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Interview with Stephen Shaffer, CIO of Beechcraft Corp.

Beechcraft Corp. CIO talks about shifting from "IT as email" to "IT as Trusted Advisor."

23 Apr 2013 6 mins

7 More IT Outsourcing Lessons From Offshoring Pioneers

In part 2 of our two-part series on IT offshoring lessons, we look at seven more examples of successful IT outsourcing offshoring best practices.

23 Apr 2013 6 mins

H-1B Visas IT Strategy Outsourcing

7 Lessons of the Offshoring Pioneers

The need to remain competitive has kept offshoring an essential part of nearly every company's sourcing strategy. The questions that remain are what and how to offshore. Offshore pioneers who have navigated the changing IT offshoring terrain hav

20 Apr 2013 7 mins

IT Leadership IT Strategy Outsourcing

10 Hot Social Media Startups to Watch

Social media startups aren't typically as well-funded as cloud or mobile startups, but they can have just as much impact and potential in how a business functions and succeeds. After evaluating more than 40 social media startups and then turning

18 Apr 2013 16 mins

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6 Skills, Habits and Traits of Successful CIOs

Everybody wants to be the boss, but do you really have what it takes to be a CIO? We talked to the experts and peeked into this year's CIO Executive Council's Ones to Watch awards nominations to home in on what it takes to succeed as a CIO.

18 Apr 2013 10 mins

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Giving Enterprise Software a Social Makeover Attracts Users

When it comes to developing enterprise applications, organizations are increasingly realizing that user experience is as important as functionality. In response, vendors are taking a more agile approach to building those apps in order to better meet

17 Apr 2013 7 mins

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How to Choose the Right Software Vendor

How do you sort through all the choices and find the right software vendor for your business? IT executives offer eight suggestions (along with four bonus tips) about what questions to ask software vendors as well as how to properly vet them and thei

16 Apr 2013 6 mins

Budgeting Enterprise Applications IT Strategy

Is Healthcare IT Interoperability (Almost) Here?

Thousands of EHR systems crowd the market. Few are even integrated, let alone interoperable. But five of the largest EHR vendors have formed an alliance committed to interoperability, and a second, community-driven interoperability effort is also und

16 Apr 2013 9 mins

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