Scott Blanchette, senior vice president of IT services at Vanguard Health Systems, stays competitive with outside service providers by emphasizing transparency of pricing and delivering business results.
Ledcor Technical Services, which lays cable for North America's largest communications networks, needed a better way to schedule more than 800 field technicians, and those workers needed a better way to track their jobs and send reports. The spreadsheets, Word documents and PDF files the company was using just weren't up to the task, says CIO Greg Sieg.
The CIO of the future will need to develop a robust, professional organisation devoted to the user experience, according to an expert on usability.
The West Virginia Health Information Network was created by the state of West Virginia and charged with building a secure electronic health information system so providers could access and exchange patient data. The goal is to improve the quality of patient information and thereby enable providers to more quickly offer better care at lower costs. Among those leading the effort is Kathy Moore, CIO of the network. Moore is now working with hospitals and other healthcare providers in the state to get them connected to the exchange. "The exchange is now up and live, and we're focused on rollout and bringing on as many as possible," says Moore, a former deputy CTO for the state of West Virginia. Here she shares her thoughts on leading this huge IT project.
IT pros revel in the fast pace, challenging work and prevailing can-do spirit at the No. 39-ranked company on our 2013 Best Places to Work in IT list.
IT staffers get plenty of training, teamwork and encouragement at the No. 28-ranked company on our 2013 Best Places to Work in IT list.
Staffers stick around for the varied projects and career opportunities at the No. 52-ranked company on our 2013 Best Places to Work in IT list.
Employee and team achievements are well rewarded at the No. 62-ranked company on our 2013 Best Places to Work in IT list.
A culture that prizes innovation, agility and fun reigns at the No. 91-ranked company on our 2013 Best Places to Work in IT list.
If you've ever had to hire someone in IT, this drill might sound familiar:
Data centers require huge amounts of energy, and as the demand for new and updated data centers continues to grow, energy requirements could increase exponentially.
In years past, pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia were rising, climbing from 60 cases in 2007 to 181 in 2009. Pirates were killing innocent people and taking others hostage. Their attacks were disrupting commerce and shipping traffic, as well as costing the world's economy billions of dollars every year. President Obama called piracy a threat to both U.S. national security and foreign policy.
Miguel Orta relied on the computers at his local library to do his homework, but because the library had a two-hour time limit, Miguel often couldn't finish his assignments.
The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation is on the front lines in the fight against HIV and tuberculosis in South Africa, whose population has been hit hard by both diseases.
The Web promises to deliver information to all, but those with disabilities are often unable to access the content on many websites.