Leadership and strategic planning
Effective leadership and strategic planning skills are the keys to success for any CIO. As more CIOs are expected to speak the language of the business and contribute to the success of the organization, leadership and strategic planning skills are essential. Find information and advice on effective leadership and strategic planning for CIOs, including news, tips and other resources, in this topic section.
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15 May 2026
6 ways to improve the CIO-CISO relationship in 2026
CIOs and CISOs need to work together for the benefit of the whole organization. To break the mold of hostility, C-suite leaders need to prioritize collaboration and mutual respect. Continue Reading
By- Johna Till Johnson, Nemertes Research
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14 Mar 2024
Practical strategies for shadow IT management
Employees might believe that they need tools beyond the organization's scope. Learn how CIOs and their teams can properly manage shadow IT to avoid unnecessary risk. Continue Reading
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01 Sep 2010
VMware luminaries say virtualized environments lead to IT as a Service
Hall D in San Francisco's Moscone Center was an electric mecca this week, as tens of thousands of IT professionals gathered to hear VMware Inc. luminaries discuss the future of IT as a Service at ... Continue Reading
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13 Aug 2010
The feds' identity ecosystem will include national identity cards
The U.S. government is increasing its efforts to identify, authenticate and authorize people online. This month it's releasing a draft of a Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace proposal ... Continue Reading
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06 Aug 2010
What's data fungibility got to do with delivering business insight?
CIOs need to know about their data's fungibility if they hope to deliver business insight to the business, not just information. Continue Reading
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30 Jul 2010
Catalyst Conference: Is the new BI about less automation -- or more?
I'm here on the business intelligence track at the Burton Group's Catalyst Conference, trying to sort out the old BI from the new. As you might expect, there is a lot of talk about predictive ... Continue Reading
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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22 Jul 2010
Readers respond to practice and philosophy of IT chargeback
My thanks go out to readers who were charged up enough to write about the IT chargeback series on SearchCIO.com. Whether you do showback, partial chargeback or chargeback for a profit; charge ... Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2010
Chief data officers: Bringing data management strategy to the C-suite
John Bottega admits he's a bit of a clotheshorse. The guy likes a quality suit. Actually, he is a connoisseur of fine suits, their fit, their style, their durability. The sleeve on a quality suit, ... Continue Reading
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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22 Jul 2010
Chief data officers: Bringing data management strategy to the C-suite
Data has become so relevant to how business gets done that some companies are adding a new officer to oversee data management strategy. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2010
Readers respond to practice and philosophy of IT chargeback
Readers got all charged up about the IT chargeback series on SearchCIO.com, responding with words of wisdom about practical and philosophical implications. Continue Reading
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16 Jul 2010
Chargeback process: An old model heralds changes in IT
The old chargeback process, revived by cloud computing, could have major ramifications for IT organizations as they revamp to become centralized service providers, experts say. Traditional ... Continue Reading
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15 Jul 2010
Does IT chargeback pave the way to outsourcing?
If your organization is talking about moving to an IT chargeback or a supply and demand model for IT, could that be its first step on the road to outsourcing? That was an interesting sidelight ... Continue Reading
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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18 Jun 2010
Self-service technology transforms universities into 'schools of one'
IT executives who are grappling with social media and self-service technology will sympathize with their counterparts in higher education. The technology sophistication of current university ... Continue Reading
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18 Jun 2010
Developing an IT business service requires technology and fearlessness
Developing an IT business service isn't only about technology -- it's about fearlessly pursuing an idea that might seem daunting initially. Continue Reading
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03 Jun 2010
Applying for a CIO job? Must have mentor
The CIO job, maybe more than others, cries out for the helping hand of a mentor. Two seasoned CIOs prove the case. Continue Reading
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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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13 May 2010
CIO careers: CFO wants control of IT, if he says so himself
Bad news for CIO careers? A new survey shows that 41% of CFOs consider themselves the main decision makers for IT investments. Continue Reading
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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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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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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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07 Apr 2010
Gartner: Five phases of an M&A integration
Here is an early peek at forthcoming Gartner research on the five phases of an M&A integration, and tips for CIOs on their M&A role. Continue Reading
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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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30 Mar 2010
BI strategy: What Holy Grail are you seeking?
Gartner's BI Summit this April will give a glimpse into how CIO's business intelligence strategies and priorities are changing. Continue Reading
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25 Mar 2010
Is communication important in IT innovation?
Is your company trying to turn IT innovation into a process? Read about the three levels of innovation and the communication skills required for each. Continue Reading
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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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19 Mar 2010
On the job market? What CEOs want in the CIO role
Looking to fill the CIO role? Better learn the buzzwords. Three top headhunters say CEOs are fixated on leadership, transformation and innovation. Continue Reading
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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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09 Mar 2010
Are you stress testing your IT strategies?
Stress testing IT strategies is more than testing network or application performance; it's about accounting for what-if scenarios. Continue Reading
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08 Mar 2010
Are innovation strategies back on CIO agendas?
After taking a backseat to cost-cutting during the recession, innovation strategies are back on business agendas. Is your IT innovation strategy in place? Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2010
Public sector challenges mitigated by IT governance framework
Addressing public sector challenges is made easier by having a strong IT governance framework in place, leading to the best possible service to residents. Continue Reading
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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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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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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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04 Feb 2010
2009 IT lessons: How did the recession change your IT organization?
IT lessons from 2009 abound as enterprise CIOs and their IT organizations reflect on the recession and the benefits of IT cuts. What are your recession lessons for 2010 and beyond? Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2010
How do you balance IT strategic planning and tactical decisions?
Our SearchCIO.com IT salary and careers survey did a little probing this year around one of those fraught CIO career questions: How much time do you devote to IT strategic planning as opposed to tactical decisions? Continue Reading
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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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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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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18 Dec 2009
Holiday paean to the CIO: You done good. Chin up.
The mood of CIOs whose projects we profiled in this year of the Great Recession is sober. McKinsey & Co.'s annual IT survey of business and IT executives seems to bear this out. Continue Reading
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20 Nov 2009
Things to be thankful for: IT executives on Thanksgiving 2009
This has been a tough year, yet there are always things to be thankful for. We asked around about some of those things, from technologies to the softer side of managing. Continue Reading
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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
By- Anne McCrory, Editorial Director
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20 Oct 2009
Qualities of a great leader from Jim Collins
What makes a great leader? Author Jim Collins shared some insights with attendees at Gartner's Symposium ITxpo. Continue Reading
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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
By- Mark Schlack, Senior Vice President of Editorial
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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
By- Anne McCrory, TechTarget
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18 Sep 2009
Three ways to reach out to women in IT: Mentor, advocate, encourage
A dinner on women in IT focused on midlevel women in technology and their challenges in getting ahead. You might say that overcoming this gender gap means improving IT. Here are some of the ways we can all make that happen: Continue Reading
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11 Sep 2009
Looking for low-cost business processes? Check out GE WorkOut and FTD
Six Sigma and Lean too intimidating? Too expensive? Our blogger takes a look at two alternatives. Continue Reading
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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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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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07 Aug 2009
What's your beef with the agile development methodology?
Our blogger wants to know: Why aren't more organizations using the agile development methodology? Share your thoughts. Continue Reading
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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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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
By- Karen Guglielmo, Editor
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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
By- Mark Schlack, Senior Vice President of Editorial
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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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25 Jun 2009
Satyam scandal: Has it affected your IT outsourcing and offshoring?
As Satyam tries to recover, our blogger wonders if the company's troubles have had an impact on IT offshoring decisions. Continue Reading
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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
By- Karen Guglielmo, Editor
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20 May 2009
Follow the action at MIT's CIO Symposium
SearchCIO.com Associate Editor Rachel Lebeaux is updating her Twitter feed with the latest from the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. Check back for updates all day! Continue Reading
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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
By- Karen Guglielmo, Editor
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07 May 2009
Have an IT question? Ask the IT consultant
Members of the Boston chapter of the Society for Information Management are available to answer your questions on their new blog. Continue Reading
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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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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
By- Mark Schlack, Senior Vice President of Editorial
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16 Apr 2009
Chapter download: The department previously known as IT
In "Business/IT Fusion: How to move beyond alignment and transform IT in your organization," author Peter Hinssen suggests it's time for change to the way we approach IT and business alignment: It's time for fusion. Learn more in this chapter download. Continue Reading
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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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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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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
By- Kristen Caretta, TechTarget
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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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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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07 Jan 2009
Business intelligence strategies for enterprise CIOs
Business intelligence (BI) management initiatives, implementation strategies and more lead this guide on improving BI efforts at your enterprise organization. Continue Reading
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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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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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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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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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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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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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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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
By- Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
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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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17 Mar 2008
Computer recycling: Dangers for even the well intentioned
Recycling computers involves more than just passing them off to another company for cleaning. Due diligence requires CIOs to go even further to make sure data is eradicated. Continue Reading
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08 Nov 2007
Hosting company's consolidation cuts off thousands from Internet
NaviSite Inc.'s efforts to move servers from its recent acquisition, Baltimore-based Alabanza Corp., to its headquarters in Andover, Mass., hit a snag. The result? Thousands of individuals and small businesses have been cut off from the Internet for almost a week. Continue Reading
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31 May 2007
SAP appoints its first CTO
SAP named its first chief technology officer yesterday, the latest move to reorganise its executive ranks following the resignation two months ago of Shai Agassi, president of its products and technologies group. Continue Reading
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15 May 2007
Dell shares inch lower
Shares of Dell Inc. slipped Monday after an analyst with Standard & Poor's downgraded the computer maker's stock, citing valuation as its price neared his 12-month target of $28. Continue Reading
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09 May 2007
Hewlett-Packard says quarterly results will top forecast
Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that its earnings for the quarter just ended would be higher than previously forecast, largely because of strong worldwide sales of personal computers. The announcement pushed the company's stock to its highest point in more than six years. Continue Reading
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03 May 2007
Jobs defends Apple's environmental record
Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday reported on the company's efforts to encourage the end-of-life recycling of its products and to phase out certain toxic chemicals from its products and manufacturing processes. Continue Reading
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15 Mar 2007
Judge drops charges against HP's Dunn
A judge dropped all charges Wednesday against Patricia Dunn, the former Hewlett-Packard Co. board chairwoman who was accused of fraud in the boardroom spying scheme that rocked one of Silicon Valley's most respected companies. Continue Reading
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21 Feb 2007
CIO jobs morph from tech support into strategy
Technology is increasingly being recognized as a vital tool in corporate strategy -- and CIOs are helping to wield it. Continue Reading
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21 Feb 2007
Former Dell CEO to get $5M in severance
Dell Inc. will pay its former chief executive a severance package including $5 million in cash over the next two years, the computer maker disclosed Tuesday. Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2007
Dell executive departures now at six
Dell Inc.'s human resources chief is the latest in the past two months to say he is leaving the company. Continue Reading
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08 Feb 2007
California company to buy Keane Inc. for $854 million
IT services firm Keane Inc. has agreed to be purchased and taken private by a California company, Caritor Inc. Continue Reading
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06 Feb 2007
Hewlett-Packard to buy Bristol Tech
Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it agreed to buy Bristol Technology Inc., a privately held maker of software used to monitor business transactions. Continue Reading
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05 Feb 2007
Dell plans to cut bonuses, 'eliminate redundancies'
Michael Dell, who last week resumed control of the company he founded, said there will be no bonuses this year and urged employees to "eliminate redundancies,'' according to an email. Dell, 41, said bureaucracy is the "new enemy'" at the world's second-largest computer maker. Continue Reading
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21 Nov 2006
CA sues ex-CEO for repayment of $14.9 million
Business software maker CA Inc. is suing convicted former CEO Sanjay Kumar, seeking repayment of $14.9 million it says it fronted for his legal defense, according to court documents. Continue Reading
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14 Nov 2006
Users eye iPods as cool enterprise tools
The holidays may bring a flood of new consumer gadgets into the enterprise. New research shows that corporate IT should find ways to include them. Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2006
HP chairman indicted over spying allegations
California's attorney general filed a criminal complaint on Oct. 4 seeking indictments of former Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn and four others for their roles in a probe into board leaks. Continue Reading
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04 Oct 2006
Massachusetts CIO quits
Massachusetts' state CIO quits over lack of funding for the commonwealth's technology initiatives. Continue Reading
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03 Oct 2006
Memo suggests HP's Hurd knew of probe in July 2005
Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd may have known as early as in July 2005 the company was looking into private phone records as part of its leak investigation, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday. Continue Reading
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