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Five Things I’ve Learned About Change

Change leadership expert John Kotter on coping with change, adaptability and his favorite leader.

Getting Clueful: Nine Things CIOs Should Know About Computer Consulting and Contracting

The hired guns of IT explain (in gory detail) the mistakes that enterprise IT managers make, and how to get the most out of the consulting budget.

Answers To Movie IT Trivia Quiz

Chrysler Hires Nardelli as CEO. What Does it Mean for the Carmaker’s IT?

Web 2.0 Bubble? Please.

India Moving Down the Value Chain?

Trivia Quiz: Maybe You’re Not So Smart

How to Influence People

Purdue University CIO Gerry McCartney approaches executive collaboration and influence by building alliances with the people behind the decision makers

Communicating with a Corporate Superstar: Lessons from Kobe Bryant

Recent trade demands and interaction between all-star shooting guard Kobe Bryant and Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss provide CIOs and corporate managers with the perfect refresher on five key aspects of corporate communications.

Day 2: Soul Searching

Make History! Win Prizes! Who’s the Most Significant Person in the History of IT?

10 Things You Should Know About Microsoft’s Silverlight

Software developers are busy kicking the tires on Silverlight, Microsoft's answer to Adobe's Flash. This summary of not-necessarily-technical information will help IT managers identify what's important about the new technology.

Your RFID Battle Plan

Electronic tags still don't top CIO strategy lists. But as a tactical weapon, RFID can be used to fight old problems in new ways. Here's a report from IT executives in the trenches with RFID.

Innovation Generation Attempts to Help Students Develop Passion for Science

New forays into educational development for U.S. technology and innovation.

IT Needs a More “Zen-Like” Approach to Consumer Tech in the Enterprise

Consumerism will be a nightmare for IT departments unless they embrace new approaches to managing the rogue employees, according to the Yankee Group.

Email management definition and solutions

E-Mail Management topics covering definition, objectives, systems and solutions.

Why Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue Thinks IT Can Make Government Work Better

As a small business owner in the days before the Internet, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue was an early LAN and e-mail adopter who learned to program in Unix. But he won't deploy the latest and greatest technology for state agencies unless it makes th

Susan Kozik Leaves TIAA-CREF

Real Social Networking Promotes Openness

Welcome to Day 1 – CIO Jobsearch

Beware These Hazards to Functional Engagement in IT Projects

We all know good functional leadership is key to IT project success, so why do we keep forgetting it?

Five Ways to Find Data Center Energy Savings

Energy savings are there to be found in most data centers. Here are five places to look for them.

Nokia to Add Microsoft PlayReady Mobile DRM to S60, Series 40 Devices

Using IT to Transform the Business: Three Keys to Success

See how award winners Flowserve, Delphi, Merrill Lynch, Johnson & Johnson and the Air National Guard generated companywide excitement for their projects that touched every aspect of their organizations and built the strategic foundation they need

How to Transform Your IT Department from Order Taker to Innovator

CIO 100-winning IT leaders from Washtenaw County, Mich.; Foley & Lardner; DePaul University; and Pitt Ohio Express describe how they energized their staffs to take risks with new technology and generate fresh value for their businesses.

IT Innovations That Generate Revenue and Get You More Customers

Best Buy, Hilton Hotels and Washington Mutual dug into their data and revamped their business processes to empower customers and increase sales. Here's how they did it.

How We Chose the 2007 CIO 100

Our method for selecting this year's winners

Top Tips from the CIO 100: 15 Ways to Create Innovation with IT

Making businesspeople comfortable and using technologies you already have are just two ideas you can steal from CIO 100 winners to make yourself a better innovator.

2007 CIO 100 Winners: How IT Can Harness the Power of Innovation

Winners of the CIO 100 awards have more than technology and great ideas. They have IT departments that understand what makes their companies tick and IT leaders who can translate vision into reality.

Collaborative Innovation: Five Steps to Successful Technology Partnerships

More companies are turning to outsiders for help with innovation. Three CIO 100 winners learned how to get the most from a partnership with an industry peer.

User First, Business Second

Another Big Product Recall, Another Chinese Supplier Implicated

Ingenuity: The Spark That Belongs to Everyone

From the Jesuits to NASA to Google you'll find examples of ingenuity leading to success.

Five Reasons Your Next PC Refresh Could Be a Perfect Storm

PC refreshes have become a routine job for IT, right? Wrong: Factors like virtualization, consumer IT and new manageability tools are converging to make your next refresh more complex and risky. Hereu2019s advice on how to navigate it successfully.

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse: Why Cellular Service Goes Down During Disasters

It happens all the time when calamity strikes. Here's what you should know to prepare for the next one.

Why, Five Years After Sarbanes-Oxley Became Law, IT Executives Are Better Off

The law's requirements for financial auditing and regulatory compliance have made IT systems more visible to top executives and integral to core business processes.

The Top Five Consumer Websites: What They’re Doing That You’re Not

Accenture gives the scoop on how leading consumer websites score with customers.

Security and Investigations Advice for HR Professionals

No one said human resources investigations were easy.

Power Position – Do You Have One?

Innovation Is Not a Democracy, and Other Thoughts

The Fate of Motorola’s Now-Defunct Moto Q Pro Smartphone (or How Motorola Promised Me a Moto Q Pro for Months and Then Bailed)

New CIO Job Search Blogger Starts August 6

New CIO Job Search Blogger Starts August 6

Why Angrily Aggregated Hates His Younger Brother, Aggregator (But Why They Need Each Other)

Why is webcam technology still so hard?

The New Star of Politics: The Internet

Executives’ Frustration with Innovation Spending Grows, BCG Study Finds

Risk-averse culture and lack of speed remain barriers to growth.

PCI Is Security Simplicity, Not Complexity

Payment card industry data security: the standard that makes people stupid.

The TCO of Operating Systems: Compare the Big OSes

Financial reasons for and against adopting Mac, Linux or Windows operating systems in the enterprise.

Open Source Helps Stop Traffic Accidents

To send help to accidents faster, engineers at the University of Maryland are using an open-source database to connect disparate traffic data.