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• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  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.

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  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.

• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  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.

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  2013 SearchCIO-Midmarket IT Leadership Awards finalists

  The 2013 IT Leadership Awards honor the leadership and management skills of CIOs and IT execs in the midmarket space. Here, we reveal our finalists.

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  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?

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  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.

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  IT project evaluation and portfolio management guide

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

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  Project prioritization and portfolio management guide

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

• June 03, 2013 03 Jun'13

  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.

• June 03, 2013 03 Jun'13

  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.

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  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.

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  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.

• May 30, 2013 30 May'13

  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.

• May 30, 2013 30 May'13

  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?

• May 28, 2013 28 May'13

  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.

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  City CIO propels open government initiative with technology innovation

  IT Leadership Awards finalist, CIO Jonathan Reichental, launched a successful open government initiative by using technology innovation.

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  #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.

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  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.

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  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.

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  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.

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  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.

• May 16, 2013 16 May'13

  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.

• May 14, 2013 14 May'13

  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.

• May 13, 2013 13 May'13

  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.

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  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.

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  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.

• May 06, 2013 06 May'13

  Putting a price on information: The nascent field of infonomics

  Putting a monetary value on information

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  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.

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  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.

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  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.

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  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.

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  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.

• April 07, 2013 07 Apr'13

  The Value of PPM

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

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  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.

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  Beyond the hype, CIOs can generate business value from big data tools

  Sears Holdings CTO Phil Shelley talks about how embracing big data tools led to a new business and how CIOs can use them to add value to the business.

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  As cybersecurity takes the spotlight, CIOs need to step up

  From the breakout sessions to the lounges to the main stage, at this week's Fusion CEO/CIO Symposium in Madison, Wis., privacy and cybersecurity were on nearly everyone's mind. Recent high-profile ...

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  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.

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Some extra compensation could prompt innovation

  Big tech companies like Apple and Facebook are accustomed to encouraging and fostering IT innovation among their employees and getting results. This week's SearchCIO.com Searchlight finds the ...

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  It's time to roll the dice with social networking

  Attention, businesses that aren't actively making use of social networking sites and tools: Go directly to obscurity, do not pass Go, do not collect market share. For you see, Monopoly game maker ...

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  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.

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  Information security breach turned into teachable moment

  Technically the public didn't need to know about the recent information security breach at "The New York Times." No customer information was compromised and no damage was done to affiliated ...

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Data mining for social solutions

  Data mining is often associated with Big Brother-esque marketing tactics: Someone out there is assessing your personal shopping habits and other bits of info in order to sell you something they ...

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  CES no longer a hot ticket?

  As the folks at HowStuffWorks tweeted earlier, it seems like half the Internet is home sick today. Here at SearchCIO.com Searchlight, we're lucky to have a very flexible work-from-home policy that ...

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  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.

• December 28, 2012 28 Dec'12

  Master list: Information technology news and 2013 predictions

  Here at SearchCIO.com Searchlight, there's nothing we like better than a good list -- it is, after all, our stock in trade! So it is our great pleasure to bring you, in these dwindling days of ...

• December 21, 2012 21 Dec'12

  Uniquely naughty threats to information security

  It's December 21, 2012 and since we're writing this and you're reading it, looks like that so-called Mayan apocalypse won't come to pass.  Well, that's a relief. Now that the world isn't ending, ...

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  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.

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  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.

• November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12

  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.

• November 12, 2012 12 Nov'12

  Mobile IT Network Revamp

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

• November 02, 2012 02 Nov'12

  Agile technology a beacon in Hurricane Sandy

  It's easy to feel a little jaded about the prevalence of technology these days. The capacity for constant connection means we're never really alone. Sometimes it's too much, but then something like ...

• October 19, 2012 19 Oct'12

  Newsweek is dead, long live digital disruption!

  This week's SearchCIO.com Searchlight comes to you from Forrester's Digital Disruption Forum in Orlando, which in turn inspired our findings around the web this week. From the sleepy South, comes ...

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  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.

• September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12

  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.

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  A little healthy competition helps drive tech innovation

  For some folks the start of the fall season brings thoughts of  leaf peeping and apple picking. But  at SearchCIO.com Searchlight we can't help but think of competition. A presidential ...

• September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12

  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.

• August 27, 2012 27 Aug'12

  Facial recognition technology to be used by local law enforcement

  Can local law enforcement utilize facial recognition technology against images now visible with the new Facebook privacy settings? That's one question raised by this week's Best of the Web, where ...

• 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 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 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 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 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 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 ...

• 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 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 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 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 ...

• 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 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 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 ...

• 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 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 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?