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How to Develop the Next Generation of IT Leaders 16 May, 2008 12:09:13
Retirement, outsourcing and a tight talent supply are thinning IT's leadership ranks. CIOs talk about the problem and share tactics for growing tomorrow's leadersRetirement, outsourcing and a tight talent supply are thinning IT's leadership ranks. CIOs talk about the problem and share tactics for growing tomorrow's leaders - +
Five Things William Cohen Has Learned from Peter Drucker 16 May, 2008 12:10:18
The author of A Class with Drucker shares what he learned while working with this business and management visionaryThe author of A Class with Drucker shares what he learned while working with this business and management visionary Leave a comment - +
How CIOs Can Benefit From Having Dual Roles 14 May, 2008 12:18:43
More CIOs are being asked to take on responsibilities outside of IT. And it's not just the business that benefits. Expanding your job description can be good for your career, too — provided you master the politics and rethink how you run ITMore CIOs are being asked to take on responsibilities outside of IT. And it's not just the business that benefits. Expanding your job description can be good for your career, too — provided you master the politics and rethink how you run IT - +
Nine Things You Need to Know About Rescinded Job Offers 14 May, 2008 12:20:38
With the economy weakening, job seekers are more likely to find employers revoke jobs they offered. In this Q&A, employment attorney Mimi Moore explains how prospective employees can protect themselves from this spectre and advises employers on the dangers of this practiceWith the economy weakening, job seekers are more likely to find employers revoke jobs they offered. In this Q&A, employment attorney Mimi Moore explains how prospective employees can protect themselves from this spectre and advises employers on the dangers of this practice - +
What Do Business Analysts Actually Do for Software Implementation Projects? 13 May, 2008 12:39:09
Everyone knows who the business analysts are in their organization, but not everyone knows what they actually do and what they are responsible for during software implementation projectsEveryone knows who the business analysts are in their organization, but not everyone knows what they actually do and what they are responsible for during software implementation projects
Case Studies
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Seeing Is Believing 09 August, 2005 11:10:09
Financial visibility can also make better IT investors of the business users. When the head of marketing gets a monthly bill itemizing costs for applications, storage and other IT consumables, she better appreciate the costly, limited resource that IT really isTransparency, the let-it-all-hang-out style of IT management, isn't scary; it's empowering. It's what is freeing IT up to be more competitive, effective and resourceful. Three case studies demonstrate how service-level agreements, chargeback and the Balanced Scorecard help create transparency and better align IT with the business - +
The Right Way to Steer IT 06 October, 2004 12:49:58
Many CIOs consider IT advisory committees and other variants of steering committees indispensable - with a few caveats: They can't be allowed to micromanage, turn everything into a budgeting exercise or stray off topicAdvisory committees can help align IT and business objectives - as long as the CIO keeps a firm hand on the tiller - +
Where Do We Go From Here? 14 December, 2001 11:49:43
CIOs need to provide timely, accurate reports on volatile business situations and do so with limited resources. For global and multinational businesses, this can be complicatedSix experts offer their ideas on the future of the CIO role, the supply chain, just-in-time manufacturing, security, management and other issues affected by the terrorist attacks in the US. - +
Fighting Back 19 November, 2001 10:00:00
When boards of directors lack the technical ability to recognise which parties are giving them an honest appraisal, they tend to believe those who want to tell them good news over those who would give them badHow to go from partner to plaintiff in one not so easy lesson. - +
Clogged Arteries 07 September, 2001 11:00:00
A health insurers' access to IT systems can help keep the lid on patient care costs and ease the strain on a public health system on the verge of crisisTo witness the paradox of health care technology, take a stroll down the hallway of any hospital or medical centre
Interviews
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A Public Sector View of Social Networking 03 April, 2008 14:10:24
Social networking outlets such as MySpace and Facebook are offering new avenues of communication for corporations and governments, but are also presenting fresh challenges to CIOs deciding how best to fit them into their business processesSocial networking outlets such as MySpace and Facebook are offering new avenues of communication for corporations and governments, but are also presenting fresh challenges to CIOs deciding how best to fit them into their business processes. Dave Nikolejsin, CIO for the Government of British Columbia, discusses his own experiences thus far in the world of Web 2.0. - +
Highly recommended ways to dispense IT advice 03 April, 2008 10:20:27
A "chief advice officer" might become the person who drives technology-driven advisory networksMichael Schrage has some advice, and it's not just for IT managers. - +
Microsoft's CIO reflects at the two-year mark 27 September, 2007 13:55:34
Microsoft's CIO talks about playing a revolutionary role, being his company's best customer and purging alien technologyWhy would a successful CIO leave one company to become co-CIO of another with only one-third the revenue and employees? Answer: The new company is Microsoft. Stuart Scott moved there in mid-2005 from General Electric, the US$160 billion, 319,000-employee behemoth where he had worked for 17 years, most recently as CIO of GE Industrial Systems. Then, about a year ago, co-CIO Ron Markezich was tapped to run Microsoft's budding managed services business. Scott has been Microsoft's sole CIO since then. - +
Interview: Futurist Esther Dyson on What Gives Ideas Staying Power 26 July, 2007 17:26:40
What factors give some technologies staying power, while others come and go? We put the question to Esther Dyson — technology pundit, investor, conference organizer, and all-around mover and shakerWhat factors give some technologies staying power, while others come and go? We put the question to Esther Dyson — technology pundit, investor, conference organizer, and all-around mover and shaker - +
Interview with a Headhunter 07 November, 2005 16:37:53
No one wins or fills a job by following the traditional rules. Instead they succeed by beating the system because they know the best way to handle a few make-or-break situations and therefore set themselves above the competition.How does the recruiting industry work?
Opinions
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5 easy ways to commit career suicide 28 April, 2008 08:28:39
By taking common-sense steps, you can reduce the chances of career suicideBy taking common-sense steps, you can reduce the chances of career suicide - +
P&L Management 101 04 February, 2008 13:09:05
Now that you find yourself in charge of a revenue line, it’s time to start thinking about how to manage your new businessCIOs often yearn for new worlds to conquer. For many, the first step on that journey is to earn the right to manage a P&L. In order to achieve that goal, executives listen to their external customers, engage with the business, focus on innovation and look for new revenue opportunities. These CIOs build new business models and sell them to their CEOs. In return, they receive the keys to P&L management - +
What Women Want 10 December, 2007 14:12:59
More young women would choose careers in enterprise IT if CIOs would market them as business, not technology, jobsWhenever a journalist asks whether or why women hate IT, grumps trot out the usual laundry list of cliches and stereotypes about women's supposed genetic disposition against maths and science, the lack of role models or the profession's geeky image. It is a problem that more women are not choosing technology careers, but I think we'll solve it only if we start asking the right question: Why should women want to be in IT? - +
Are You Misusing the CIO Title? 03 December, 2007 13:25:24
A message to the CIO community from the CIO Executive Council"A CIO should be enabling the business to grow. If all the CIO does is oversee tech systems, he or she should be renamed 'tech manager'," declared Louis Ehrlich - +
How to Make Nice 02 October, 2007 09:40:41
Stepped on a few toes lately? Here are some tips for winning back your estranged colleaguesIt's amazing how often executives are stymied by their inability to influence others. The typical scenario involves a talented, change-oriented leader who gets a shot at a more visible role. In the process of getting stuff done, he steps on a few (very influential) toes. Over a couple of years, the executive racks up some impressive accomplishments but finds that his success is hindered by the organizational minefields his actions have sown over the years. As a result, the executive tires of the level of effort required to move things forward and decides that it's time to move on
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Phishing botnet expands by hacking legit sites 15 May, 2008 08:10:59
Plants SQL injection attack tool on bots, hacks business, education sitesA botnet is now using a SQL-injection attack tool designed to hack legitimate Web sites, a move meant to add more hijacked PCs to its collection, according to a security researcher. - +
Which IT security skills are most important? 14 May, 2008 09:21:43
There are two types of security skills that might be needed in a company: tactical security operations and strategic risk management.I often hear from IT executives that it is hard to recruit and retain "good security people." Many lament the shortage of skills in this area and cannot reconcile the skills offered with the positions that need to be filled. Is there really a shortage of good security people? Or just a mismatch in the skills and the jobs? - +
Icy encryption tool protects laptops from "cold boot" attack, vendor says 14 May, 2008 08:36:43
Vulnerable encryption keys erased by HyBlue's IceLockThe vendor HyBlue says it can prevent the "cold boot" encryption hack discovered by Princeton researchers with a laptop security product announced Tuesday. - +
Great Wall of Australia: Industry cops sanitised Internet 14 May, 2008 16:45:04
Content filtering gets budget go-aheadCommunications Minister Stephen Conroy has pushed ahead with the controversial [[artid:420013177|national content filtering scheme|ISP filtering]] with a $125.8 million budget allocation announced today. - +
Hacker writes rootkit for Cisco's routers 15 May, 2008 07:07:51
A hacker has written rootkit software that works on Cisco's routers.A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed increasing scrutiny on the routers that carry the majority of the Internet's traffic.
F-Secure Represented On The International Advisory Board IMPACT 16 May, 2008 13:42:00
Quantum announces General Availability of Industry's First Solution Designed to Match De-Duplication Functionality to Specific B 16 May, 2008 10:44:00
Hansen Technologies Extends Contract With Tokyo Electric Power Company 16 May, 2008 09:44:00
More Than 140 Higher Education Institutions Worldwide Use RightNow on Demand CRM 15 May, 2008 18:06:00
DST International Names Rob Gould as Director of Business Development and Strategy for Australia 15 May, 2008 15:40:00
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