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- IT Executives who make exhorbitant promises to corporate stake holders
- Having worked over 4 years in a large international law firm, I have seen my share of corporate politics and BS to last me a lifetime. One of my biggest annoyances and frustrations were with IT managers, directors, and executives who simply could not say "no" to a managing...
- Tags: IT Executives
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- When to CIO
- At what point should an organization hire a CIO? Are there general criteria that the organizaton should meet first, such as number of employees, or number of locations, or amount of annual revenue etc.?Need one?As a matter of fact, It is not tightly related to the number of employees...
- Tags: migglet
- Discussion threads 2005-12-12
- Will computing flow like electricity?
- Will computing flow like electricity?article rootWill computing flow like electricity?Can we expect to see a large-scale shift to utility-like computing services? According to a queried group of IT executives, hosted services, or utility computing, will indeed become more common, and corporations will take advantage of new technologies, such as Web...
- Tags: computing, computing flow, grid computing, information technology, IT Executives, it management, Sonja Thompson, utility computing, virtualization
- Discussion threads 2005-06-17
- IT Discipline Mentoring program: Increase staff motivation and productivity
- by Harris KernEach day presents a substantial challenge for ITprofessionals who are trying to manage their workloads, and that goesbeyond the office. At home, they face personal obligations like kids andsignificant others who want more of their time, or the need to eat and sleep. Some would even like to...
- Tags: information technology, IT Executives, motivation
- Technical articles 2005-04-18
- 3 Questions: Feeling secure about security
- By Terry SweeneyWith Dr. Sam Book, a partner at ForceNine Consulting. ForceNine recently released a study titled "Sectoral Analysis of U.S. Enterprise WLANs: Adoption, Applications, and Barriers to Growth." The report and other work by ForceNine, according to Book, suggest the enterprise demand for WLANs will grow in proportion to...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, security, WLAN, IT Executives, ForceNine Consulting
- Technical articles 2003-11-11
- Successful financial services organizations require passionate leaders
- IT executives in financial services organizations find themselves at a critical juncture. They have evolved from being yesterday's technology suppliers to today's information services brokers. To succeed and exert their true potential, they need a fresh approach that combines financial and organizational savvy with an innovative approach to technology.So says...
- Tags: financial service, financial services organization, information technology, IT Executives, leader, Mark Vernon
- Technical articles 2003-10-07
- Balance, writing skill are keys in producing white papers
- In the first part of this four-part series on white papers, I identified how valuable white papers are for IT executives today. A recent survey reports that nearly 90 percent of IT executives find them invaluable in their jobs.“Because of the economy today, every dollar has to be accounted for,”...
- Tags: IT Executives, Larry Lange
- Technical articles 2003-08-25
- Clearing 'deadwood' from your resume is a must
- To put it simply, IT executives' resumes are sometimes just too darn long. The resumes of CIOs and VPs of IT often suffer from “can’t see the forest for the trees” syndrome. This happens when a resume is too focused on the “trees”—the many jobs that make up an executive...
- Tags: IT Executives
- Technical articles 2003-06-30
- Download our end user survey to better gauge IT effectiveness
- In most surveys of IT executives, aligning IT with company business goals is always a top priority. One way to approach this task is through a top-down approach. Learn what the company’s business goals are and make sure your staff knows what it has to do to meet those objectives...
- Tags: Toni Bowers, information technology, IT Executives, survey
- Technical articles 2003-06-05
Additional Resources
- Poll: IT managers and IT executives, do you play golf?
- One of the most prevalent stereotypes about executives and managers is that they spend their time playing golf while their teams toil away doing the real work. Lots of executives do play golf and many of them use it as a creative way to conduct meetings with partners and clients....
- Tags: Jason Hiner, Executive, Business Structures, IT manager, Stereotype, Information Technology, Strategy, Finance, Management
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Streamlining IT Expenses
- With increasing budget pressure affecting IT operations and increased emphasis on delivering against internal Service Level Agreements SLAs for business services, mid-level executives need to be able to make their case with senior executives for the IT solutions they choose. Senior executives require more than a technical needs assessment to...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Information Technology, Senior Executive, TCO, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management
- Webcasts
- Qualcomm Case Study: IBM
- IBM is the world's largest information technology company. IBM was looking for ways to improve the productivity of a select group of sales executives. Particularly important, IBM understood that having high-speed wireless capability could help executives achieve a better work/life balance. Using IBM ThinkPad T Series notebook computers outfitted with...
- Tags: Qualcomm Inc., IBM Corp., Sales Strategy, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Case studies
- Effective IT Portfolio and Investment Planning: Getting the Most Out of Your IT Investments
- For most IT executives, the annual dance of creating next year's IT investment plans has become increasingly complex. The plan must be sound enough to communicate how IT will help the business meet its goals, while remaining agile enough to adjust to an ever-changing competitive landscape. IT executives need to...
- Tags: Information Technology, Investment, IT Investment, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-10-01
- In Search of Clarity: Unravelling the Complexities of Executive Decision-making
- Decision-making is at the core of all business activity, as executives set strategy and manage operations by weighing a vast array of factors to arrive at the desired balance of risk and reward. The enormous growth of companies size and operations in recent years--particularly across borders--is making this process increasingly...
- Tags: Decision-making, Executive, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- A Crisis Management Plan: Are You Prepared?
- Most people like to think they do their best work in the midst of a crisis or controversy, when the adrenaline is flowing and they can make vital decisions in a split second. And in fact, many executives do perform extremely well under pressure. But, in a world when the...
- Tags: Decision, Executive, Crisis Management
- White papers
- Five tips to help new IT managers
- Making the move from a technical job to managing an IT department requires a variety of new skills. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives provides five tips for IT executives to help their techies make the transition to becoming managers. Once you've watched the...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Sanity Savers, IT management, CIO, career
- Videos 2008-04-29
- Sharpen Your Business Case and Receive Quick Approval for Your Business Community Initiatives
- In recent years, financial services executives have clearly indicated that they are no longer willing to rubber-stamp IT projects simply because technology is a must-have. No matter how vital you believe your IT initiative is, if you can't convince upper management and senior executives of its value, your project may...
- Tags: Business Case, Sterling Commerce, Information Technology, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Glatfelter Insurance Group Connects Home-Based Sales Executives With UTM-1 Edge
- The Glatfelter Insurance Group GIG, is an all-lines, full-service insurance broker. GIG needed a faster, more cost-effective, and, above all, secure way for sales executives to get sales-support information and communicate with underwriters and claims professionals. GIG deployed Check Point with high-speed remote access to all its home-based VFIS sales...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Glatfelter, Sales Strategy, Insurance, Financial Planning, Sales Force Management, Sales, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
- Case studies 2008-03-05
- Crowley Maritime Steams Ahead With Good Technology
- Crowley Maritime wanted to keep company and sales executives connected to the business no matter where they are around the world. The challenge was to reduce the reliance on laptop computers and cellular phones as the main means of data and voice communications. Crowley Maritime deployed Good Mobile Messaging on...
- Tags: Good Technology Inc., Sales Executive, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Case studies 2006-06-14
- 20 Best Practices for Your Financial Supply Chain
- To be sure, finding more value in your own financial supply chain can sound like a tall order. But executives like you are doing just that today. They're solving tough issues by applying proven financial supply chain best practices - techniques that deliver value in weeks, not months. This paper...
- Tags: Financial, TradeCard, Best Practice, Financial Accounting, Finance
- White papers 2004-12-14
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