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Server hugger or cloud services fanatic? Why pick?
CIOs shouldn’t rush into cloud services, cautions our expert. Exercise some risk management while championing shared services goals.
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CIO tips to avoid job burnout
Our expert Scott Lowe reflects on CIO job burnout and offers free career advice that’s unlike any of the personal career management tips you've ever read.
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Three CIO career tips to attract executive headhunters
CIO responsibilities can make it difficult to work on career improvement. These CIO career tips will help attract executive headhunters and offers for top executive jobs.
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Making the jump to a CEO position
CIOs historically have had a difficult time ascending to the CEO position, but according to CEO John Weathington, it's not impossible. It's a matter of perception.
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Two ways to improve your outsourcing strategy in 2012
CIOs looking to improve their outsourcing strategy in 2012 should consider two tactics: tying IT metrics to business KPIs and going vertical.
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Good workflow automation starts with smart BPM modeling
Before you dive headfirst into workflow automation, our expert Jonathan Hassell has some BPM modeling tips to ensure you'll succeed.
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Improving business processes through automation
One CIO looks at ways to get started improving business processes while saving big on the bottom line.
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Achieving optimal business process leadership
The key to business process leadership lies with mapping workflows and keeping the end goal in sight.
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Virtualization project stalled? Do an ROI analysis
Virtualization might make sense, but how can you convince the business? CEO John Weathington helps you reframe your argument with an ROI analysis.
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Uncovering virtualization benefits: Fact vs. fiction
Virtualization solutions promise to do everything for your company short of growing hair on a billiard ball, but can the virtualization benefits really stand up to scrutiny?
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Leveraging virtualization with a virtual remote desktop
CIOs can toss a virtual remote desktop onto their existing virtual networks for a huge bump in virtualization ROI. Our experts share how a virtual desktop can affect your virtualization strategy.
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How sound are your risk management strategies?
Refine your risk management strategies with our tutorial highlighting the strongest tips from our information security network, tailored for the midmarket CIO.
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How a pizza joint slices up mobile innovation
What do smartphones and restaurants have in common? Read about how one midmarket chain made the difference with mobile innovation.
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Team innovation killers: What not to do
Creativity can make or break a CIO, and poor teamwork can be an innovation killer. CIO Scott Lowe looks at what not to do when you manage innovation.
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Promoting innovation through disruptive technology
CIOs can make a huge impact by embracing disruptive technology and promoting innovation from within their own IT department and elsewhere, according to one expert.
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Choosing a business intelligence cloud
Without quality BI data and dedicated server space, you're missing out. Our expert Jonathan Hassell looks into the perks of the business intelligence cloud.
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No-fuss, no-muss business intelligence applications
When considering business intelligence applications, prebuilt alternatives give you fast data and also add value without getting your hands dirty.
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High-quality data is a must for CIO's BI strategy
Slick KPI dashboards mean nothing if you don't have high-quality data standing behind them. One CIO details the data scrubbing in prep for his BI strategy.
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Top 10 free business apps for Android users
Your mobile workforce is nothing without the right business tools. We've ranked the top 10 best Android apps for business -- and each one is free.
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ITIL framework equals free money -- sort of
An ITIL framework isn't easy, but it can drive huge cost savings. Learn how ITIL cost reduction strategies translate back to your business.
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Big data analytics: Look before you leap
Are businesses chasing Hadoop and Teradata just because they're the hot new thing? CEO John Weathington advises CIOs to stop and think before they jump into big data analytics.
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CIOs embrace Hadoop for big data analytics
CIOs can harness the power of data mining using the free Apache Hadoop framework, but is there such a thing as free big data analytics?
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Hold off on cloud identity management
When it comes to cloud identity management, expert Jonathan Hassell suggests that midmarket CIOs may be better off waiting until the time is right.
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Cloud-based computing saves one midmarket company
When midmarket furniture company Telelok began lagging, it turned to cloud-based computing to stay agile and relevant in a tough economy.