November 19, 2009 7:54 PM
Posted by: Karen Guglielmo
business process management,
Microsoft,
Midmarket CIO,
Strategy for CIOsThe hardest part of implementing business process management (BPM), ERP or even customer relationship management (CRM) can be training users to do their jobs using the new tool. To...
November 13, 2009 2:54 PM
Posted by: Karen Guglielmo
Agile,
CIO,
Midmarket CIOAs I was interviewing experts and practitioners this week on the uses of Agile practices, the term transparency kept popping up in comments about the benefits of using this type of software development methodology. So I started thinking: What is transparency, and how does Agile help achieve...
November 6, 2009 2:21 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
Android,
CIO,
Google,
iPhone,
Midmarket CIO,
SMB securityVerizon's first Android phones, the Droid Eris by HTC and Motorola Droid, are being released today. The commercials highlight a string of new features not currently available on some other (iPhone!) phones ("
October 29, 2009 6:57 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
Gmail,
Information Technology Infrastructure Library,
Midmarket CIO,
TwitterAnother year, another list of truly geeky Halloween costume ideas that say IT 2009 all the way. (Eye rolls, please!)
October 23, 2009 2:56 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
CIO,
Comcast and Verizon,
File sharing,
Midmarket CIOAfter five long years of debate, lobbying and political posturing, the FCC finally voted yesterday to begin crafting net neutrality rules. With differing opinions across the board as to what this means to the Internet, privacy and the businesses affected -- the question is, what does this mean for...
October 9, 2009 2:10 PM
Posted by: Linda Tucci
Midmarket CIO,
Risk management,
Strategy for CIOsI see an interesting sea change when it comes to risk: Thanks to the recession, as IT risk management is constrained by tightening IT budgets, the risk of doing business goes up.
As part of my security, compliance and disaster recovery coverage this year, I’ve listened to a lot of experts talk...
October 7, 2009 9:00 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
Midmarket CIO,
SMB security,
Strategy for CIOsOctober is national Cyber Security Awareness month! The campaign, sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance, a partnership that works with the government as well as corporate sponsors, encourages online safety and best practices to protect...
October 2, 2009 2:58 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
business process management,
Google Wave,
Midmarket CIO,
Project Management,
Strategy for CIOsThe rush for Google Wave has begun. The much-anticipated release of Google’s collaboration tool has generated media hype, exclusive invites to try the beta and even
September 25, 2009 1:29 PM
Posted by: Karen Guglielmo
Business process,
Business process automation,
Midmarket CIORecently, I’ve been talking to CIOs at midsized organizations about whether the recession is over and the recovery has begun. In some industries at least, the cost-cutting isn’t over and the need to do more with less continues as a mandate. Some organizations are now cutting
