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  • 7 Ways CIOs Should Prepare for the Digital Enterprise

    The whole world's gone digital. As today's companies try to keep up, many CIOs feel like a hamster on a wheel, constantly moving but never getting anywhere. This advice from the recent MIT Sloan CIO Symposium could offer at least a bit of relief.

    Written by Brian Eastwood28 May 14 00:22
  • How 'Liquid Networks' Can Lead to the Next Great Idea

    Technological innovation often comes when your hunch collides with someone else's hunch, says best-selling author Steven Johnson. Open collaborative spaces are vital to allowing those hunches to mature into breakthrough moments.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige30 April 14 05:28
  • How the Collaborative Economy Will Change the Way You Do Business

    The Internet puts the goods, services and expertise you need at your fingertips. Some call it a 'collaborative economy' focused less on transactions and more on trades. Others see a throwback to the early days of economic exchange. Either way, it's quickly changing the way we do business.

    Written by J. D. Sartain24 April 14 22:39
  • IT Departments Not Losing Ground to Managed Service Providers (Yet)

    Many business users say they're fed up with what they perceive as sluggish IT departments, but cringe at the thought of outsourcing to a managed services provider. However, the rise of BYOD, consumer tech and cloud computing may be clearing a path for change.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige22 April 14 02:48
  • CIOs Battle Worker Apathy Towards Lost or Stolen Mobile Phones

    American workers don't get too worked up about lost or stolen mobile phones -- even if those phones contain company data. A large percentage think it's not their problem and don't change their security practices afterwards. Are CIOs partly to blame for not setting stricter and clearer mobile security policies?

    Written by Tom Kaneshige05 March 14 16:56
  • Why Steve Ballmer left Microsoft in better shape than he found it

    New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella certainly has his work cut out for him, but his job pales in comparison to the mess Steve Ballmer inherited in 2000. Nadella should succeed -- and if he does, he owes a lot to his oft-maligned predecessor.

    Written by Rob Enderle10 Feb. 14 11:39
  • How to Bring Shadow IT Under Control

    Most business units these days are leveraging cloud services, and a majority of them are bypassing IT to do it, according to a new study. While many IT departments want to take charge of provisioning cloud services, it may make more sense to get your arms around compliance and governance first.

    Written by Thor Olavsrud16 Jan. 14 15:10
  • 3 Ways Enterprise IT Will Change in 2014

    Two of the biggest stories in tech in 2013 -- the NSA spying scandal and Steve Ballmer's announced departure from Microsoft -- will impact the way your IT organization operates in 2014 in three key ways.

    Written by Jonathan Hassell27 Dec. 13 01:14
  • Good Governance Is a Make-or-Break Factor for IT

    CIOs say that governance rules will ensure that IT initiatives are transparent, efficiently managed and provide maximum business impact.

    Written by CIO Executive Council30 Oct. 13 00:07
  • Apple Finally Fixes Developer Site, Takes Ellison's Jabs, Gets Icahn's Support

    Apple's developer website is finally fixed after nearly a month of disruption. Then came Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's doomsday prediction on the eve of Apple's big fall product launch, followed by billionaire investor Carl Icahn showering Apple with some love. It's getting crazy in Cupertino.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige13 Aug. 13 22:10
  • Can Social Media Make ITSM Fun Again?

    Social interfaces are changing the very nature of IT service management, with internal toolsets and icon-driven service platforms helping users and IT departments manage the extended enterprise.

    Written by Allen Bernard24 June 13 14:14
  • 3 Tips to Get a Payoff From Collaboration Tools

    To reap the value of collaboration tool investments, CIOs study employee behavior, create incentives and embed capabilities in current workflows

    Written by Mary Brandel26 April 13 15:47
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