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Avoid the pitfalls of 'empowered business-technology'

For better or for worse, business units in some organizations are beginning to take on more and more IT functions. This "empowered business-technology (BT)" model may offer some advantages, but it

How to tell the CEO the hard IT truth

Explaining difficult truths about IT to top management can be a thorny task and one in which a lot of CIOs may not have significant training. Healthcare CIOs who are also MDs tend to have an easier

Study: Understaffed data centers rampant

The recession has taken its toll on the operation of data centers. A new survey of IT executives acknowledges that they have made significant cutbacks in this business unit and may be looking for

How to become a successful CIO

Unlike doctors, accountants and lawyers, the CIO is a relatively new profession. There are few master's programs that give you a degree in being a CIO and fewer training courses at the undergraduate

Storage is hot

IBM has purchased a storage services company to help it compete in the high-growth, high-margin software and services field. Big Blue picked up NovusCGIB, part of its strategy of becoming a larger

eBay's secret to innovation

Just how do you maintain a competitive edge, stimulate innovation and align IT with key business objectives? James Barrese, VP of systems and architecture at eBay tackles some of these issues in a

Survey: The federated model wins

According to an ongoing survey by the Society of Information Management, IT organizations that follow a federated model are probably better aligned with the business. Federated models combine the

Up-and-coming IT jobs

Your IT department probably has a host of application developers, IT managers and programmers, but does it have an information steward? How about a mobile application developer? The IT department

Responding to a data breach

If your organization has been compromised, create a plan and form a committee consisting of representatives from each business unit, the corporate attorney, the corporate compliance officer or

The business impact of IT investments

Determining whether your company is getting enough value from its IT investments is one of the most difficult things to measure. Making sure that you're measuring accurately means taking advantage