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IBM to offer enterprise services around cloud computing

In recent years, many tech companies have been buzzing about cloud computing and preparing their initial foray into the clouds. IBM has decided to approach the movement from a different angle, by... Read more...

Big firms could slash 40 percent from IT

For CIOs and their IT employees at Global 1000 companies, it may not seem like your department's budget is bloated, given all the needs and the long wish list. Yet, the Hackett Group, a research... Read more...

SOA: flexibility at the expense of control?

SOA may be offering CIOs new levels of flexibility, but many are also expressing worries about a loss of control over applications that are managed and perhaps even deployed outside of the IT... Read more...

Negotiation skills are critical for CIOs

Whether it's an outsourcing agreement or a supplier contract, CIOs are getting more involved with corporate negotiations. And according to authors Danny Ertel and Mark Gordon, CIOs have as much stake... Read more...

A SaaS checklist

Meanwhile, Network World offers up a checklist of issues to be aware of before committing to SaaS. First off, don't use SaaS for applications that can make or break your company. In other... Read more...

Customers to Microsoft: Play Nice with IBM and Cisco

As part of its Interoperability Executive Customer Council, Microsoft recently got some much-needed feedback from its enterprise-level customers. The customers stressed the importance of Web... Read more...

How to avoid being out of touch with today's IT realities

If you're out of touch, here's how to tell: If you consider research a waste of time, you're out of touch. If you are no longer thinking critically, you're out of touch. If you can't take... Read more...

Implementation+ Innovation= Success

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...

Survey: SaaS hits the mainstream

Software as a Service (SaaS) is no longer a niche approach to software delivery. According to a survey by InformationWeek, two out of three businesses are either buying or considering... Read more...

The human side of Vista

As CIOs begin their Vista rollouts, Katherine Spencer of Robert Half Technology reminds execs not to forget the personnel requirements of any operating system change. She recommends that CIOs... Read more...

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