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IT Outsourcing: Study Highlights Impediments to Innovation

Most IT organizations and outsourcing providers remain too bogged down in the day-to-day management of their outsourcing arrangements to focus on innovation, according to the results of a recent study on outsourcing innovation.

Mar 30, 2011

IT Strategy Innovation Outsourcing

Making Space for Creative Thinking

CIO magazine Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson reflects on our April 1 cover story and the ways technology can hinder or aid strategic decision making.

Mar 25, 2011

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You Can’t Use a Smartphone for Everything

The types of devices you give your colleagues and the way you deliver data have an impact on how they understand information. Business-focused CIOs learn how people in their organizations think, so they can apply the right technology to spark better

Mar 25, 2011

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Your Next Project: Managing By Projects

If you feel like you are overburdened by projects, you probably are not alone. During my 13 years in the finance profession, cross-functional teams have evolved from a major change initiative to a part of everyday working life. I still remember my fi

Mar 21, 2011

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Japan’s Troubles Hit Home in IT Planning

Even as my thoughts are with the people of Japan as they continue to battle repercussions from the earthquake, tsunami, aftershocks and nuclear reactor problems, it's hard not to be struck by the disruptive implications all around the globe. And

Mar 16, 2011

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Learning the Language of IT

In college, my French professor often said, the only way you're going to truly learn this language is if you go and live in a French-speaking country. The same may seem to apply to communication between finance and IT.

Mar 11, 2011

IT Leadership IT Strategy

Want Finance and IT to Get Along? Make ’em Do Lunch

If anyone doubts the need for a critical alliance between finance and IT, go see Earl Fry. Fry, who is the CFO at data integration software and services firm Informatica, and has purview over IT, encourages his vice president of finance and the CIO t

Mar 8, 2011

IT Leadership IT Strategy

CIOs: 5 Issues to Win Your CEO’s Attention

Some CIOs complain that IT department performance and project status dominate discussions with the CEO. If you want to change the conversation to IT's role in innovation and strategy, consider these five issues, advises Chris Curran.

Mar 7, 2011

CIO IT Strategy

4 Personas of the Next-Generation CIO

A new breed of CIOs is emerging. Here's a look at four roles that CIOs will be asked to play, ranging from Chief Integration Officer to Chief Innovation Officer -- plus details on the required skills.

Mar 2, 2011

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10 Ways IT Can Prepare for an Industrial Revolution

IT must industrialize infrastructure and operations -- and IT workers must be taught to abandon their love affair with complexity, says Forrester's Glenn O'Donnell. Consider these 10 pieces of advice on how to do it right.

Feb 25, 2011

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