CIOUpdate - Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders

How to Create a Value-Centric IT Organization

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:01:00 PDT

User experience management can go a long way towards reshaping how the business, IT and IT's customers approach technology decision-making, writes Dennis Drogseth of Enterprise Management Associates.

The eDiscovery Implications of Structured Data

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:30:00 PDT

Everyone's keenly aware of managing unstructured data and its legal implications but the real problem with ediscovery lies with massive dynamic structured data repositories, writes David White of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

How to Deal with Failed Deliverables

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:50:00 PDT

It is uncomfortably common for offshoring projects big and small to go bad. So what do you when this happens? How do you get things back on track and not break the bank? Hint: Money's not the answer.

Cloud is About More than Just Technology

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:41:00 PDT

Before ascending into the virtual world of puffy white haze, be sure your strategy is clear enough to keep your focused on the business, writes Faisal Hoque of BTM Corporation.

Investing in Cloud: What You are Up Against and Why

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:23:00 PDT

Service management tools are a must if you want to get the most out of your cloud initiatives, writes Dennis Drogseth of Enterprise Management Associates.

Big Data or Drown - Managing and Tiering Content

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:00:00 PST

With data growing out of control a content management system is a good way to reign in and manage content, writes Rob Vandenberg of Lingotek.

No Free Ride with Freemiums

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:00:00 PST

The ever-popular freemium software model may bring in converts but it also binds IT in ways that could compromise security, data access and control.

Does Cloud Mean the End of Tape?

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:00:00 PST

Tape backup still plays an important role in the corporate DR strategy, writes Dick Fordham of Recovery Point. Just ask Google and Amazon.

Delivering Business Value via EA

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:35:00 PST

A solid EA function does more than just streamline IT, writes Madeline Weiss of Society for Information Management's Advanced Practices Council.

Writing Win-Win into SLAs

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:50:00 PST

The acronym SLA stands for “service level agreement,” but what it really means for a managed service provider is “commitment," writes Mike Alley of Logicalis.