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How to Embrace the Consumerization of IT
Daniel Burrus | 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.


Tags:innovation,TCO,Burrus Research,consumerization of IT,change management,ROI
How to Go Green without Seeing Red, Part I
CIOUpdate Contributor | Published Sep 19, 2011

Adopting cost-effective green IT solutions to lower costs is hard but it can be done without reinventing the wheel, writes Bill Blausey of Eaton Corporation.


Tags:Cost Cutting,ROI,CIO Leadership,Eaton Corp.,green IT
Can Cloud Really Replace Offshore Outsourcing?
Pam Baker | Published Aug 10, 2011

Until ROI and TCO can be fully examined, it's still too early to know if cloud can replace traditional offshore outsourcing.


Tags:TCO,PaaS,Freeborders,hcl technologies,Cloud,IaaS,offshore outsourcing,BPaaS,ROI
5 Ways HP Cut Costs and Fostered Innovation
Drew Robb | Published Jul 21, 2011

After HP CIO embarked upon global consolidation project IT was able to trim costs while minimizing IT's maintenance burden.


Tags:innovation,HP,Cost Cutting,ROI,data center
The 5 Key Reasons Why Initiatives Fail
David Mainville | Published Jul 14, 2011
Thirty years in the IT service management trenches has taught Dave Mainville of Consulting-Portal a thing or two about successful project execution.
Tags:ROI,IT management,ITIL/ITSM,Project management,CIO Leadership
Is it Possible to Achieve a Return on ITIL?
Augusto Perazzo | Published Jul 12, 2011

Yes, but you have to look at the right metrics and set a baseline, writes Augusto Perazzo of PA Consulting.


Tags:process improvement,IT management,benchmarking,ROI,ITIL/ITSM
10 Ways to Avoid Screwing Everything Up
Malcolm Slovin | Published Dec 15, 2010
Follow these 10 practical IT project management guidelines, from CIOUpdate guest columnist Malcolm Slovin of EM-I, and maybe your next project will be the example everyone else follows.
Tags:EM&I,strategy,IT management,Project management,ROI
Understanding the ROI of Value Creation
Matt Podowitz | Published Nov 17, 2010
The best way to protect IT budgets is by reallocating non value-creating spending, writes CIOUpdate columnist Matt Podowitz.
Tags:budgets,innovation,IT value,Podowitz,ROI
How to Manage Technology Investments Strategically
Faisal Hoque | Published Oct 20, 2010
PPM moves an organization into the 21st Century, writes CIOUpdate columnist Faisal Hoque of BTM Corp.
Tags:BTM Corp,PPM,ROI,Project management,Strategic
Performance Improvement and the CIO
Matt Podowitz | Published Sep 7, 2010
There are four reasons why CIOs should lead performance improvement initiatives, writes CIOUpdate guest columnist Matt Podowitz of Grant Thornton.
Tags:business performance,Grant Thornton,leadership,ROI,business process improvement
Assessing Your Software Vendor's Survivability
Ernest von Simson | Published Aug 25, 2010
Just because they are successful now doesn't mean they'll be around tomorrow, writes CIOUpdate guest columnist Ernest von Simson of Ostriker von Simson.
Tags:ROI,risk,software vendors,CEO,von Simson
Technology Contracting is a Job for IT
Lisa Erickson-Harris | Published Aug 13, 2010
IT needs to be a part of software purchasing from the beginning, writes CIOUpdate columnist Lisa Erickson-Harris of Enterprise Management Associates.
Tags:sla,EMA,ROI,software vendors,contracts
SOA - It's Not Just for Technology Anymore
China Widener | Published Aug 10, 2010
Applying services thinking to business processes leads to better business outcomes, write CIOUpdate guest columnists Kara Harris, China Widener and Newton Wong of Deloitte Consulting.
Tags:SOA,Deloitte Consulting,IT value,BPM,ROI
How to Get the Budget You Need in 2011
Nilesh Chandra | Published Aug 3, 2010
Obtaining sufficient budget for 2011 while coping with unprecedented demand will be big challenges in 2010, write CIOUpdate columnists Nilesh Chandra, Ross Smith and Craig Rintoul of PA Consulting Group.
Tags:PA Consulting,budgets,ROI,2011,IT demand
How To Maximize Your IT Service Management Investment
David Mainville | Published Jun 11, 2010
It’s more than a matter of faith, writes CIOUpdate guest columnist David Mainville of Consulting-Portal.
Tags:IT service management,ITSM,Mainville,ITIL,ROI
Are You Actively Managing for Agility?
Joe Wolke | Published May 18, 2010
The old model of developing and rolling out applications just doesn't work anymore without addressing the underlying infrastructure technology, writes CIOUpdate guest columnist Joe Wolke of Forsythe.
Tags:ROI,infrastructure technology,Forsythe,CEO,application development
Ensuring IT Project Management Success
Scott Lever | Published Apr 21, 2010
Too often project managers are compelled to focus on the wrong things and IT project management suffers, write CIOUpdate guest columnists Nilesh Chandra and Scott Lever of PA Consulting Group.
Tags:business benefits,IT project management,ROI,PA Consulting
100 IT-Business Alignment Questions You Need to Ask
Patty Azzarello | Published Apr 5, 2010
When it comes to IT-business alignment, know the right questions to ask is half the batter, writes CIOUpdate columnist Patty Azzarello of the Azzarello Group.
Tags:IT value,IT-business alignment,ROI,Azzarello,IT management
Don't Give Software Vendors the Upper Hand
Jeff Vance | Published Mar 18, 2010
It's best to walk before letting software vendor stick you with a deal you don't want. Here's how.
Tags:ROCE,Grant Thornton,vendor negotiations,ROI,TCO
A Better Metric for Analyzing the Value of the Cloud
JP Morgenthal | Published Nov 18, 2009
TCO and ROI are terrible metrics to use when measuring the value of the Cloud, writes CIOUpdate guest columnist JP Morgenthal of QinetiQ.
Tags:ROI,cloud computing,TCO,JP Morgenthal,metrics
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