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May, 2012


May 10, 2012  9:03 PM

Mobile spending trumps all, seeding a business revolution



Posted by: Linda Tucci
Business Intelligence, CIO, Cloud computing, Competitive advantage, IT budgets, IT security, mobile apps, mobile devices, mobile middleware, Mobile spending

Call it the triumph of consumerism, or just common sense. Mobile computing is on fire in the enterprise -- apps, middleware, tablets -- and the proof is in the pesos, pounds, the...

May 9, 2012  4:44 PM

BI? Website relaunch? It’s all about mobile app design



Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO, mobile app design, mobile application development, mobile strategy

Enterprises are outsourcing mobile app design and keeping the names of their partners a closely guarded secret for competitive gain. IT departments are being asked to redesign customer-facing websites with mobile use in mind, and provision desktop apps like


May 4, 2012  8:24 PM

With tech innovation, countries starting out with less are doing more



Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIO, Facebook, innovation, IT innovation, mobile applications, Security

When is the last time you actually dedicated time to innovative thinking? If it's taking you a while to answer (or you don't have time to remember because you're too busy working), you're not alone; and it might not be your fault. This week's roundup of bits from around the Web includes two...


May 3, 2012  9:22 PM

Is CIO collegiality at odds with gaining a competitive advantage?



Posted by: Linda Tucci
CIO role, Competitive advantage, Gartner CIO Leadership Forum

Who would dispute the importance of gaining a competitive advantage in business? Competition is the mother's milk of capitalism. A competitive edge -- an advantage of one company over another vying...


May 1, 2012  4:05 PM

Four ways to improve your change management strategy



Posted by: Christina Torode
change management, change management strategy, change request, CIO, IT service management, ITSM

When I talked to IT Service Management expert Derek Lonsdale about change-management strategy challenges, he kept coming back to the change management advisory...