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The Road from CIO to COO

Many of my CIO friends long to replace the "I" in their title an "O". With its promise of better compensation, higher status and an unquestioned place at the table, the “O” is a letterrnworth fighting for.

Dealing with crazies

Many companies have a few crazies ... the movers and shakers who combine a willingness to do the outrageous with a complete lack of fear ... and they need them, right up until the moment they do more harm than good.

Workplace Conflict: How to Deal with Difficult People

We've all run into at least one of these four types of troublesome co-workers. Teambuilding expert Kaley Klemp explains how to handle them.

The Consumerization of IT in the Eyes of a Young College Student

Welcome to the new Succeeding in Consumerization of IT blog. I will use this space to observe current consumerization of IT trends as well as how history continues to shape the future.

IT pros need people skills

Building Applications in the Cloud: a Tour of the Tools

There's cloud development, and then there's cloud development.

Fear of Change Impedes Cloud Adoption for Many Companies

A new study concludes that internal attitudes have to change for cloud projects to succeed. Here are some tips for how to encourage that inside your company.

A CIO’s-Eye View of the Debt Ceiling Crisis

The debt ceiling crisis was an economic matter. How it was handled? You can learn a lot from this about what to do in your capacity as business leader ... and what not to do.

ERP Market Shake-Up: What It Means to Your Company

ERP vendors continue to merge and be acquired at a steady pace in 2011. Here are some tips on how you can protect your company's interests as the marketplace continues to shift, from analyst Albert Pang.

How To Reduce Your Application Backlog with SharePoint

In many organizations application backlogs are measured in years, not months or weeks. Here are some critical tips on how you can use Sharepoint to reduce that backlog and get things moving in the right direction.