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IT Strategy

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CIOs to Vendors: Forget One-Stop Shopping, Get to Know My Business

Vendors seem to think what CIOs want is a one-stop-shop solution. But what CIOs really want is something far more precious: Salespeople who actually understand the individual customer's business.

26 Jun 2010
CIO ERP Systems IT Strategy
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How IT Sourcing Group Can Win Influence with Business

Forrester's survey of IT buyers reveals that most want to have more influence earlier in the software selection process, but don't know how to make that happen. Here's advice on how to change the business perception of what IT can deli

26 Jun 2010
IT Leadership IT Strategy
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The 4 Tiers of a Secure B2B Framework

Worried about how to link IT networks with business partners without getting burned? Forrester analyst Usman Sindhu offers a 4-step strategy to ensure trust.

23 Jun 2010
Data Warehousing Encryption IT Strategy
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CIOs Looking to Increase Business Value From Technology

Cost gets downgraded as Tesco inspires CIOs to lead customer understanding KPMG study finds.

22 Jun 2010 2 mins
CIO Financial Services Industry Retail Industry
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Enterprise Reinvention: How to Improve Corporate Performance through Enterprise Risk Management

The rapidly changing and competitive business environment make it a good time to reinvent your enterprise risk management program, this will require a systematic move from the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Age.

22 Jun 2010
Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Risk Management
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Cloud Computing: Small Starts Can Have Big Impact

Your company's cloud effort doesn't have be of the outsource-a-lot variety to make a big impact. Some users say a switch to Gmail may cause more changes in IT than one to Amazon Web Services.

18 Jun 2010
IT Strategy
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Starbucks CIO Brewing Up Much More than Free Wi-Fi

CIO Stephen Gillett is no plain old IT order-taker. He's leading a new group developing even more in-store tech offerings--and delivering what CEOs want most from CIOs: strategic innovation.

16 Jun 2010
CIO CRM Systems IT Strategy
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Renaissance Men Wanted: Big Problems Need Big Innovators

CIOs should look to the ancient Greek polymaths -- also known as Renaissance men or jacks of all trades -- for inspiration, writes Vinnie Mirchandani in his intriguing, new book. Too bad so few of these big problem-solvers run today's software c

15 Jun 2010
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One Company’s Switch from BlackBerry to iPhone: New OS is Key

Apple's upcoming mobile OS offers a lot for enterprises, but adoption takes time. Here's a look inside Varian Medical's ongoing efforts to deploy iPhones around the world.

11 Jun 2010 5 mins
CRM Systems Healthcare Industry Web Development
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Taming the ERP Integration Beast: A Work in Progress

Bad news CIOs: There's still no integration pixie dust. So keep up the hard and important work, says Forrester.

10 Jun 2010
BPM Systems Business IT Alignment ERP Systems