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CIO tips for successful IT project management
Jonathan Hassell's tips for successful IT project management help CIOs give a little more freedom to teams and reap big rewards with improved project timelines.
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Cross-functional project teams crucial to success
CIOs must master creative project management to achieve business goals. The right project teams and prioritization are the secrets to success, Scott Lowe explains.
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Keeping the peace with an outsourcing partner
When an outsourcing partner messes up your agreed services, what's the next step? Expert Jonathan Hassell offers advice about keeping the ship afloat.
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Outsourced management: Is it ever a good idea?
Should outsiders ever manage your team? In some cases, outsourced management might be the best decision a CIO ever makes.
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How to avoid problems with outsourcing partners
Our expert Scott Lowe reveals how to avoid problems with outsourcing partners on your next cloud project.
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Upcoming information technology conferences for CIOs
Check out these upcoming information technology conferences for the midmarket CIO, complete with dates, locations, topics and costs.
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Download a free fishbone diagram template
Drive process leadership by trying a free fishbone diagram template on your next root cause analysis expedition.
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Big data or big chaos? A data steward is crucial
With big data comes big responsibility. CIOs can avoid big chaos during an ERP integration with the help of a data steward.
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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.
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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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The keys to getting noticed by executive leadership
Our IT Leadership Awards judge notices several things our award winners have in common, and reveals the keys to getting noticed -- and getting ahead.
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Developing mobile apps isn't always the answer
It seems as if everyone is developing mobile apps these days. Jonathan Hassell explains why native mobile apps just might not be worth it.
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The secret to creating virtual teams that work
Managing virtual teams that work isn't easy. CEO John Weathington discusses project kickoff and the virtual collaboration tools that ensure success.
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Project management tools: RFP examples and templates
Great CIOs live and die by the request for proposal (RFP), but sometimes knowing where to begin is a nightmare. We've gathered some RFP examples to start your project fast.