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August 10, 2012  6:36 PM

Creating competitive advantage through data analytics



Posted by: Karen Goulart
Big Data, big data analytics, CIO, CIO job; CIO leadership; CIO careers, CIO management, CIO position, CIO role, Competitive advantage, data, data analytics, Google, Green IT, IT and business alignment, IT as a service, IT organization of the future; cloud computing; services broker, Microsoft, social analytics, Social media

The summer games may be winding down in London, but we just can't let go of that whole go-for-the-gold-vibe. Hence, this week's roundup of news bits and analysis from around the web explodes out of the blocks with three items about creating competitive advantage. Find out why Bing may well be...

April 19, 2012  9:22 PM

Honing IT project management skills? Become master of the obvious



Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIO, IT and business alignment, IT PMO, PPM, Project and portfolio management, project management

Don't you just hate it when something is so obvious you completely overlook it? It happens to everyone. And it happens to happen a lot when it comes to project and portfolio...

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February 13, 2012  10:55 PM

No honor-student bumper stickers for Steve Jobs



Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIO, Cloud computing, cloud security concerns, Compliance, Data privacy, IT and business alignment, IT spending, Oracle, Steve Jobs, women in IT

Top o’ the week to you. We're as laden with interesting Web tidbits as Adele is with Grammy awards today. Without further fanfare, here are six stories from around the Internet, the leadoff one a reminder that rising to the top doesn't always have to start with being at the head of the...


December 7, 2011  4:42 PM

Outlook 2012: Monetizing IT



Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO, IT and business alignment, monetizing IT, Outlook 2012

Opinions about the top trends for the coming year are starting to trickle into my inbox. Most of these "Outlook 2012" predictions are about the certainty of economic uncertainty. I know,...


October 21, 2011  2:35 PM

Technology priorities of CEOs not lining up with those of CIOs



Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO, CIO leadership, IT and business alignment, technology priorities

The technology priorities of CEOs and those of CIOs differ greatly as those executives move into 2012. That difference is largely due to uncertainties surrounding the economy, a talent deficit, and fluctuating pricing for goods and services. Such was the buzz this week at the Gartner...


September 27, 2011  2:25 PM

SIM CIO survey: IT budgets trend up, BI reigns as top CIO investment



Posted by: Linda Tucci
Add new tag, BI, Business Intelligence, CIO, CIO survey, IT and business alignment, IT budgets, IT hiring, IT investments, IT priorities, IT salaries

When asked, "Are you better off than you were three years ago?" most IT organizations answer in the affirmative. IT budgets,


June 9, 2011  7:26 PM

BPA and BPM? These days, it’s about IT-enabled business transformation



Posted by: Christina Torode
business transformation, CIO leadership, CIO role, IT and business alignment, IT enabled business transformation

You've heard about it for years: IT and business alignment, or the acknowledgement that CIOs have to bridge the gap between IT and business goals. These days, I'm hearing that IT and business...

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June 3, 2011  2:22 PM

Workforce of the future is in the hands of the CIO



Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO, IT and business alignment, workforce of the future

You couldn't go far at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium held recently in Cambridge, Mass., without hearing about the workforce of the future and how the CIO will help develop what some people are calling Workforce 2.0. The old corporate regime, dating back to the days when generals were...


September 29, 2010  6:29 PM

Is the CIO role ‘redundant and glorified?’



Posted by: Linda Tucci
CIO role, IT and business alignment

I heard from a reader recently that Chief Idiot Officer, not Chief Information Officer, is a more apt descriptor for CIOs he's dealt with. Harsh. The scathing note was in response to my recent story, "


January 12, 2010  9:21 PM

IT and business alignment tactics



Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO, IT and business alignment

IT and business alignment is a challenge with which CIOs struggle daily, and it's bound to remain that way, with recent data showing that IT managers are predicting 

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