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How Master Data Management Unified Financial Reporting at Nationwide Insurance

As Nationwide grew, its data became siloed and scattered, making it increasingly difficult for the company to get an accurate picture of its finances. Here's how it brought all that data into focus.

Legal Compliance and Data Security Go Hand in Hand

Companies that pass regulatory audits suffer fewer data losses

The Year Ahead in BI: Operational Business Intelligence, Open-Source Tools and More

If you're leading a BI effort, what trends in this category should be on your radar screen for 2008? Operational BI, open-source tools and attention to unstructured data should rank prominently.

Beyond Disaster Recovery: Intelligent Automation and Business Continuity

In today's Internet economy there is little loyalty, and customers will readily defect if their needs for high availability, reliability and performance are not met.

Top 10 Tech Headlines I Want to Write in 2008

CIOs to Watch in 2008: Who Will You Be Following?

What Does it Mean to Focus on the External Customer?

High performers think strategically about what customers will need in the future, say experts on executive leadership.

CIO’s Top 10 Technology Blog Posts of 2007

Dell's nightmare tech support, Microsoft's closed lips, Alberto Gonzales's failed leadership and more…

Open-Source Model to Challenge WebEx Online Meetings Gains Steam

Startup dimdim offers open-source software to organize web-based meetings, unveils deal with SugarCRM, soon to announce deal with major tax preparation company. n

Tool Pushes Corporate Data to Employee Facebook Pages

Startup WorkLight's tool allows a company's employees to share business information over Facebook, while keeping it invisible to the Facebook community at large.

North Pole Confidential: Seeking the Mother of All ERP Systems

As our exclusive look at Santa's RFP reveals, St. Nick's legendary customer service and logistical needs are pushing vendors to the brink as they bid to replace his centuries-old systems. But who can say "no deal" to Santa?

End Users Are Not Your Customers

Direct Energy's CIO is trying to change the perception that IT's customer is the internal employee in order to foster a focus on what matters most. The language he uses to talk about customers, colleagues and IT projects is key.

Motorola CIO Patricia Morrison Elected to SPSS Board of Directors

AEP Puts Business Executive in CIO Role and CIO in Business Exec’s Role

Gadget from Sanyo, NS-ELEX Makes Ears “Talk” Into Mobile Phones

What CEOs Want from CIOs

2008: The Year Only the Strong IT Leaders Survive

More job opportunities exist for CIOs today than ever before, but more competition from business executives for those jobs and rigorous selection processes are making it harder to land them.

How One Company Is Using Wikis and Blogs to Unclog E-mail Boxes

The Berkshire Hathaway-owned CORT speeds up internal collaboration and project management with wikis and blogs.

CRM in 2008: It’s All About Managing the User Experience

Cost savings is a key driver for business decisions, but customer experience, content and collaboration have the potential to not only deliver greater organizational value but also put more control directly in the hands of customers.

No Break Seen in the IT Talent Wars

Job demand is forecast to remain strong in 2008, which means CIOs will pay higher salaries for quality talent. Learn from four staffing specialists about 2008's trends in IT staffing, recruiting and compensation, including jobs that will be most

Online Map Makers Gathering Data to Render 3-D Landscapes for Web Surfers, Mobile Phone Users

One digital cartographer, taking pictures every 8 meters from his van, gathers about 20GB per day of mapping data.

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Still Dwarfing Mozilla Firefox, Others in Browser Market Share

On the mobile front, more iPhones were used to surf the Web in November than all Windows Mobile devices combined.

Planning Your Business Strategy in the Corporate Ecosystem

These days, what happens to your business partners can affect your success. A business strategy consultant explains how to take external risks into account when you plan for the future.n

Tips for Increasing ROI on Technology Investments: R&D Tax Credits

Tax credits can come from developing or improving the functionality or performance of data storage, security, VoIP, visualization, ERP or other IT applications or capabilities. By understanding what qualifies and how to make a claim, companies can re

Mobile Phones to Transmit Vital Signs to Nurses Thanks to LG, Canadian Researchers

Pew Study: Internet Users Not Concerned About Online Privacy

Most Web surfers do not worry about the amount of personal information available about them online.

IBM Adds Visual Mapping Tool Atlas to Lotus Connections

Analysts say Atlas is a helpful tool but needs a lot of enterprises to adopt social networks for it to have an impact.

Pew Study: Vanity Googles on the Rise

Almost half of Web surfers have used Google or another search engine to find information about themselves online.

Software as a Service: Collaboration and Productivity Apps Rising in 2008

Business leaders outside of IT have contributed to the software-as-a-service uptick.

Week 15: Holiday Job Search – Real Life Results

GPS to Help Keep Tanker Trucks from Going Head Over Wheels

Hot Jobs in America Thru 2016

Google and Microsoft’s Epic Battle, CIO Bloggers and more

10 Outsourcing Predictions for 2008 (and One to Grow On)

From widening currency gaps to industry mergers and acquisitions to an expanding range of outsourcing services and destinations, the new year should keep IT service providers and customers on their toes.

Survey: Two Thirds of Enterprises Entertain Open-Source Solutions

While two thirds of enterprise companies have some degree of interest in open-source, far fewer indicate its adoption is a high priority, according to a Forrester survey of 2,252 software decision-makers.

A Call to Action

The State of the CIO is… mixed.

What’s in Store for IT and the CIO in 2008?

As 2007 comes to a close, we predict what the next year may hold for IT and the CIO.

Computer Calls Can Motivate Couch Potatoes to Exercise, Says Study

If starting an exercise program is on your list of 2008 New Year's Resolutions, you may want to get your computer to help.

SAP Upgrades Expected to Rise in 2008

A Gamma Enterprise survey of SAP users finds planned upgrades are widespread for next year due to maintenance cost and application performance concerns.

Executive Career Counselor Bio: Kevlin Thompson

Executive Career Counselor Bio: Katie Graham

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Executive Career Counselor Bio: Beverly Lieberman

Another Rant About Alignment (Or The Lack Thereof)

Business Continuity and Me: A Tale of a Massachusetts School Snow Day

If you don’t start thinking green, your customers will make you. And then how will you look?

Forrester Report: Collaboration Software Adoption on the Rise in 2008

When it comes to choosing vendors, Microsoft and its SharePoint tops the list.

Six Enterprise Application Trends to Watch in 2008

Enormous vendor consolidation has changed the enterprise application landscape forever. But there's more change and uncertainty on the horizon for CIOs. Here's what you can expect and what you should do.

JetBlue To Pilot the Use of Internal Wikis and Blogs

Analyst notes the importance of a test group when adopting Web 2.0 technologies into the enterprise.