Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
By Larry Bonfante It’s impossible to not notice that the way we do business today has changed dramatically from how we conducted business just a few years ago. Whether your company directly engages consumers in a B2C model or whether you are engaged with other businesses on the value chain in a B2B model, much…
By Shravan Goli Twenty years ago, I graduated from the University of Maryland with my Master’s degree in computer science. From my first days as a developer in the 1990s to my steps into management, I’ve always looked at my career as more than a series of steps up a ladder. I’ve viewed my career…
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In the global marketplace, businesses, customers and employees are publishing and consuming vast amount of information. In fact, according to the Harvard Business Review, there was more data generated in 2009 by individuals than in the entire history of mankind through 2008. People who discover, share and increase the value of that information put their…
Almost overnight it would seem Twitter has come out of left field to take over the micro-blogging world (or, depending on your perspective, create it). From CNN to the Fortune 500, Twitter is making huge in-roads into the our culture. You can use it to post whatever’s on your mind or search it like a…
Okay, so Twitter is everywhere. But what use is it for real business purposes? How about build a quick and dirty intranet that can be used for discussions, real-time status updates of team members, and be able to collaborate without having to shift through the Oprah tweets and still keep it secure. That is the…
IT’s alignment with the business is critical to the success of an organization. My experience as CIO of Mannatech, Inc., working with business executives to achieve results for our supply chain management project, confirmed this to me. Such alignment often entails the willingness of key leaders to collaborate and focus on the execution and delivery…
Having served in many roles over the past 20 years in the IT industry I have noticed “collaboration” is a term increasingly gaining momentum. Where other efforts fail, collaboration can help CIOs build real alignment and achieve success with the business. This alignment requires a concentrated focus on the part of the CIO. It is…
This series of five articles takes a closer look at software development, the reasons for failure and how to avoid them. The previous article in this series dealt with the importance of project requirements. Once you have that nailed down, it is time to select the development methodology. While there are many different methods to…
While the current global economy is in a state of confusion and recession, the need to take bold moves in managing IT and improving IT processes is more relevant than ever. “Business as usual” and simply cutting back across the board in high technology investments can often lead to competitive disadvantages and actually create costs;…