Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
Where you may see a problem Jeff Catlin, CEO of Lexalytics, an Amherst, Mass. based developer of analytical software tools for business, sees a potential solution. “Today’s social media increasingly can be used to solve problems―if you know how,” said Catlin. Hop aboard because this train is now leaving the station. Growing numbers of CIOs…
In the world of business and technology consulting, a person’s capabilitiesoften are measured by his title. His aptitude and wisdom appear to grow in stature as the title loses its activity-based nature and assumes the mantle of hierarchical power. Although developers, data analysts, systems integrators, database administrators, et. al. can possess great vision and often…
Most of us remember the admonishment from the heady days of the 1990’s Internet craze that “content is King.” Like most trite bits of purported wisdom from those days it has since been disproved, and in its debunking lies a lesson for savvy CIOs. It is difficult to think of an industry more tied to…
Despite turmoil in global markets, two-thirds of senior technology industry executives polled in a new survey say the economic slowdown will not hurt them as badly as the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000. However, more than three-quarters of respondents say their business has been impacted by the financial crisis, according to the study…
Although companies will reduce their IT spending because of the economic meltdown, it’s not going to be all doom and gloom for the IT industry. System integrators and consultants will get a boost from the crisis in the financial sector, say analysts, as institutions that have taken over or bought others seek to align their…
An important responsibility for many CIOs today is aligning IT with the overall business. Regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have made this a priority as companies evaluate how their IT systems can be more secure in the context of larger…
In the Information Age, collecting information alone is not enough; it’s what you do with that information that counts. In a trend marked by urgency, if not downright panic, investors and CEOs are looking to CIOs to figure out how information can be used to speed extra cash to bleeding company coffers in the midst…
Wikis, blogs, social networks, AJAX … rarely does a day go by without these terms being hurled at us from different directions and this has resulted in these becoming mnemonics for Web 2.0. I can’t remember how many times I’ve been asked this question, “How do I incorporate wikis, blogs, AJAX into my current site…
There is only one primary driver for investing in security and that is the threats to your data and computing infrastructure. However, a secondary driver that often overshadows even the threats is compliance. More Articles from Richard Stiennon on CIO Update Network Admission Control is a Blind Alley Lessons Learned from Biggest Bank Heist in…
Preventing data loss is one of the biggest challenges facing any CIO today. The problem is that data protection is impossible. From the moment data is generated it is at risk of being misused, falling into the wrong hands, being sold to industrial spies, or simply falling off the back of a truck—literally. Protecting all…