Top Management Analysis
Business people are riding high on the promise--and hype--cloud computing offers.
Feature
Organizational politics, patience and pragmatism all play key roles in helping CIOs to develop next-generation IT executives.
Analysis
Broadridge Financial Solutions CIO Mark Schlesinger explains his leadership development philosophy.
New Slideshow
Web security research gurus with the Santa Clara, Calif.-based Web application security firm Cenzic uncovered their findings at RSA from data collected during the second half of 2009. Though CIOs are constantly struggling to get their development teams spinning up new business-enabling Web applications as quickly as possible, leaders would do well to take a lesson from the disconcerting trends laid out in Cenzic's most recent report.
The vast majority of proprietary web applications developed in house contain some sort of vulnerability or another, as seen by scans of customer applications conducted through the company's managed services. The following nine types of vulnerabilities are the most common found through Cenzic's scans of customer Web apps.
Analysis
A former divisional CIO with Prudential offers a treatise on what IT leaders must do to meet the changing demands of the job.
New Slideshow
Change is hard. Doing what you’ve always done is easy. Doing something new that requires a change in thinking, changes in procedures, and changes to systems are difficult.
That’s where leadership comes in. Executive coach and former technology executive Mike Hawkins explains how leaders can win support for their priorities and initiatives.
Analysis
A new framework for evaluating your strengths, weaknesses and potential as a corporate leader.
Analysis
A leadership coach who served as a CIO and government official explains the importance of harnessing IT workers’ ambitions in realistic, progressive ways that benefit everyone.
New Slideshow
Running an effective, efficient IT operation is no easy task.
Chris Oleson (an IT manager), Mike Hagan (an IT executive) and Christophe DeMoss (a national consultant) co-authored "Achieving IT Service Quality: The Opposite of Luck" (Synergy Books, 2009). This is their take on the seven biggest mistakes IT leaders make in running their shops - and what they can do to correct them.
Analysis
Five tactics today’s successful IT organizations use to manage performance and create a productive values-based culture that yields high production, low turnover and profitability.
New Slideshow
Experts from academia and the corporate world offer new works that deal with the most pressing issues in IT leadership. Note: Publication dates are subject to change.
Video
Software applications and information technology choice help CIOs build competitive differentiation within their companies, says Ben Fried, Google's chief information officer. Focusing on infrastructure development won't, he adds. Instead, CIOs should work to give their workers the ability to use their own personal technology tools and devices in the workplace. That type of flexible technology stance helps CIOs build differentiation and successful, inviting cultures.
Research
What a difference a recession makes: Most vendors have raised their value proposition significantly over the past year, making customers more satisfied. Vendors that haven’t responded fell in our rankings.
Opinion
Project management is a critical capability for IT credibility, says the USTA CIO.
Book Review
Former CEO Bill George explains why leaders can't avoid the spotlight in troubled times.
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