Is IT Consolidation The Right Strategy?
Consolidation of IT infrastructure, applications, and data is the logical way to control costs, but how much consolidation is practical? Too much and the end result may be a lethargic monolithic IT wi...
27 Aug 200853min
Burn the Desktop – Let's Work Online!
It wasn't long ago when using office productivity applications online were considered a fad. Enterprise applications are already running in (software as a service) SaaS and/or are internally hosted an...
20 Aug 200857min
Can IT Bring on TRUE CSR?
Organizations have long been using Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a PR tool and/or cost of doing business. IT facilitates organizational changes such as those related to CSR, through communi...
13 Aug 200854min
Always Up IT: Beyond SLAs
Many organizations require virtually 100% uptime. This means more than just implementing internal or vendor SLA's. How exactly do you train people and develop a 100% uptime culture? What kind of techn...
6 Aug 200856min
CIO Dilemma: Be a Sprinter or Marathon Runner?
A CIO needs to keep his/her IT organization agile to handle uncertainty, rapid business changes, disruptive innovations, and cater to management that may not have the patience to wait for long term IT...
30 Juli 200854min
Security: A Moving Target!
Most innovations including virtualization, SOA, and Web 2.0 are still not fully cooked and have security vulnerabilities. Furthermore, there are more new innovations in the pipeline. How does an enter...
23 Juli 200855min
Exploiting ECM to Maximize ROI
Organizations are adopting ECM (Enterprise Content Management) systems to handle the deluge of different types of content coming from many different sources. How successful are they at getting a handl...
16 Juli 200856min
Is Thinking OTB a Question of Nature or Nurture?
Is being a creative CIO based on natural talent alone? ....Or can critical skills like thinking "outside the box" (OTB) be learned? What balance of innate and acquired skills make the difference betwe...
9 Juli 200854min
