How IT is Set Up to Fail
Ten years ago, I started asking CIOs a question: When you walked into your job, what did you find? The answer, roughly 90 percent of the time: “I inherited a mess. The IT organization had major delivery problems and no credibility with the business.” A decade later, I am getting the same answer. How can this be? Is every CIO I have ever spoken to an idiot? Or, more plausibly, is there something so inherently problematic about the CIO role that even the most talented and experienced leaders have trouble making it work?
SPONSOR: Unisys
Making IT Your Competitive Advantage
Examine the four areas an organization must focus on in order to become a real-time enterprise, enabling IT and business – to react to events in real time. Discover the steps you need to take to make IT a competitive advantage for your enterprise.
Table of Contents
OTHER RESOURCES
Recession Lessons from Whirlpool CIO
What is the key lesson we should take away from this recession?
The Future of IT Project Management Software
Today’s information technology organizations are responding to the most treacherous recession in memory. Their actions range from classic belt-tightening to innovating and improving value-added services in their organizations. A primary value-adding strategy for the most effective organizations is to further improve project management.
Heartland breach shows why compliance is not enough
Nearly a year after Heartland Payment Systems disclosed what turned out to be the largest breach involving payment card data, the incident remains a potent example of how compliance with industry standards is no guarantee of security.
SPONSOR: Microsoft
DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together
Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess
As Gartner expands, so does the competition
Gartner Inc. said today it is acquiring enterprise IT advisory firm the Burton Group for $56 million, just one month after it announced it was buying AMR Research for $64 million. But if Gartner is attempting to consolidate the IT analysis industry, it may be playing a game of whack-a-mole.
Oracle buys data quality vendor
Oracle has made its first purchase of the year, announcing that it has scooped up data-quality vendor Silver Creek Systems.
Nokia fires new patent lawsuit at Apple in growing battle
Mobile phone maker Nokia has filed a new U.S. lawsuit accusing Apple of patent infringement, according to court documents, escalating the legal battle between the companies.
SPONSOR: VMWare
10-Point DR Checklist for SMBs
Many smaller organizations are relying on archaic backup and restore plans that will not enable them to quickly recover from a disaster. This 10-point checklist will help make sure you have not missed a crucial step and could make the difference between staying open or going under.
Nominate your world-class company
Is your IT department great place to work? Our 17th annual “Best Places to Work in IT” special report and listing will honor 100 organizations that offer great benefits, salaries and opportunities for training and advancement, as well as provide interesting projects and a flexible and diverse work environment.
NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD
Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
SHARK BAIT OF THE DAY
Is the Internet down?
I don’t think a month goes by when I don’t get this call: user calls me directly (instead of the help desk) and asks me if the Internet is down …
Do You Tweet?
Follow Computerworld on Twitter: @computerworld.
|
