24, 2012 24 Feb'12

  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.

• February 24, 2012 24 Feb'12

  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.

• February 22, 2012 22 Feb'12

  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.

• February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12

  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.

• February 20, 2012 20 Feb'12

  Are personal privacy violations just the cost of mobility?

  Each week, we scour the Web and bring you the most tantalizing tidbits that hit our radar. This week, we're looking at the nasty reality of personal privacy violations, the price of insider trading ...

• February 18, 2012 18 Feb'12

  Shaping data in ways both scary and sweet

  Interesting bits from the Internet that you might have missed, including Target's data analytics and Google's riding the consumerization-of-IT wave.

• February 15, 2012 15 Feb'12

  Is technology leadership training lacking?

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

• February 14, 2012 14 Feb'12

  CIOs learning to juggle business growth strategies with technology

  You start spending enough time around CIOs and you can really feel the changes swirling around them. On the one hand, CIOs and senior IT executives must drive business growth strategies through ...

• February 14, 2012 14 Feb'12

  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.

• February 13, 2012 13 Feb'12

  No honor-student bumper stickers for Steve Jobs

  Top o’ the week to you. We're as laden with interesting Web tidbits as Adele is with Grammy awards today. Without further fanfare, here are six stories from around the Internet, the leadoff one a ...

• February 09, 2012 09 Feb'12

  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.

• February 08, 2012 08 Feb'12

  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.

• February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12

  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.

• February 02, 2012 02 Feb'12

  Is SaaS BI in your 'best interest'?

  There's so much to say about cloud-based business intelligence tools. Until the next big story, here are some SaaS BI tidbits to tide you over.

• February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12

  Who's the 'insider' security campaigns target?

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

• January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12

  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.

• January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12

  Shared services are the next generation of IT

  Last week I wrote about the transformation of banking services into products. This week I want to discuss different types of services--shared services. One of the first technology news stories I ...

• January 27, 2012 27 Jan'12

  Cloud-based BI tools a trend with legs

  Some are using them already; others want to but aren't. Everyone, however, seems to be talking about cloud-based business intelligence tools.

• January 24, 2012 24 Jan'12

  Google data center solutions to adapt in your own IT shop

  Each week, we scour the World Wide Web to give you a quick punch of last week's biggest news stories and interesting blog posts. This week, we're taking a look at whether computer science should be ...

• January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12

  The CIO and the extended enterprise

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

• January 19, 2012 19 Jan'12

  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?

• January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12

  Banks on Twitter? Don't bank on it

  Recently, I was with my son to open an account at the local branch of my once mighty but now struggling Mega Bank. The customer service rep ran through the "product" options we had for creating his ...

• January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12

  Is rogue technology the cost of end user freedom?

  CIOs inherit their predecessors' IT foundation, but as they clean up past mistakes, could they be laying their own foundation for rogue technology?

• January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12

  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.

• January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

  IT chargeback rankles the ranks and IT

  IT chargeback is often called a necessary evil for shared services, but many IT executives are saying, "No, thanks" to such service charges.

• January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12

  Time to re-evaluate need for some endpoint security tools?

  Security investments and priorities are a tricky thing to nail down, given that threats are constantly shifting, but one security precaution could be going the way of the dodo bird. Michael Daly, ...

• January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12

  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.

• January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12

  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?

• December 23, 2011 23 Dec'11

  Bill limiting IT worker overtime pay could put CIOs in a tough spot

  With technology boosters like these, who needs Scrooge? That's what many IT folks must be thinking when they take a gander at the sponsors of a bill before the U.S. Senate to limit overtime pay for ...

• December 23, 2011 23 Dec'11

  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.

• December 21, 2011 21 Dec'11

  '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.

• December 16, 2011 16 Dec'11

  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.