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Stories by: Maryfran Johnson

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    What Sesame Street can teach CIOs about managing consumer IT 29 March, 2012 02:27:00

    As the CTO of the Sesame Workshop (Big Bird and Elmo are part of his user base), Noah Broadwater was one of the most popular speakers at IDG Enterprise's recent Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise conference. (IDG Enterprise is the parent company of CIO magazine.)
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    Why CIOs should get out more 01 March, 2012 01:35:00

    Set down your devices. Step away from that keyboard. Unplug from your social networks. Let's revisit the basics of face-to-face (F2F), one-on-one human connection.
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    Why pricing should be done on more than just instinct 27 January, 2012 09:58:00

    Sometimes complexity is our friend. We tend to forget that in the barrage of talk about simplicity that surrounds us these days (blame it on the election year). Yet easy answers to complex problems are always, as H.L. Mencken once observed, "neat, plausible, and wrong."
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    CIOs are in an anxious state 04 January, 2012 02:07:00

    These anxious, uncertain times are clearly reflected in our 2012 State of the CIO research. The results from this time last year seem giddy in retrospect, with our annual research findings meriting a headline that shouted out "Energizing Business."
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    Editor's Letter: Make Your Vendors Work For You 01 December, 2011 05:00:59

    What have your vendors done for you lately?
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    Why CIOs detest the phrase 'IT and the business' 03 November, 2011 05:51:00

    I know a lot of CIOs who detest the phrase "IT and the business," implying as it does that IT is a thing apart, a foreign particle in the company body. As someone who believes in the power of language, I'm with them. I cringe to think how often we fall victim to that polarizing phrase in the pages of CIO.
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    How Pfizer's CIO Led a Transformation of the Business 01 November, 2011 09:23:05

    "What motivates people is to feel like they are part of the answer, no matter what the challenge is."
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    CIOs are in a mobile state of mind 30 September, 2011 06:07:00

    "Kill the Laptop (Its Corporate Days are Numbered)."
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    How to provide people-friendly tech 28 September, 2011 03:55:00

    "Technology is easy. People are tough."
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    How the Cloud changes the CIO-CFO conversation 15 June, 2011 05:27:00

    In the final analysis, cloud computing may not actually save your company any money. I've heard that point argued convincingly by many CIOs in recent months, even those making big investments in cloud technologies. "It's really just a different way of sourcing IT," as one put it. "Everybody still gets paid."
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    Turning cool IT ideas into revenue 27 May, 2011 04:13:00

    "Follow the money" is classic advice for investigative journalists, auditors and entrepreneurs. But for CIOs? That doesn't quite compute. If anything, CIOs have a reputation for being risk-averse and hypercautious with corporate dollars-just ask any hot-eyed startup CEO who's ever pitched to one of you.
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