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While a river of ink has been spilled on the issue of IT-business alignment, a new report suggests that most CIOs may be putting the cart in front of the horse. Bain & Company finds in a new Read more...

New IT-driven business model innovations can only occur when organizations achieve the right balance between the CIO's two key roles: one as Chief Innovation Officer and the other as Chief Read more...

Merging with another entity or being acquired by one is never easy, but there are ways to make the process run more smoothly. First, plan the integration before the deal is done, defining and Read more...

CIOs must find ways to contribute more to their companies' bottom lines, according to a new study from Gartner. To do that, CIOs must think more creatively about what they provide to the business Read more...

As a recent article illustrated this week, outsourcing isn't dying down. In fact, if anything, it's growing more popular, with enterprises actually looking to outsource critical infrastructure. Read more...

There was recently a good article about how CIOs can make friends with chief marketing officers and the value in building that relationship. The same is true, and maybe even truer, when it comes Read more...

The growing number of digital devices within the workplace shouldn't scare CIOs or send IT teams scurrying into hiding. As many examples illustrate, today's latest and greatest gadgets are Read more...