CIO Insight Staff

From Baseline: The group of companies that make up the Baseline 500 are special—and this year, they are even more so. To determine who makes our annual ranking of the best corporate managers of information, we started, as we did last year, with a list of publicly traded companies. But instead of looking at one […]

Every CIO has experienced a crisis. For Steven Cooper of the Red Cross, it was Hurricane Katrina. For Allan McLaughlin, senior vice president and CTO of LexisNexis Group, it was identity theft. Now, with Halloween around the corner, we’d like to hear yours. Send us your worst IT horror stories and how you managed to […]

Technology has become a key competitive advantage for companies of all industries. But when it comes to the U.S. government, the strategic use of information technology—for security, disaster recovery, healthcare and the protection of basic rights—has never been more important. How well is technology being applied to meet the needs of the public sector in […]

Reporting on government IT projects can take on a depressing sameness, because big problems with big projects are distressingly common at federal agencies. The same problems that inspired federal legislation in 1996 draw Congressional ire today. Why? Everything is blamed, from politics to funding and bidding rules, along with a lack of accountability for failure […]

If one trend stands out more in 2006 than any other, it would have to be the way information-technology organizations have been driving the cost out of their hardware to free up more money to invest in applications. Most of the work thus far has been concentrated around server consolidation efforts; this will soon be […]

Like death and taxes, there are two things that are certain in the world of data storage: You’ll always want more of it, and it will never be cheap enough. So, we had an e-mail exchange with three storage experts to get some tips on how to do both. Here’s what they told us: Stanley […]

In the Information Age, data storage issues have never been more important. Our special report helps you stay on top of the newest trends in data center and storage management, with expert advice, best practices from forward-thinking companies, and guides to help you plan an effective management strategy. Experts’ Tips for Reducing Storage Costs Like […]

Considering bringing some outsourced functions back in-house? You’re not alone. But before you act, consider these suggestions from Michael Conley, a sourcing expert and vice president of key accounts for Forsythe Solutions Group, a Skokie, Ill.-based IT consulting firm. View slide show.

More and more companies are realizing that redesigning their systems using services approach-creating computing components that can be flexibly reused and recombined-cuts costs and makes IT more productive. In fact, IDC estimates companies will spend upwards of $33 billion on SOA services by 2010. Our special report provides detailed analysis and best practices from early […]

While the open-environment concepts of Web services and service-oriented architectures have gained popularity in recent years, organizations have been slower to adopt third-party tools to manage their performance. Those that have, however, are finding real results, whether in saved man hours or improved time to market. But integrating Web services management requires serious planning-and an […]

From Sept. 11 to Hurricane Katrina, businesses have wrangled with the nuts and bolts of recovering from catastrophes. Data replication software, which copies corporate information to an offsite location, is one of the key components of any disaster recovery plan. But so are common-sense practices—like making sure business processes hold up in emergency mode. Our […]

For many CIOs, Web 2.0 may seem like just the latest in an endless string of Internet fads, irrelevant to the higher concerns of the information technology business. But, like the Internet itself, it’s just not going away. It may be another bubble of sorts, but startups like MySpace and Digg are wildly popular and […]