CIOUpdate - Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders

Transferring and Teaching Best Practices

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:44:00 PDT

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.

How to Make User Experience Count

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:00 PDT

User experience management holds the promise of making IT an extrovert once and for all, writes Dennis Drogseth of EMA.

The Beast of Burden: Cloud-Enabling Your Applications

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:58:00 PDT

Logicalis' Brian Day lays out the five things you really need to focus on to get the most out of your private cloud deployment.

How to Develop a Mobile Strategy

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:25:00 PDT

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.

U.S. Government: Big is Just Inefficient

Wed, 09 May 2012 10:24:00 PDT

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.

Under My Thumb: Managing Your Private Cloud

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:03:00 PDT

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.

It’s Time to Rethink Outsourcing

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:20:00 PDT

Like everything else in business and IT, it's time rethink the paradigms that made us so successful in the 1990s and 2000s. The 21^st Century is here and better models are needed to recapture the high ground and grow, writes Cliff Justice of KPMG.

Mixed Emotions: A Private Cloud of Your Own

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:37:00 PDT

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.

How SAP's CIO Learned to Love BYOD

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:57:00 PDT

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.

APQC's 10 Best Practices for Innovation - Part II

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:17:00 PDT

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.