IT Management

Is HP Committed to IT Outsourcing?

HP's record loss was big news last week, but its IT outsourcing customers should be more concerned about the company's ability to deliver. Here are six questions to ask before retaining HP as a delivery partner.

How IT Outsourcing May Unearth the Mine of the Future

A team of IT service providers helped mining company Rio Tinto push new ideas into adoption and improve the mine of the future.

10 CIOs Crowned Compensation Champs

Our study of SEC filings identifies the 10 most highly paid CIOs listed in 2011 proxy statements for Fortune 1000 companies. In addition to annual salaries, these elite CIOs get multi-million-dollar pay packages that rise or fall depending on whether

Not your grandfather’s outsourcing

10 Key Questions to Assess Application Outsourcing Maturity

More companies are seeking external IT service providers to help them innovate and optimize. The key to outsourcing success only begins with selecting the right partner, there are 10 questions that should be asked in order to assess maturity and iden

Cloud’s Commodity Pricing Squeezes Service Providers, Creates Opportunities

Cloud service providers are already starting to feel downward price pressures as basic capacity and services are quickly becoming commodities. A price wars heat up, the excess capacity that providers need for peak traffic can become a drag on profits

Why IT Innovation Needs to Be Fun

Facebook places fun front and center to foster innovation. Here's how the social network and Schneider Electric North America infuse a sense of humor into business to capitalize on creativity. Are you tapping into the fun factor?

5 Signs Your Cloud Service Provider Can’t Handle Tier 1 Apps

Is your cloud hosting provider really ready to handle your mission-critical application? Here are five danger signs that the service provider doesn't have the experience it needs.

How IT Innovation and Mobility Empower Unilever

Rod Hefford, CIO for Global Customer Development and Supply Chain at Unilever, discusses they key goals of their Compass strategy, how IT is organized to drive innovation globally. Hefford also explains how mobility is empowering Unilever to respond

Inside Facebook’s Hackathons: 5 Tips For Hosting Your Own

Facebook's all-night innovation sessions, which have produced features such as Timeline, Chat and the Like button, attract hundreds of employees. See what Facebook has learned from its hackathons and how those lessons can apply to your business.