http://www.cioinsight.com Foreward - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:08:36 -0400 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:08:36 -0400 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:30:13 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Do-Your-Web-20-Efforts-Work/?kc=rss - Psst. People are talking about your firms Web 2.0 efforts, and its not flattering. Forrester Research says most B2B blogs are “dull, drab and dont stimulate discussion.” Deloitte says a majority of online communities set up by businesses attract few members. A big problem is that companies use W...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Do-Your-Web-20-Efforts-Work/?kc=rss Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:41:14 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/What-IT-Leaders-Dont-Do/?kc=rss - IT chiefs are expanding their roles and gaining more clout than ever before, according to CIO Insights 2008 CIO Role study, with influence over everything from business process improvement to IT spending and vendor selection. But CIOs responsibilities remain limited when it comes to many other cruci...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/What-IT-Leaders-Dont-Do/?kc=rss Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:20:03 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/How-CIOs-Reduce-Mobile-Security-Risks/?kc=rss - From pagers to cell phones to smart phones, on-the-go tools help boost productivity and improve customer service. But its not all fluffy white clouds for IT: Executives are losing sleep over mobile compliance, integration and security concerns. In a recent CIO Insight survey, IT pros said the rise...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/How-CIOs-Reduce-Mobile-Security-Risks/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:15:35 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/CIOs-Broaden-Roles/?kc=rss - The debate rages on: Are CIOs strategic or tactical? Being a CIO today means much more than the proverbial “keeping the lights on in the data center,” according to a recent CIO Insight survey. In fact, six in 10 CIOs surveyed said one of their most important duties was to pitch in on business strate...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/CIOs-Broaden-Roles/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:15:16 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Disaster-in-the-Making/?kc=rss - Its likely that your company is not well-prepared for an IT disaster and doesnt view IT disasters as business continuity crises. To make matters worse, your CEO and board probably dont give these issues enough attention. The CIO needs to do something about all of this and quickly. Thats the outloo...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Disaster-in-the-Making/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:54:10 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Building-a-Dream-Data-Center/?kc=rss - What would your data center look like if you could build it from scratch? Steve Bugajski, CIO of Unison Health Plan, which operates public-sector health care plans in Delaware, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee, had a chance to live that dream. The catch? He had only about three mon...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Building-a-Dream-Data-Center/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:53:59 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Emerging-Tech-Evaluation/?kc=rss - When it comes to investing in emerging technologies, corporate IT departments could and many say should be like those “alpha consumers” so many businesses target. Alpha consumers are up on the latest gadgets. They buy early. And they become make-or-break test cases for new products. Sure, its a li...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Emerging-Tech-Evaluation/?kc=rss Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:39:03 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Shirky-Enterprise-Web-20/?kc=rss - Clay Shirkys new book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations (Allen Lane, February 28, 2008), looks at the Internets impact on the way people work together. “When we change the way we communicate, we change society,” he writes. Web 2.0 tools have “altered the old limits...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Shirky-Enterprise-Web-20/?kc=rss Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:14:03 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Novel-Approach-to-CIO-Education/?kc=rss - Like some new CIOs, Jim Barton had no IT experience before taking the post at IVK Corp. Unlike all other new CIOs, Barton isnt real: Hes the protagonist of an upcoming book, You Wont Last a Year: Becoming an Effective Information Technology Leader, a fictional case study by Robert Austin, chair of H...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Novel-Approach-to-CIO-Education/?kc=rss Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:14:03 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Tech-MA/?kc=rss - Google long ago became more than just the name of an Internet search behemoth and turned into a verb synonymous with the companys core specialty. Now Yahoo Googles chief search competitor also finds its brand name redefined. Asked in early March if his firm had any plans for a major acquisition, IBM...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Tech-MA/?kc=rss Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:14:03 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Boarding-Without-a-Pass/?kc=rss - Coming soon to an airport near you: electronic boarding passes that use encrypted bar codes sent to mobile devices to move passengers from check-in through security and onto their flights. Continental Airlines, working with the Transportation Security Administration, is testing a paperless boardin...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Boarding-Without-a-Pass/?kc=rss Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:14:03 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Choose-Your-Weapons/?kc=rss - Making sense of Web culture and finding ways to capitalize on it is the focus of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, a new book written by Forrester analysts Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. In this excerpt, the authors discuss ways of evaluating new generations of socia...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Choose-Your-Weapons/?kc=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:40:48 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Google-Goes-Under-the-Sea/?kc=rss - Metaphors of insubstantiality define the digital economy, where reality is virtual and computing power increasingly comes from a cloud, but the players behind the scenes are investing heavily in some very tangible things. The latest example: Googles share in an undersea telecommunications cable. T...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Google-Goes-Under-the-Sea/?kc=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:28:20 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/CIOs-Innovation-Dilemma/?kc=rss - Business executives talk about IT innovation more often than they achieve it, says Bobby Cameron, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, who backs up his statement with a Forrester report released in late February. Cameron spoke recently with Brian P. Watson, CIO Insights online...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/CIOs-Innovation-Dilemma/?kc=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:21:48 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Why-Consolidation-Still-Hampers-CIOs/?kc=rss - Gartner finally dropped the bomb that every one saw coming, announcing in late February that CIOs should start cutting costs. Gartners advisory reflects an increasing pessimism among tech sages about the impact of an economic downturn on corporate IT budgets. The advisory laid out guidelines on ho...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Foreward/Why-Consolidation-Still-Hampers-CIOs/?kc=rss