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Two outsourcing strategy tips for emerging tech, outside the contract

In our SearchCIO.com tip sheet this week on outsourcing strategies for emerging tech, outsourcing adviser Andy Sealock explains how contracting for new technology is different...

Enterprise mobility and the privacy debate

There was an interesting side conversation during the Q&A portion of a session on enterprise mobility at last week's Gartner Catalyst Conference.

Someone...

Comic-Con: IT innovation lessons from dudes in Stormtrooper suits

There are a few annual events I adore even though I'll never ever go to any of them: Burning Man, SXSW, TED, and this time of year, Comic-Con. When...

Why bother with mobile app development?

There will be cases when mobile app development is necessary, but many of your enterprise business needs are going to be addressed by off-the-shelf or even free mobile...

Building an innovation pipeline that’s not a pipe dream

"We like to call it our innovation pipeline, but that sounds rather presumptuous," CIO Christopher Perretta confesses, pausing for a split second. "But it is!" he...

IT business transformation sums up critical CIO role

Business transformation and IT transformation no longer are separate items on the enterprise agenda. Now that agenda is all about IT business transformation, as three technology trends work their way into the business processes of many organizations:

How enterprises are testing the mobile business app waters

While you're debating whether to develop native mobile business apps, use HTML5 for mobile or take a hybrid approach using PhoneGap, one...

Six tips on avoiding social media project meltdowns

You have to admire Kevin Jones, NASA's social media organizational strategist. He stood up at this week's Enterprise 2.0 show in Boston and laid bare his

Old IT procurement strategy doesn’t cut it in ‘seller-led’ market

Sooner or later every one of us (and much of what we know) is expendable in a technology environment that changes so rapidly. The latest endangered-species alert to come across my desk: the procurement office. The IT

Collaboration tool standardization prevents the death of ideas

When I covered Microsoft, I appreciated the grass-roots SharePoint efforts across businesses small and large. Unsatisfied with the capabilities of a given collaboration...