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CIO Insights Article Published May 18, 2012
A best practice is a practice linked to measurably better outcomes. In other words, best practices enable you to do something better, faster, or cheaper, writes Lauren Trees of APQC.
By Dennis Drogseth
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CIO Insights Article Published May 16, 2012
User experience management holds the promise of making IT an extrovert once and for all, writes Dennis Drogseth of EMA.
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CIO Insights Article Published May 14, 2012
Logicalis' Brian Day lays out the five things you really need to focus on to get the most out of your private cloud deployment.
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CIO Insights Article Published May 10, 2012
Given everyone's reliance on mobile devices and the BYOD phenomenon that CIOs are only starting to get their heads around, charting a roadmap for mobile communications across the enterprise is critical now -- as in today, writes Tom Chew of Slalom Consulting.
By Faisal Hoque
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CIO Insights Article Published May 9, 2012
Transforming public sector inefficiencies, from old technologies to poor oversight, will take a renewed focus on technology and enterprise management practices, writes Faisal Hoque of BTM Corp.
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CIO Insights Article Published May 7, 2012
There's plenty of ways to do things right (and wrong) but the tools are there to help you with the first part at least, writes Steve Pelletier of Logicalis.
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CIO Insights Article Published Apr 20, 2012
Like everything else in business and IT, it's time rethink the paradigms that made us so successful in the 1990s and 2000s. The 21st Century is here and better models are needed to recapture the high ground and grow, writes Cliff Justice of KPMG.
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CIO Insights Article Published Apr 16, 2012
Private clouds will alleviate some concerns like security but they are no panacea. The journey to the cloud will change almost everything you think you know about IT, writes Kevin Gruneisen of Logicalis.
By Michelle Maisto
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CIO Insights Article Published Apr 2, 2012
To be a business front runner, it's unacceptable to be a year or even six months behind consumer trends. Oliver Bussmann's approach: If you can't beat them, lead them.
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CIO Insights Article Published Mar 26, 2012
Because innovation just doesn't happen, IBM, Kennametal, and Mayo Clinic all actively engage their staff and customers to help them come up with the ideas that improve products, processes and relationships, writes Becky Partida of APQC.
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CIO Insights Article Published Mar 19, 2012
Because innovation just doesn't happen, IBM, Kennametal, and Mayo Clinic all actively engage their staff and customers to help them come up with the ideas that improve products, processes and relationships, writes Becky Partida of APQC.
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CIO Insights Article Published Mar 13, 2012
To fundamentally change the way IT was viewed and consumed at Cisco, the CIO transformed IT from technology-focused to services-centric, writes Rebecca Jacoby, Cisco's CIO.
By Geoff Webb
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CIO Insights Article Published Mar 8, 2012
APTs are like weeds: Unless you get them by the root, as Nortel apparently found out too late, they will grow again and again and again, writes Geoff Webb of Credant Technologies.
By Daniel Burrus
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CIO Insights Article Published Feb 27, 2012
There are four ways to transform the consumerization of IT into competitive advantage, writes Futurist Dan Burrus of Burrus Research and none of them involve saying 'No.'
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CIO Insights Article Published Feb 23, 2012
Mobile, authentication and cyber warfare tactics are the three major security challenges facing IT today, writes Michael Rushinsky of Sallie Mae.
By Daniel Burrus
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CIO Insights Article Published Feb 3, 2012
Like it or not, your employees are one step ahead of you and starting into jog as they decide which technologies they will use to do their jobs, writes Futurist Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research.
By Faisal Hoque
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CIO Insights Article Published Jan 12, 2012
You have to get board-level involvement if you want a strategy that informs what you do tactically, writes Faisal Hoque of BTM Corp.
By Stephen Boschulte
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CIO Insights Article Published Jan 9, 2012
Information: where is it, when it is and who has access to it? These are all critical components of a your Big Data strategy, writes information management strategist Steve Boschulte.
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CIO Insights Article Published Jan 4, 2012
Even big risks can be mitigated with the right practices and tools, writes Ed Airey of Micro Focus.
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CIO Insights Article Published Dec 12, 2011
As IT becomes increasingly complex, the need for an effective ITIL-based ITSM strategy becomes increasingly critical, writes Wayne Kiphart of Logicalis.
By Daniel Burrus
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CIO Insights Article Published Dec 2, 2011
Kids know it and so does GM: gaming is great way to reshape what you know and how you apply it, writes Futurist Dan Burrus of Burrus Research.
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CIO Insights Article Published Nov 15, 2011
The C-suite gets it but everyone else who has to deal with IT wonders why, write Derek Lonsdale, Nilesh Chandra and Chris Gallacher of PA Consulting.
By Faisal Hoque
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CIO Insights Article Published Nov 10, 2011
Innovative enterprises build a culture that embraces a left-brain/right-brain approach to creative thinking, executing, and communicating, writes Faisal Hoque of BTM Corp.
By Stephen Boschulte
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CIO Insights Article Published Nov 7, 2011
You have to figure out where your data comes from if you ever want to put controls in place to manage and exploit it, writes information management strategist Stephen Boschulte.
By Paul Barth
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CIO Insights Article Published Oct 28, 2011
Like most things in business, it's not about the 'problem' it's about people, writes Paul Barth of New Vantage Partners.
By Geoff Webb
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CIO Insights Article Published Oct 26, 2011
The SEC's decision to force companies to come clean about data breaches will have a net positive impact on IT security, writes Geoff Webb of Credant Technologies.
By Faisal Hoque
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CIO Insights Article Published Oct 20, 2011
PPM is the foundation upon which IT can rebuild and solidify its reputation as a true business partner, writes Faisal Hoque of BTM Corp.
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CIO Insights Article Published Oct 18, 2011
As SharePoint use continues to grow, so does its critical role in e-discovery, writes Tom McCaffrey of Kroll Ontrack.
By Daniel Burrus
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CIO Insights Article Published Oct 12, 2011
As the Information Age gives way to the Communication Age capitalizing on new opportunities will require seeing the world in new ways, writes Futurist Dan Burrus of Burrus Research.
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CIO Insights Article Published Oct 10, 2011
IT maturity derives its strength from sound data security and comprehensive IT risk management, write Scott Wisniewski and Piyush Agrawal of Protiviti.
By Allen Bernard
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CIO Insights Article Published Oct 6, 2011
But Steve Jobs legacy and accomplishments will live on long after the man is gone.
By Pam Baker
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CIO Insights Article Published Oct 5, 2011
As companies struggle to cope with so many new risk vectors, IT is having step up and help in almost every area of the business. ERM vendors are banking they can help.
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CIO Insights Article Published Sep 30, 2011
Managing information is just as important as creating it, writes Seth Earley or Earley & Associates.
By Daniel Burrus
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CIO Insights Article Published Sep 28, 2011
Without a vision, a futureview, you will never achieve what you are capable of, writes Futurist Dan Burrus of Burrus Research.
By Ian Gotts
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CIO Insights Article Published Sep 21, 2011
The one time you force your customers to contact you is when they don’t want to and that's when you give them the run around?, asks Ian Gotts of Nimbus.
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CIO Insights Article Published Sep 9, 2011
You can't rely on security standards and audits anymore. Security is a full-time, real-time job now, writes Niall Browne of LiveOps.
By Daniel Burrus
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CIO Insights Article Published Aug 31, 2011
If you haven't noticed, the days of competing on price and quality are over, writes Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research.
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CIO Insights Article Published Aug 30, 2011
A knowledge management program takes time and money, but the results can be impressive, writes Robert Simmons of Forsythe.
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CIO Insights Article Published Aug 26, 2011
Taxonomies can turn information into action, writes Seth Earley of Earley & Associates.
By Daniel Burrus
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CIO Insights Article Published Aug 24, 2011
If you haven't noticed, the days of competing on price and quality are over, writes Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research.
By Daniel Burrus
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CIO Insights Article Published Aug 19, 2011
It is definitely counter-intuitive but, by doing the opposite of what you think you should, you might just get it right, writes Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research.
By Daniel Burrus
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CIO Insights Article Published Aug 5, 2011
It is definitely counter-intuitive but, by doing the opposite of what you think you should, you might just get it right, writes Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research.
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CIO Insights Article Published Aug 3, 2011
You don't have to boil the ocean to get more value from IT investments in information, writes Seth Earley of Earley & Associates, in Part I of three part series.
By Martin Likier
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CIO Insights Article Published Jul 29, 2011
Proactive problem management coupled with defect tools can improve operational readiness, writes Marty Likier of Forsythe.
By Jason Druebert
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CIO Insights Article Published Jul 22, 2011
Some companies do IT service management just fine without ITIL but they also excel in very specific ways, writes Jason Druebert of AT&T Consulting Solutions.