August 28, 2009 3:42 PM
Posted by: Karen Guglielmo
IT and business alignmentIf there’s one thing we’ve learned in IT over the past few years, it's that if you say that something will help with “IT and business alignment,” you’re...
August 28, 2009 2:43 PM
Posted by: rlebeaux
For quite awhile, many U.S. companies have focused their IT services outsourcing strategies on India due to its market share, low cost of labor and robust vendor market. But now, some companies are seeking the best of both worlds: Traditional IT services offshoring coupled with a nearshore...
August 24, 2009 2:23 PM
Posted by: rlebeaux
Good morning! This past week, SearchCIO.com looked into the pros and cons of outsourcing in several countries in Asia, put out our latest FAQ on the ITIL framework and put your project and portfolio management (PPM) knowledge to the test. Click on the links...
August 21, 2009 2:17 PM
Posted by: Linda Tucci
Disaster recoveryHurricane Bill is barreling over the Atlantic threatening to flood data centers and new, potentially destructive computer viruses are always popping up, but, surprisingly, a real virus -- swine flu -- is taking shape as the biggest storm cloud on the horizon for disaster recovery specialists. In...
August 20, 2009 3:29 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
contract negotiations,
vendor managementAn unnamed client of Forrester Research received a bill for $1 million from a software vendor for violating licensing terms. The problem was that the company was running its software in a virtual environment on any number of servers in its data center, versus only the servers it had originally...
August 17, 2009 3:48 PM
Posted by: rlebeaux
CIO weekly wrap-upGood morning! Last week, SearchCIO.com delved into private clouds, network access control in the enterprise, Lean thinking for IT and virtualization strategies. To learn more about any of these areas, check out the stories linked below.
August 13, 2009 6:42 PM
Posted by: rlebeaux
IT outsourcing,
Leadership and strategic planningDoes outsourcing IT jobs mean that U.S. companies and employees can no longer compete on a global scale?
In researching my pieces from last week on the state of IT outsourcing in 2009 at both the
August 13, 2009 4:38 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
Vendors are working on ways to create virtualization licensing terms better suited to multi-tenant environments, but there is clearly still a lot of confusion out there surrounding licensing terms for desktop virtualization.
Well, virtualization licensing in general, for that matter.
An IT...
August 10, 2009 3:21 PM
Posted by: rlebeaux
CIO weekly wrap-upWelcome back from the weekend! Ease yourself into your Monday morning by checking out the latest content from SearchCIO.com on IT outsourcing, using project and portfolio management (PPM) software vs. SharePoint, cloud computing risks and our guide on PPM and...
