67 Posts found for Source: CIO Magazine

ABOUT A YEAR AGO, the Harvard Business Review published an article titled “IT Doesn’t Matter.” It ignited a vehement and often acrimonious debate over the value of information technology. Since then, Nicholas Carr, the author of the article, has expanded on his original thesis that while IT’s value will increase as it becomes more standardized and ubiquitous, “the ability of any one company to use … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Abbie Lundberg | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: Management

Howard Gardner says it is possible to get others to see things differently. But as the Harvard professor tells CIO Senior Editor Edward Prewitt, it takes perseverance and finesse.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

Accepting vague or irrelevant numbers for project value can lead to bad spending decisions.

Content: Article | Author: Jack Keen | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: Management, Miscellaneous

The link between corporate performance and effective information technology (IT) management is clearly emerging. Companies that are leaders in their markets and industries (“Market Leaders”) are better at using IT to enable business strategy. Market Leaders deploy IT more strategically, and in doing so maximize the impact IT has on corporate performance. [A Study Conducted by CIO Magazine, PRTM, and The InterUnity Group]

Editor’s Note: find … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Sources: CIO Magazine, PRTM, The InterUnity Group | Subjects: Best Practices, IT / Technology / E-Business

Here are seven fundamental lessons about IT value that Mohanbir Sawhney has learned in a decade-long career as an academic researcher, consultant and teacher:
1. Value is customer-defined… To understand the true nature of value, you need to get inside the minds and hearts of your customers, whether they’re internal or external…
2. Value is opaque…Understand all factors that customers take into consideration in assessing … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Mohanbir Sawhney | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: General, IT / Technology / E-Business

Larry Downes, coauthor of Unleashing the Killer App, deconstructs the new-order IT architecture that will connect tomorrow’s information supply chain.

Content: Article | Author: Larry Downes | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Information Technology

Strategies for managing your intangible leadership capital.

Content: Article | Author: Christopher Hoenig | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: Leadership

E-commerce is down but hardly out. It’s now up to CIOs to lead online tactics and strategy. And when the economy finally rebounds, so will business units’ interest in e-commerce.

Content: Article | Author: Elana Varon | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

Collaboration among trading partners can unlock great value. Mistrust is the barrier. Here are six ways to build confidence.

Content: Article | Author: Lauren Gibbons Paul | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

While you weren’t looking, portals grew up. No longer just a souped-up webpage with a stock ticker and a link to the employee handbook, the portal is emerging as a key component of the corporate IT infrastructure. New portal software products aren’t designed, as early products were, solely for managing and presenting Web content…companies are deploying portals to support strategic business initiatives and using them … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Elana Varon | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

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Web services are being hailed as part of the new order. But don’t rush to embrace them yet, says this article from CIO, which features a Flash presentation of just what the heck Web services are – suitable for downloading to a PowerPoint presentation too!

Content: Article | Author: Ben Worthen | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

Fed up with the failure of consultant-led enterprise software projects, CIOs are demanding more (and less) from the big consultancies or doing without them altogether.

Content: Article | Author: Christopher Koch | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: Industry Specific, IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Consulting

“A sobering question you need to ask yourself is, Is an informed customer really a better customer for my company? If the answer is yes, you should embrace transparency by making your value proposition explicit to your customers. If the answer is no, you need to find another way to make a living.”

Content: Article | Author: Mohanbir Sawhney | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

Data has no ethics. Data doesn’t care how it’s used. But the use and misuse of data has become the critical issue for today’s information-intensive enterprise. And now CIOs are working to develop a code for ethical data management.

Content: Article | Author: Scott Berinato | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: Ethics, IT / Technology / E-Business

“To hear some people tell it, corporate liability for failed information security is the coming apocalypse. Several experts predict a flurry of personal injury lawsuits filed by customers whose personal information has been disclosed, corporate lawsuits based on damage caused by security breaches at business partners and class-action lawsuits filed on behalf of irate stockholders…experts say it’s only a matter of time before judges and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Sarah D. Scalet | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Legal

Uncertainty poses a defining test for any leader. So some leaders take cues from Marines and fighter pilots who have a unique approach to disorienting situations.

Content: Article | Author: Christopher Hoenig | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: Leadership, Management

The letter “e” has emerged as the New Economy’s prefix of choice. But while the Internet era certainly makes new demands on leaders, e-leadership is not the answer.

Content: Article | Author: Christopher Hoenig | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: Leadership

The poster company for the new economy not only failed to anticipate the economic downturn, its much-heralded forecasting software and outsourcing infrastructure may have even made things worse.

Content: Case Study | Author: Scott Berinato | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: Operations, Strategy | Industry: Information Technology | Company: Cisco Systems

The Master of Strategy

Content: Thought Leader | Source: CIO Magazine | Subject: Management