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• 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?

• 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.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  Cloud security planning should be part of strategy from beginning

  What are you doing about cloud security planning? I say planning because, in a survey of attendees at the recent SearchCompliance.com Making the Case for the Cloud virtual seminar, more than ...

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  Application portals for managing mobile devices no joke

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

• December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11

  Software laden with technical debt heading for a crash

  Enterprise apps are carrying millions of dollars in technical debt, one study says. CIOs need to zero in on the mistakes that could level their companies.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  Can you use the Kindle Fire for business?

  Each week, we mine the Web for the jewels of knowledge that appeal to CIOs. This week, we're looking at the trend of using the Kindle Fire in business, what compels women to quit their IT teams and ...

• December 02, 2011 02 Dec'11

  Are you at risk? Huge Java vulnerability now weaponized and exploited

  It's every CIO's worst nightmare -- that panicked call when you least expect it, delivering the worst possible news: "The firewall has been breached." We know that you do everything possible to ...

• November 14, 2011 14 Nov'11

  Tweak your corporate Twitter policy or risk getting p0wned

  Each week we scour the Web and bring you the freshest scoop from around the blogosphere. This week, we're serving up tasty helpings of corporate Twitter intellectual property questions, IT ...

• November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11

  PCI DSS compliance may be the answer to more than credit card privacy

  The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard -- PCI DSS -- has been around for a few years and has seemingly done a good job of keeping credit card data safe. No, it's not a binding regulation, ...

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  How to be a strategic leader in the IT industry

  What happened in the IT world last week? Here's the scoop on what you might have missed, including how IBM set an example for strategic leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s recent decision and cloud ...

• October 25, 2011 25 Oct'11

  Apple's Siri speaks to iPhone users, but what is the message?

  Full disclosure: I've been an iPhone user since 2008 and I just bought my second iPad. So, I'm not bashing Apple products, and I'm not bashing iPhone users or users of Apple products in general. ...

• October 20, 2011 20 Oct'11

  Gartner Symposium/ITxpo urges creative destruction

  Creative destruction. I've heard that term a lot this year, although it's hardly a new concept. From what's happening with the Occupy Wall Street madness to the pressure to innovate in the IT ...

• October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11

  The fallout from the BlackBerry outage

  Here's what you may have missed last week while you were standing in line to get your new iPhone 4S or waiting for your email during the cataclysmic BlackBerry outage: • As anyone with a ...

• October 11, 2011 11 Oct'11

  What can we learn from the Steve Jobs Way?

  There have been many timelines, retrospectives and other examinations of Apple founder Steve Jobs' career, aka the Steve Jobs Way, and it would be a waste if we don't learn lessons from him about ...

• October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11

  Be more effective by increasing your business storytelling

  It's been a busy week around the Web, and chances are you missed some things. Between the news of the iPhone 4S and Steve Jobs' death, it seems like the Web was absolutely sticky with Apple juice ...

• October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11

  Strong passwords are more important than ever

  I recently asked one of my sons for passwords to his online accounts, for gaming, email, etc. Not because I'm nosy but because I'm trying to be a responsible parent and home IT administrator, and ...

• October 03, 2011 03 Oct'11

  Whatever happened to last year's promising iPad clones?

  Things getting hectic as you enter Q4? It seems like no matter what you do, you still just keep feeling like you're two steps behind. We know how it feels, and we're here to make it better. We've ...

• September 27, 2011 27 Sep'11

  GE's journey from waterfall to Agile practices

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

• September 27, 2011 27 Sep'11

  SIM CIO survey: IT budgets trend up, BI reigns as top CIO investment

  When asked, "Are you better off than you were three years ago?" most IT organizations answer in the affirmative. IT budgets, hiring and salaries are on the rise at the majority of companies, ...

• September 21, 2011 21 Sep'11

  Taking business back from cloud service providers

  One in five of the companies responding to a Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) survey of cloud trends said they are moving some or all of their outsourced cloud systems back ...

• August 30, 2011 30 Aug'11

  Rooftop solar panels look to be a sound green investment

  Rooftop solar panels are finally turning on a light bulb over some business leaders' heads. A big office park in my town is putting up solar panels on the roofs of two parking garages on its ...

• August 22, 2011 22 Aug'11

  Death to the HP TouchPad tablets! Long live the king!

  It's been a busy week in tech, with the demise of WebOS on everyone's lips and the inevitable budget crunch as we prepare for 2012. Never fear: We've scoured the Web so you don't have to! Here's a ...

• August 16, 2011 16 Aug'11

  How the Google acquisition of Motorola affects your mobile workforce

  It's been a busy week in tech. Google's acquisition of Motorola has everyone wondering how it will affect their mobile workforce. Here's a tasting menu of the choicest bits around the Web, ...