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News
31 Jul 2026
CIOs face IT knowledge loss as baby boomers retire
As baby boomers retire, CIOs risk losing critical institutional knowledge. CIO Joe Locandro explains how to identify knowledge gaps and preserve expertise with storytelling and AI. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Jul 2026
AI as a mindset: A growth guide for CIOs
CIOs are working hard to make the most of AI. But using it solely as a technology to automate workflows, rather than as a mindset for growth, can limit its potential. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 May 2010
BP's risk management strategy put planet in peril
A story in this morning's New York Times on BP's risk management strategy will no doubt send chills down the spine of many a corporate risk and compliance officer. The story reports on an internal ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 May 2010
The discovery phase of private clouds
A year ago, when I brought up private clouds to IT executives, many were flat out not interested. Flash forward a year, and their stance has changed. Many IT executives are entering boot camps ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 May 2010
Idea management software: The future is now
Idea management software sounds so futuristic, it makes me think of the movie Minority Report. In fact, ideation management is in the here and now. As SearchCIO.com News Director Christina Torode ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 May 2010
Mars and Venus on the future of IT
It could be I'm overly sensitive to gender issues among the academic scientific elite, having moved to Cambridge, Mass., about the time then-Harvard President Larry Summers made his unfortunate ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 May 2010
Technology job openings surge, headhunters are on the prowl
A report on technology job openings reinforces evidence that the recession is receding. Do you know where your IT staff is headed? It could be out the door. This month's report from Dice Inc., the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 May 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: The future of Flash, Sarah Palin hacker convicted
I'm having a slightly cranky Monday morning. The Greater Boston area is on a "boil water" order due to a catastrophic water main break -- which is most immediately affecting me in that there is no ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Apr 2010
IT hiring: The drama behind the statistics
Well, this sounds like a positive sign of economy -- and IT -- recovery. We've written recently about what CEOs look for in the CIO role, and now The Boston Globe is reporting that IT hiring is on ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Apr 2010
CIO careers: Seeking legal experts
Of all the conversations I had with attendees this week at the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit in Las Vegas, it was actually one with Gartner analyst Debra Logan about CIO careers that ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Apr 2010
More colleges move to cloud email like Gmail, ditch in-house email
Colleges across the country have started turning to cloud email services such as Gmail in an effort to cut costs. It's not entirely surprising, either: IT shops have been toying with the idea of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Apr 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: Cloud computing, IT innovation, CIO role and DR/BC
I'm a bit late with this post this week, but you can still catch up SearchCIO.com's latest news on cloud computing, IT transformation, the evolving CIO role and IT business continuity and disaster ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Apr 2010
Five steps to playing a bigger part in your company's M&A
I spoke with Gartner analyst Dave Aron for my story today about the CIO role in a merger and acquisition. The topic seemed timely: A variety of reports suggest that corporate M&A activity is ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Apr 2010
A move to cloud computing services -- back in 1999
Back in 1999, the beta for Amazon EC2 was seven years away; Google Apps, was well, a gleam in Google’s eye; and Erik Dubovik was moving business processes into the cloud. It wasn’t called cloud ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Mar 2010
BI strategy: What Holy Grail are you seeking?
Gartner’s BI Summit is just around the corner, and I’m eager to see how attendees’ business intelligence strategies and priorities have changed. When I went to the show last year, a big topic of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Mar 2010
Gaga for Google Fiber? We're all a bit crazy when it comes to tech
The Google Fiber for communities deadline is right around the corner. In an effort to test out its plans for high-speed broadband and fiber-to-the-home connections, Google has asked interested ... Continue Reading
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Quiz
23 Mar 2010
IT in 2010: Keeping up with the latest IT management trends
Running IT in 2010 requires CIOs to consider ITSM methodologies, vendor contract renegotiations and investments in new technologies. Have you kept up with IT management trends? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Mar 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: National cybersecurity list, basketball technology
Like many of you, I'm caught up in the passage of health care reform here in the U.S. If you're interested in the health care system dovetails with your interest in technology, be sure to check out ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Mar 2010
Success with cloud applications calls for a strong data-privacy policy
Public agency CIOs and IT executives are joining the move to cloud applications, while making sure their data privacy policy remains strong. As I've stated previously on this blog, public-sector ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Mar 2010
Top IT certifications: Do they matter to you?
How important are IT certifications today? As organizations start to hire again (there were 58,229 available tech jobs on Dice.com this month), IT certifications could help potential candidates ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Mar 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: What is Foursquare's draw? Also Balanced Scorecard
Happy soggy Monday from the rain-soaked East Coast! We've had a pretty easy winter so far, but these April showers sure are coming early and strong. So, I've seen a lot in the mainstream media this ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Mar 2010
ITIL framework and IT outsourcing a formidable duo
I haven't tackled IT Infrastructure Library as a topic in the forefront of any stories of late, but that changed this week as I researched my piece on IT infrastructure outsourcing and how a strong ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Mar 2010
Why one IT guy found Windows 7 to be too user-friendly
There has been a lot of Windows 7 coverage on SearchCIO-Midmarket.com -- everything from planning your migration strategy to making it your last operating system. Part of the appeal of the new OS ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Mar 2010
Are innovation strategies back on CIO agendas?
IT innovation, that fraught phrase, has come roaring back after maintaining a polite silence during the fiscal misery of 2008 and 2009. Companies are starting to broadcast their efforts to foster ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Feb 2010
Is it better to work for an outsourcing provider than for corporate IT?
Consultant Tom Young has been mulling over the good, the bad and all the ugliness of outsourcing contracts for 13 years, eight of them with the IT advisory firm TPI, where he is managing director ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Feb 2010
Silicon Valley economy: Recession hitting IT hard at its epicenter
A few weeks ago, over a delicious dinner of Thai food with my uncle visiting from the Palo Alto area, I went on and on about my job here at SearchCIO.com and about all the various social media ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Feb 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: Super Bowl technology and Google's advertising
Super Bowl Sunday was yesterday, so let the Monday-morning quarterbacking begin! The turning point in the game was the Saints' decision to go for that onsides kick at the beginning of the second ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Feb 2010
Merck, Chevron and BP are touting a new IT management framework
It’s easy to forget how young a discipline IT is, given its enormous presence in our lives. Yesterday, however, that fact was front and center, as I watched the top IT talent at Intel Corp., Merck ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jan 2010
Oracle plays hardball with Rimini on third-party maintenance
"This case is about the massive theft of Oracle's software and related support materials through an illegal business model by Defendant Rimini Street and its CEO and President, Defendant Seth ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jan 2010
2010 IT budgets are unsettled and unsettling
After a week or so on the phone with any CIO I could get in touch with, here’s my super-unscientific prognostication on IT budgets in 2010: IT spending and CIO priorities are all over the board. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jan 2010
CIO weekly wrap-up: Help Haiti using technology, IT outsourcing deals
To our readers in the U.S., happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! I'm guessing some of you have the day off and won't see this post until later in the week, but I wanted to catch you up on the buzz on ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jan 2010
Can enterprise business intelligence be agile?
Instead of spending years developing an enterprise business intelligence strategy to consolidate BI tools and come to a corporate-wide agreement on key performance indicators, some enterprises are ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Dec 2009
Paying the price for server uptime
What’s the price for server uptime? How much would you be willing to invest to maintain five 9s of availability on your mission-critical line of business applications? With limited budgets and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Nov 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: SOA best practices, ITIL, ITSM, app consolidation
Last week was a busy one for SearchCIO.com, with SOA topping our slate. We have best practices for SOA implementation, SOA for business process transformation, SOA in action at Amtrak...you get the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Nov 2009
UMD CIO Forum highlights the role of IT innovation, Web 2.0 potential
Last week at the University of Maryland’s 10th Annual CIO Forum, a succession of CIOs from the government, health care and publishing industries described how they are harnessing IT innovation with ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Nov 2009
What is transparency, and how can Agile practices help?
As I was interviewing experts and practitioners this week on the uses of Agile practices, the term transparency kept popping up in comments about the benefits of using this type of software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Nov 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: IT outsourcing templates, SOA implementation
Good morning! We're enjoying some beautiful Indian summer weather here in the Northeast -- if only every Monday could start like this! Last week on SearchCIO.com, we talked to Virginia's CIO about ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2009
Gartner's top 10 strategic technologies for 2010
Gartner's list of technologies that bear examination during the next three years show an agile, mobile, secure enterprise that can spot early warning signs and predict trends. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Oct 2009
Gen X, not Gen Y, leads adoption of social technologies in workplace
CIOs should look to Generation X, not Generation Y, to be the early adopters of new and social technologies within their organization. Contrary to what you’d think, Generation X workers (roughly ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Oct 2009
The challenge of managing risk when IT budgets tighten
I see an interesting sea change when it comes to risk: Thanks to the recession, as IT risk management is constrained by tightening IT budgets, the risk of doing business goes up. As part of my ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Sep 2009
How Google and Yahoo improved data center energy efficiency
Running large data centers is expensive and getting worse. No one knows that more than Google and Yahoo. At a panel on green data centers at MIT’s Emerging Technologies Conference this week, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Sep 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: Service portfolio management, ITSM, email scandal
Good afternoon! This past week, SearchCIO.com looked at the importance of service portfolio management and culture management as part of ITSM and ITIL implementations. We also took a look at an ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Sep 2009
Three ways to reach out to women in IT: Mentor, advocate, encourage
A dinner this week on women in IT focused on midlevel women in technology and their challenges in getting ahead, given their frequently high family responsibilities and their own perceptions ... Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Sep 2009
10 must-have steps for an effective SMB information security program
No information security program would be complete without these security tips from the NIST, which has compiled advice just as security threats to smaller businesses are on the rise. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Aug 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: Pros and cons of outsourcing, ITIL framework, PPM
Good morning! This past week, SearchCIO.com looked into the pros and cons of outsourcing in several countries in Asia, put out our latest FAQ on the ITIL framework and put your project and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Aug 2009
Beware of rising server room temperatures
When you’re cranking the A/C during these final hot days of summer, don’t forget about data center cooling as well. The consequences for not monitoring server room temperatures could burn you well ... Continue Reading
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News
18 Aug 2009
Pros and cons of IT outsourcing in popular Asian countries
The benefits and challenges of IT outsourcing in India, China, the Philippines and Vietnam range from pricing to intellectual property barriers. Learn more here. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jul 2009
How will IT outsourcing play out in companies’ recovery plans?
As IT outsourcing is one of the core areas I cover for SearchCIO.com, I am, of course, interested in how both offshoring and onshoring will fare in the coming months. According to some ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jul 2009
With PPM software, don't always throw in the kitchen sink
Project and portfolio management (PPM) software is definitely not overlooked in the midmarket. According to a recent SearchCIO-Midmarket.com survey, 17% use some form of PPM software. But how many ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jul 2009
What is transparency, and how is it relevant to IT?
We’ve all heard about Obama’s promise for government transparency, but what about IT transparency? First, what is transparency? Transparency is basically defined as openness and accountability in ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jul 2009
Is Google Chrome OS a turning point or yawner?
Nothing fuels the tech press like wars. So I have no doubt that we will see an endless string of reports from the battlefield over the next many months on the struggle between Google and Microsoft ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jun 2009
Satyam scandal: Has it affected your IT outsourcing and offshoring?
For those keeping an eye on IT outsourcing and offshoring, there were a couple of noteworthy pieces of news this week regarding the artist previously known as Satyam Computer Services Ltd. First, ... Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jun 2009
Chapter excerpt: Decision-making processes and IT governance
Find out how sound decision-making processes form the foundation of IT governance policies by allocating decision rights and accountability. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Jun 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: BI strategy, PPM software, compliance in the cloud
This past week, SearchCIO.com looked at developing a business intelligence (BI) strategy, implementing project and portfolio management software, practicing innovation in a time of economic crisis, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jun 2009
Five key questions about cloud computing
It seems every time I ask someone what they think about cloud computing, I’m asked five or more questions in return: Isn’t what cloud providers offer pretty cookie cutter? Translate that as, “They ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jun 2009
PPM projects: If portfolio management works, why is it so rare?
My story this week on the University of Utah's project and portfolio management (PPM) program stood out from other PPM pieces I've reported because, in this case, the portfolio piece of the program ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Jun 2009
Don't be like GM: How a BPM strategy can help you avoid bankruptcy
Midmarket CIOs who think of a business process management (BPM) strategy in its basic form as a tool for putting processes around purchase orders, claims or employee onboarding and offboarding ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 May 2009
Why don’t connected healthcare information systems work?
In a perfect world, connected healthcare information systems would be easy to use, offer doctors a way to effectively communicate with their patients without any barriers or restrictions and give ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 May 2009
Adding a 'business downturn' clause to your telecom contracts
Telecom providers will do whatever it takes to keep your business, even in a business downturn. And that’s not just lip service. Did you know that you can insist on a “business downturn” contract ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 May 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: Challenges of a state CIO, BPM, SOA and ROI
This past week, SearchCIO.com was all over business process management, from BPM and service-oriented architecture (SOA) and how they work together to how to find fast ROI using BPM. We also ... Continue Reading
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Definition
01 May 2009
spoliation
Spoliation is the destruction, alteration, or mutilation of evidence that may pertain to legal action. (Continued) Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Apr 2009
Oracle buys Sun: When strategic vendors go bye-bye
This decade has seen a lot of consolidation among both software and hardware vendors. Sun bought StorageTek, Sun bought MySQL. Oracle bought Sun, Oracle bought BEA (one of many midsized middleware ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Apr 2009
Is cloud computing a platform or a stage?
Cloud computing is at that early stage where there’s much discussion of taxonomy: Is it infrastructure? Is it Software as a Service? Is it a platform? All well and good, but little discussed so far ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Mar 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: Private cloud, ID management, security compliance
Welcome back from the weekend! Here are the latest stories from SearchCIO.com, dealing with the private cloud, identity and access management, and some very newsy security standards for compliance ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Mar 2009
Cost savings on IT contractors: How to get the best rates
I was talking to IQNavigator the other day. They have software that helps companies manage what they spend on contingent workforces, such as IT contractors, and on vendor services, among other ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Mar 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: BI strategy, sourcing contracts and IT governance
This past week, SearchCIO.com homed in on business intelligence strategy, IT transformation, cost reduction tips for your strategic sourcing contracts and IT governance in an economic recession. ... Continue Reading
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Definition
12 Mar 2009
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is a United States federal statute that prohibits a third party from intercepting or disclosing communications without authorization. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Feb 2009
Qualities of a good leader: Avoid layoffs at all cost?
An article on our sister site, SearchCIO.com, this week highlighted the qualities of a good leader during a recession, culling advice from leadership experts and CIOs. The list includes qualities ... Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2009
Eight qualities of a good leader during a recession
These qualities of a leader during a recession show how CIOs can guide their organization in tough times, making the right IT budget cuts and inspiring employees. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Feb 2009
Desktop virtualization tradeoffs and benefits: What did I miss?
A couple of recent stories, "VDI vs. fat clients: The tradeoffs," and "Virtual desktops and virtualized applications: An FAQ for IT executives," caused a few readers to reach out to tell me I ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Jan 2009
The Super Bowl and server virtualization: Don’t drop the ball!
Are you ready for some server virtualization? This year, the Super Bowl will be running on one of IBM's smallest systems, the BladeCenter S. The system will support security and credentialing for ... Continue Reading
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Definition
29 Jan 2009
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is United States federal legislation that promotes accuracy, fairness and privacy for data used by consumer reporting agencies. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jan 2009
CIO weekly wrap-up: 2009 IT trends, network access control, CPM and BI
Post-holidays, we're back in full swing here at SearchCIO.com. Here are our latest stories and briefings: Looking forward: Trends in IT management and budgeting for 2009 - Consider this your ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Dec 2008
Vendor gifts: Holiday cheer or ethical dilemma?
Twas the night before deadline and all through the office, we worked with our heads down, appeasing our bosses. But what to my weary eyes should appear? The USPS delivery, bringing vendor-purchased ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Dec 2008
Recent FBI vishing scam warning an old issue
Last Friday, the FBI issued a warning about a security vulnerability that could be used by cybercriminals to make vishing telephone scams. Vishing (combining phishing and voice) uses Voice over IP ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Dec 2008
Social networking sites, credit fears leading to new spam attacks
Symantec has released its MessageLabs Intelligence 2008 Annual Security Report, and social networking sites and the credit crisis are providing new platforms and fears upon which new spam attacks ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Dec 2008
A top 10 list for how to be a successful CIO
The Society for Information Management recently asked a panel of CIOs to talk about the attributes of a successful CIO. For CIO Karan Sorensen, an emphasis on the greater good is a must --from ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Nov 2008
SaaS integration easier said than done
Questions for you Software as a Service (SaaS) devotees about SaaS integration: Did your vendor give you enough information up front about the potential difficulties of integrating the SaaS ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Nov 2008
The Web 2.0/social media revolution inches along
More evidence this week that the Web 2.0/social media revolution may be advancing, but it ain’t here yet: Instant messaging hasn’t become the preferred method of communication among IT staff; nor ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Nov 2008
Google Chrome: How secure is your information?
Google is growing. From Chrome to G1, it’s not just for searching anymore. As the Google giant is creating new breeds of consumers (“cross-consumers,” I call them -- spanning email, news, mobile ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Oct 2008
Gmail apps: Text your contacts
Google Gmail users now have the option to send text messages to mobile phones. The experimental app, found in Gmail Labs, was made available to all users Thursday night. The feature is very similar ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Oct 2008
Tech warriors on the offensive
Downturn, shmownturn. Your peers at technology companies apparently don't need a global recession to get their juices flowing. A new survey of 151 U.S. technology company executives by Deloitte ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Oct 2008
Sunrise, sunset: Sun Microsystems’ Bechtolsheim decamps to take on Cisco
Sun Microsystems co-founder, early Google backer and computer engineer extraordinaire Andreas von Bechtolsheim is leaving his job as chief architect at Sun to apply his considerable talents to ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Oct 2008
Three men arraigned in alleged IT kickback scheme
Three Boston-area men have been arraigned in connection with allegedly setting up kickbacks from a vendor in exchange for securing computer software and service contracts for Partners Healthcare. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Sep 2008
Work email: When it just can’t wait until morning
With the growing popularity of smartphones and business VPNs, it's getting tougher and tougher to let an email just sit in your inbox unread for any period of time - even in what are technically ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Sep 2008
A CIO by way of Jack Welch
I recently interviewed Carole Cotter, CIO of Lifespan Corp., a health care system affiliated with Brown Medical School in Providence. R.I. Cotter talked about how her IT department balances the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Sep 2008
Think like a hacker (and other World of Warcraft-inspired musings)
Yesterday, I attended Forrester's security forum in Boston. In one of the morning sessions, "Exploiting Online Games," Gary McGraw, chief technology officer at Cigital (and co-author of a book by ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Sep 2008
Don't ignore internal security (and don't write passwords on Post-it's)
Last year 8% of the IT budget went towards security. This year? 10%. Khalid Kark, principal analyst at Forrester Research, Inc., presented security statistics at Forrester’s Security Forum 2008. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Aug 2008
Joe Biden: RIAA stooge
Joe Biden, huh? Talk about strike three. 2000: Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Lieberman “loses” election. Flash forward to 2008 and this stuffy jerk – who spent part of his career going ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Aug 2008
Seinfeld vs. Justin Long? Please, let's get someone with some funny.
Can we all agree that Jerry Seinfeld was never the funny one? For all his quirks and humorous relationships, Jerry was always the straight man to his consistently hilarious compatriots. Good at ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Aug 2008
Save the data! How safe is our personal information?
The search for the missing Registered Traveler laptop is finally over. The laptop, belonging to Verified Identity Pass Inc.(VIP), was reported missing from a locked office in the San Francisco ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Aug 2008
Forrester: No room for cowboy culture in IT
Just like Toby Keith, I should have been a cowboy. Alas, I went into journalism and never did get the hang of a lasso. If you’re in IT, a new Forrester report says, you should let those cattle ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2008
Driving while surfing?
As if having a computer at the office and at home - with a BlackBerry to tide you over when you're not at either of those places - weren't enough, now comes the AutoNet Mobile, which transforms ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jul 2008
Does it matter who CIOs report to?
Gather the typical left-brain, articulate, umm-less group of CIOs around a conference lunch table and, guaranteed, the talk will eventually turn to reporting relationships. You answer to whom? ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Jul 2008
Boston Globe: Cognos contract with state “raises ethical issues”
News flash: The Boston Globe reports today that a representative of Cognos ULC, the business intelligence software maker, improperly offered a Massachusetts state official a job in 2006 when the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jun 2008
All Ears: Susan Cramm on ITopia
Earlier, I wrote about Susan Cramm, former CIO of Taco Bell turned "leadership" coach, talking about how IT and the business could -- should! -- function in 2015. Cramm was the keynote speaker at ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Jun 2008
Title Town – it’s all in the stats
I don't look anything like a basketball player, or even the stereotypical fan. I'm 4'11". I prefer high heels and dresses to jerseys and sneakers. Even some of my closest friends said they didn't ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jun 2008
Calling FedEx out
Sometimes you hear something and think: “Hey, that can’t be true.” Take this statement from FedEx Corp. CIO Rob Carter at his Enterprise 2.0 Conference keynote this week. “There's also a cool new ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 May 2008
Sarah Lacy says Facebook doesn't need my best friend. He doesn't seem to care.
Sarah Lacy, author of Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0, has blogged about me blogging about her book. So I feel compelled to respond. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 May 2008
Will a Chief Blogging Officer get a Golden Parachute?
Excellent little news blurb on HealthLeaders Media this morning: “Chief Blogging Officer title catching on with corporations.” Chief Blogging Officer. Ok, one more time: Chief Blogging Officer. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Apr 2008
Justifying IT expenditures: Outsourcing isn’t always the answer
Accountability, budget constraints and cost of provisioning services – these are all issues that CIOs hear about when presenting IT budget numbers. “Why does this cost what it costs?” and “Can’t we ... Continue Reading
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Definition
31 Mar 2008
CKO (chief knowledge officer)
Chief knowledge officer (CKO) is a corporate title for the person responsible overseeing knowledge management within an organization. Continue Reading