http://www.cioinsight.com Strategic Tech - RSS Feeds en-us Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:10 -0400 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:10 -0400 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:14:10 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Server-Virtualization-for-Everyone-758812/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Server-Virtualization-for-Everyone-758812/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:03:08 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Virtualizations-New-Frontier/?kc=rss - Havent noticed the dramatic growth of server virtualization? Clearly, you havent been paying attention. Hordes of organizations have embraced the technology as they look to consolidate servers, reduce energy consumption in the data center, increase business agility and reduce costs. But theres ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Virtualizations-New-Frontier/?kc=rss Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:02:53 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Unifying-Enterprise-Mobility/?kc=rss - Our phones are getting smarter, helping us manage our e-mail and calendars, as well as enabling us to make and receive calls. The latest smart phones come with multiple gigabytes of memory and storage most of which are probably underutilized for business purposes. For many busy executives, the Black...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Unifying-Enterprise-Mobility/?kc=rss Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:30:02 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Infrastructure-Consolidation-6-Tips-for-Success/?kc=rss - IT infrastructure consolidation has become a priority for many organizations and the sluggish economy is accelerating the trend. As economic woes linger, CIOs continue to look for ways to rein in technology components such as servers, storage, desktop computers, networks and mobile devices. Howeve...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Infrastructure-Consolidation-6-Tips-for-Success/?kc=rss Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:56:41 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Telepresence-Just-Like-Being-There/?kc=rss - Craig Kaufman studied videoconferencing vendors for years without ever being tempted to buy one of their products for his own firm, Kaufman Bros., a research-based investment bank and brokerage that specializes in the communications, media and technology industries. CEO Kaufman, who holds undergra...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Telepresence-Just-Like-Being-There/?kc=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:02:24 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Operational-BI-Digging-Deeper-for-Data/?kc=rss - Businesses rely heavily on data they gather from the field to determine whether theyre meeting goals and customer expectations. Papa Ginosis no exception. The problem was gathering all that data caused some serious indigestion. The Dedham, Mass., restaurant operator pulls in massive amounts of dat...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Operational-BI-Digging-Deeper-for-Data/?kc=rss Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:14:14 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Cloud-Computing-Anything-as-a-Service/?kc=rss - If venturing into cloud computing today can be compared with Lewis and Clarks epic trek across the United States, then Douglas Menefee may one day be considered an information technology trailblazer. Three years ago, when Menefee assumed the CIO post at The Schumacher Group, a $300 million-a-year ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Cloud-Computing-Anything-as-a-Service/?kc=rss Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:23:36 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Open-Sources-New-Frontier/?kc=rss - By now, every CIO should be aware of the enterprise potential of Linux and other popular open-source software offerings. But the number and breadth of open-source projects has increased steadily over the years, and organizations can apply these tools to virtually any type of business process. Thre...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Open-Sources-New-Frontier/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:09:19 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Enterprise-Video-Spectrum/?kc=rss - For an overview of enterprise video, here are some descriptions from a Gartner report: Video streaming: Non-real-time streaming broadcasts have become one of the most common and cost-effective applications of enterprise video for training, demonstrations and executive announcements. Webcasting: ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Enterprise-Video-Spectrum/?kc=rss Tue, 06 May 2008 13:09:49 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Future-of-Software-Arrives/?kc=rss - Software as a service, a long-promised application delivery model, is finally being taken seriously in the enterprise. An April survey of 850 enterprise users by McKinsey amp; Co. and the Sandhill Group shows that SaaS has moved into the mainstream. Respondents identified SaaS as the most importan...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Future-of-Software-Arrives/?kc=rss Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:14:03 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Maximizing-Network-Performance/?kc=rss - CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY If the pitch for application networking or application delivery networking sounds familiar, thats because youve heard it before: A few years ago, these technologies were marketed under the banners of load balancing, Web caching, proxy services, wide-area network (WAN) acceler...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Maximizing-Network-Performance/?kc=rss Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:26:09 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Data-Center-Crisis/?kc=rss - A new research study on data center capacity and energy efficiency has found that ever-increasing power and cooling costs are affecting the economics of IT more profoundly than many industry observers had thought. The study, conducted by the Uptime Institute in Santa Fe, N.M., represented the vie...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Data-Center-Crisis/?kc=rss Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:53:46 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Networkings-New-Hall-Monitor/?kc=rss - OPPORTUNITY Businesses have a lot riding on their networks. The data moving between devices and facilities is the lifeblood of an enterprise, and if that information is compromised, the results could be disastrous. One of the keys to protecting networks and systems is to know exactly what type o...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Networkings-New-Hall-Monitor/?kc=rss Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:36:14 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/What-CIOs-Look-for-in-IT-Vendors/?kc=rss - CIOs intimate involvement in choosing an IT service provider shouldnt be surprising; after all, outsourcing is becoming a fundamental way businesses achieve efficiencies. Isnt that the job of the CIO? Seeking a better understanding of what CIOs look for in their outsourcers and what IT providers ne...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/What-CIOs-Look-for-in-IT-Vendors/?kc=rss Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:59:00 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Optimizing-IT-Neednt-Be-Costly/?kc=rss - Imagine it's 10 a.m. on a weekday in Anchorage, and Alaska Airlines Flight 97 from Seattle is about an hour from landing. On board, a passenger complains that her tray table is broken and her reading light has burned out. Not exactly an airline emergency, but enough to cause a maintenance delay when...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Strategic-Tech/Optimizing-IT-Neednt-Be-Costly/?kc=rss