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	IT and Business Alignment Boosts Online Trading by Jim Rendon CIO James Krause and his business colleague Richard Redding are leveraging their longtime partnership to improve online trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

CIO HABITAT
	Take Control of Your Enterprise Software Investments by Thornton May Executives speak frankly about the state of software today in this research exclusive.

UPDATE
	Slicing Up Spam Email With BladeSystem Servers by Ellen O'Brien Servers from Hewlett-Packard helped one company tackle spam.

	What's Your Handicap? - (careers) by Tom Kaneshige Golf can be the boardroom equalizer.

	Users Sent to Tool School - (q&a) by Stefanie McCann New business intelligence tools weren't catching on at one company -- so users were sent back to "school."

	Outsourcing to India Leads to 'Gross' Confusion by Stefanie McCann The director of IT at Coca-Cola Bottling ran into an issue when placing an order with his Indian associates.

	Are You a CIO Leader? by Anne McCrory "The New CIO Leader" is worth picking up.

	Midmarket Outpaces Larger Companies in Software Spending Application spending in the midmarket outpaces larger companies -- but why?

	The Difference Between Business Experts and Technical People The CIO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange CIO shares a hiring philosophy.

	Six Fundamentals for Aligning IT With Business IT can be effective by following six steps, John Oglesby says.

	The Artful CIO: Pitching an Order Processing System with Pictures by Jim Rendon One CIO has turned his passion for graphs into a job skill.

VERTICAL VIEWS
	The Latest Retail Accessory: Business Intelligence Tools by Steve Ulfelder Retail's greatest business challenge today is competing on the customer experience. Here's how IT can help.

Features

	Hosted Software Is Shifting Ground by Jim Rendon Hosted software is shifting the dynamics of vendor pricing models and disrupting the industry's control over how customers spend. See how midmarket CIOs are navigating this new landscape.

	Information Security Assessments Ask: How Secure Are You? Outside IT security assessments can cost up to 10% of your security budget. But can you afford to go without one?

	100 Days in Iraq: The Creation of a National Technology Strategy by Tom Kaneshige CIO George Danforth risked his life repeatedly during the most perilous assignment of his 30-year career: creating a national IT strategy for Iraq.

	Passing the IT Audit Leads to Process Redesign by Maryfran Johnson While most companies staggered under Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Pacer International marched forward to get the job done on time and on budget. In the process, it kick-started an IT/business transformation.

Opinion Columns

	CIOs Can Become Change Masters (business mentor) by Jerry McElhatton Business skills, strong mentoring relationships can help IT become a "change master."

	ERP Project Journey Kicks Off for One CIO by Les Johnson An IT executive whittles 22 ERP vendors down to three as his company's project kicks off.

	Get IT Projects Off on the Right Foot by Gopal K. Kapur IT projects often start as half-baked ideas from senior business executives. Here are seven questions to pose at the start of a project.

	Audit Trail: What IT Auditors Do, Who They Are by Matt Zerega Step inside the mind of an IT auditor: It's not as scary as you might think.

	Editor's Letter: Midmarket CIOs Take Center Stage by Maryfran Johnson CIO Decisions is listening to new voices.

	Off the Cuff With Oceaneering International's VP of IT The vice president of IT at Oceaneering International speaks off the cuff.

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