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SLAs–Agenda for a Meeting

A look at what happens at a typical service level agreement meeting.

SLAs–Keep It Simple

'Divide and conquer' may be the key to service level agreement success.

SLAs: A CIO’s Guide to Success

Today's service level agreements are distinguished by clear, simple language and a tight focus on the business. For IS groups that use them, the benefits can be substantial.

Advanced Data Mining

Marketing secrets from the financial sector show how data mining charts a profitable course to customer management

CIO Hall of Fame: Donald R. Lasher

Throughout this varied and successful career, one thing has always guided Donald Lasher: the necessity of building partnerships between an organization's business side and IT.

CIO Hall of Fame: Bob L. Martin

Martin's drive and exacting style earned him considerable influence, not only within Wal-Mart but also beyond.

CIO Hall of Fame: John Cross

Cross's achievements are nothing short of visionary, and that fact has given him considerable influence among his peers.

CIO Hall of Fame: Patricia M. Wallington

Wallington strives to better understand the business in order to maximize IS's contribution.

CIO Hall of Fame: Katherine M. Hudson

Hudson's was not the first IT outsourcing deal, but it was big and bold enough to gain worldwide attention.

CIO Hall of Fame: Ron J. Ponder

Ron Ponder has consistently tackled large, high-risk projects that would spell doom for many CIOs.

CIO Hall of Fame: Max D. Hopper

Hopper is the pre-eminent modern-era CIO and a founding father of IT-inspired competitive advantage.

CIO Hall of Fame: David V. Evans

That IT is perceived today as an essential business tool can be traced to Evans.

CIO Hall of Fame: Cinda A. Hallman

Cinda Hallman was one of the most important assets DuPont acquired in its 1981 purchase of Conoco, where she began her IS career in 1966.

CIO Hall of Fame: DuWayne J. Peterson

Sometime in the late 1980s, Peterson was reported to be the first CIO in a public company to earn a seven-figure salary.

CIO Hall of Fame: Paul A. Strassmann

More than most CIOs on this list, Paul Strassmann invites controversy.

CIO Hall of Fame

CIO chooses the 12 most influential information technology executives of the past decade and the tools, techniques and systems that helped make them famous.

CIO Hall of Fame: Charles Feld

Feld says successful CIOs need to be "tough-minded optimists."

Dos and don’ts of data mining