Global CIO: Commentary
5 Innovative Ideas For Enterprise CIOs
The role of the CIO is changing rapidly. These innovations could help you keep pace and increase the value of your business.
Is Technology Innovation Too Incremental?
Two prominent big thinkers think it is. But I’m not buying their unsupported arguments.
Social Analytics Isn't Just For Social Networks
Broadly applied across all company functions, social analytics can focus attention on the most pressing internal performance issues.
As AMD Explores Options, Intel Pain Looms
Moore's Law is changing the rules of the game again. This time AMD and Intel could both be on the losing team.
Big Data Education: 3 Steps Universities Must Take
How can universities help meet the growing demand for data scientists? Consider this advice from a professor working in the trenches with...
SMBs Spending on IT, Not New IT Hires
Small and midsize business IT budgets continue to grow but hiring remains stagnant. Here's why IT folk should embrace the trend.
Sinofsky's Exit Points To Major Microsoft Shakeup
Windows chief's sudden departure comes amid questions about Windows 8 sales and Microsoft's hardware plans.
Why Ford Courts Electrical And Software Engineers
Ford CTO Paul Mascarenas discusses the company's challenges in recruiting and in developing products, as software becomes more critical to...
Hurricane Sandy: Big Data Predicted Big Power Outages
What can be learned for future weather events? For starters, simulations must happen quickly and no single forecasting model will do.
IT's Future: Less Building, More Bundling
With human resources, marketing and other departments going in different technological directions, IT's new mission is to tie all the company's...
Innovation Lesson: Disrupt Before You're Disrupted
Even innovators struggle with the pace of change. Here are some of the ways Silicon Valley companies like LinkedIn push the edge without falling off.
What Enterprise Social Networks Lack: Purpose
Communities based on shared interests are fine for consumer social networks. At work, only a community of purpose is worth our time.
Health IT: How Not To Get Hired
Brains aren't enough to land that dream job. Humility and a willingness to learn are just as crucial.
Project Management Offices: A Waste Of Money?
The risks of starting a PMO have never been greater, new research shows. After years of observing project management, I agree.
Nate Silver's Big Data Lessons For The Enterprise
Big data analytics have proven their mettle in predicting baseball and election success. How can you make them work for your business?
5 Items Should Top Obama's Technology Agenda
From infrastructure to tech education, here's what I want to see on the to-do list for the next four years.
How Do You Survive The Innovation Hamster Wheel?
This is how two tech leaders do it, and we'd like to hear more tactics from you.
What's Killing APM?
App performance management is seen as less important than it was two years ago, partly because vendors haven't kept up.
LinkedIn: How To Take Advantage of Recent Changes
LinkedIn understands the value of a business conversation. Consider these tips to make sure you're part of it.
Election 2012: Where Are The PowerPoint Slides?
Our presidential candidates act like they're campaigning in 1912, not 2012. Did Ross Perot ruin charts forever?
5 Ways To Survive The Coming IT Apocalypse
We IT leaders say we believe in the new ways. But we won't survive if our actions don't match our words.
Are We Giving CIOs An Inferiority Complex?
CIOs need to be technical, without apology, just as chief medical officers need not apologize for their grounding in medicine.
Big Data Education: When Should It Start?
When elementary school students find data that interests them, they're ready to learn basic statistics concepts. The key: make data analysis...
Why Private Clouds Will Prevail
Stu Laura, our irascible CIO, discusses the promise and pressures of private clouds.
6 Ways To Build Management Support For Collaboration
Winning upper management support for collaboration makes a big difference. If you don't have it, here's how to get it.
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