New Framework Designed to Optimize IT Value
By CIO Update Staff | Features Article Published February 11, 2009
Intel, Chevron, SAP, BP and a host of other influential global companies have come together to provide CIOs with a way out of the quagmire of IT/business alignment.
Tags: Intel, SAP, business/IT alignment, value, IT-CMF

The Business Imperatives Behind Quality of Experience (QoE)
By Dennis Drogseth | Features Article Published February 09, 2009
IT's customers are the ones who decide the value of IT, writes CIOUpdate columnist Dennis Drogseth of Enterprise Management Associates.
Tags: Microsoft, services, VoIP, telecommunications, SAP

IT Still Relevant Even in a Downturn
By Allen Bernard | Budgets Article Published October 08, 2008
Even facing economic uncertainty, 2009 IT budget, staffing estimates remain strong.
Tags: SAP, IT staff, IT spending, IT budgets

SAP Saw Sudden Drop-Off in Software Sales
Breaking News Article Published October 07, 2008
Fearful companies hedging bets hurts SAP's orders.
Tags: Oracle, SAP, IT budgets

SOA, ITIL and the Strategic CIO
By Julie Craig | Special Reports Article Published August 11, 2008
While not for the faint of heart, SOA is often worth the risk and effort, writes CIOUpdate columnist Julie Craig of Enterprise Management Associates.
Tags: Microsoft, services, SOA, Oracle, SAP

The Predictive CIO
By Pam Baker | CIO Insights Article Published March 18, 2008
CIOs are using their own form of mashups to become purveyors of the future.
Tags: Intel, SAP, management, CIO management, IT Leadership

The SaaS Steamroller
By Julie Craig | Technology Trends Article Published July 05, 2007
For good reason, traditional software vendors are, once again, taking notice of software as a service providers, writes CIO Update columnist Julie Craig of Enterprise Management Associates.
Tags: services, Oracle, Salesforce.com, SAP, SaaS

SaaS: An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come … Again
By Julie Craig | CIO Insights Article Published June 13, 2007
It started with ASPs, but they dwindled, now software as a services is poised to do what the ASPs couldn't, writes CIO Update guest columnist Julie Craig of Enterprise Management Associates.
Tags: services, Oracle, Salesforce.com, SAP, SaaS