Top Trends Article
It’s really no surprise that alignment is still a top priority for CIOs. The simple truth is that it hasn’t happened at most companies. But who’s to blame: IT or the business?
Feature
Preparing your company’s next generation of IT leaders probably isn’t high on your list of priorities. Here’s why it should be.
Article
Can a non-profit consortium tackle some of healthcare's biggest issues? Dossia aims to find out -- with Wal-Mart as a key testing environment.
News
Educating non-IT executives about IT’s potential is no easy task for CIOs. But better communication is a necessity for both parties.
Analysis
A CIO explains how he's built effective communications with executives to boost company performance and achieve IT's goals.
Analysis
A key part of the CIO's role is to make technology choices that reflect the tenor of the times.
News
CEOs are looking to a new breed of hybrid CIOs to effectively communicate IT strategies and drive business.
New Slideshow
Five key roles are critical to achieving a lean IT organization, according to a new report from Forrester Research's “Redesign IT Roles To Drive IT Cost Reduction.”
These roles offer organizations a better ability to analyze possible reductions in cost of labor, services and capital expenditures, as well as improvement in business process efficiency. Here’s a recap of what Marc Cecere, Forrester analyst and lead author of the report, had to say about these roles.
New Slideshow
Money is tight, but CIOs are planning to spend on dozens of technologies. To determine which technologies will get the most budget dollars, we created the CIO Insight Growth Score, which calculates 2009 budget growth scaled to the percentage of companies that spent in 2008, plus the change from 2008 spending. See the rest of the survey: Part 1; Parts 3 & 4, coming soon.
News
Data losses and thefts and other cybercrimes could cost businesses $1 billion, according to new research from McAfee.
Article
There’s more to doing business during a recession than hunkering down and cutting costs. Smart CIOs will find opportunities to position their companies for success when a recovery comes.
Article
As cloud computing sheds its novelty status, CIOs develop a taste for the emerging technology.
Opinion
Maintaining worker morale, vendor relationships, revenue and projects should be top priorities for CIOs in 2009.