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What Moving from Good to Great Means for CIOs Who Want to Lead

Author Jim Collins explains why he sees CIOs as quiet leaders, and what challenges they face in their drive to be the best.

Open-Source Software and Its Role in Space Exploration

A software developer from JPL explains the reasons that NASA has embraced free and open source software in its application development process. Because, in a Mars launch, the term "mission critical" has a literal meaning.

Product Review: Mandylion Labs’ Log-In Manager Tokens Take On Password Overload

A Search Engine for Open-Source Code

Krugle wants to become a verb for searching and finding open-source software code.

Business Objects Buys Inxight, Upgrades EPM

When Your Move Up Doesn’t Fit

User Input Spurs Innovation

Employees are CIOs' secret weapons when expectations are high but resources for IT are limited.

Just Say Know to Authentication That Ticks Off Customers

The Best Way to Implement Agile Development Processes: Your Own Way

Mixing and matching agile development methodologies can be an effective strategy.

10 Questions To See If Your Company’s Developers Are Agile

Are you agile when it comes to application development projects? Answer these questions to find out.

Five Tips for Recruiting Tech Workers to Out-of-the-Way Places

Far from the big city attractions? No fancy salary to offer? There are still ways to encourage talented people to join your team.

Include Management Costs When Calculating Software as a Service Benefits

Here's why total cost of ownership calculations for software as a service contracts are tricky.

Three Approaches Companies Use for On-Demand Computing

Definitions for ASP, BPO and MSP. Note: these on-demand models are not the same as software as a service.

How Agile Development Can Lead to Better Results and Technology-Business Alignment

Studies show agile development works, and yet few companies follow its principles. Read this article to learn how your organization can manage the agile way.

How to Recruit Talented Tech Workers to Out-of-the-Way Places

Luring good recruits is hard for mid-market CIOs, harder still if you're located outside technology hot spots. Check out these winning strategies.

The Truth About Software as a Service (SaaS)

Vendors say software as a service will cut costs and increase efficiency. They say it's enterprise ready. Does that sound too good to be true? It is.

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Nine Steps To Take When Starting An IT Infrastructure Library Implementation

A checklist to run before you begin the implementation process.

Questions about Coaching for Leadership

Reader questions about coaching resources and encouraging "right learning."

Three Basic Approaches to Cutting Telecom Costs

Master Data Management: Truth Behind the Hype

Understanding Data Destruction: What the CIO Needs to Know.

The Practical Value of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

When well-executed, ITIL can focus an IT organization on business strategy. But ITIL's processes are only effective if your staff adopts them.

What’s Wrong With Security?

Five experts share their ideas for fixing information security's most pressing problemsn

Comparing Your IT Shop to Others

Benchmark the right way to gain useful insights.

For Companies to Survive, CIOs Must Transform Them

Change is inevitable. It's how quickly and completely your company changes that will determine its marketplace fate.

Estonia’s E-Government and E-Commerce Sagging Under Prolonged Cyberattack

Being one of the most advanced users of the Internet in the world makes the country particularly vulnerable to Web-based attacks.

Extreme Project Management: 10 Tips to Accelerate Your Tech Project

Immediately accelerate productivity and reduce risk with these tips to save time and money.

How to Differentiate Yourself as a Leader

Five steps to developing a strategy to excel in increasing productivity, retaining talent and recruiting those who will be a good fit.

Bringing the Benefits of IT to Emerging Markets

It's time to examine opportunities in emerging markets.

New CIOs at Norfolk Southern, Adobe and Olympic Steel

CFOs Credit Experience, Technology Systems with Trimming Sarbanes-Oxley Costs

A new survey says that companies are using experience and IT systems to cut compliance costs, but that auditing services are still expensive.

SOAs Enable Collaboration Within the Department of Defense

Margaret Myers, the Principal Director for the Department of Defense (DoD) Deputy Chief Information Officer, talks about the DoD's service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy.

TJX Takes $12 Million Hit in First Quarter for Data Breach

In spite of after-tax charge, the discount retailer manages to meet its financial plan for the quarter.

Microsoft Patents: The New McCarthyism

New Tech Exec at Matria Shakes Up Reporting Relationships

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Software as a Service (SaaS) Definition and Solutions

Software as a Service (SaaS) topics covering definition, objectives, systems and solutions.

Roping Telecom Chaos

Most companies mismanage telecom expenses and planningu2014and are now asking the CIO to fix the problem. Here's how to take stock and clean up the mess.

The Hiring Manager Interviews

Conversations with IT managers on how they hire the best

The Hiring Manager Interviews: AIG American General CIO Jeff Carlson Advises Candidates to Study Hard and Ask Smart Questions

Conversations with IT managers on how they hire the best.

Browser Add-Ins for Business Users

Total Leadership: Let Talent Bloom

The Brain Behind the Big, Bad Burger and Other Tales of Business Intelligence

External R&D and IT: Are you ready yet?

How Are You as a Social Networker?

Doing business today means connecting with everyone.

How to Be an Extraordinary Leader

Total Leadership

SAP Fills Gaps With Two Nordic Acquisitions

Promotions at the International Securities Exchange