Posts Tagged ‘CIO’

I came across this blog post from Andrew White, a Research analyst at Gartner controversially titled BI’s days are numbered – Here comes BPM again. The core message of the post is this that BI and data analytics are a means to an end – and it is the change in processes (effected through BPM) that will result in impact […]

More and more organizations are deploying Lync 2013, as it provides a single solution that unites voice, IM, audio, video, and web-conferencing into a richer, more simplified experience. It allows employees to work from just about anywhere to communicate securely and stay connected with colleagues and customers. When an organization decides to take advantage of […]

We know it’s a new year when the NRF Big Show kicks off in January.  Each year we migrate to New York City to see the best and brightest of retail for the next year.  This year is no exception – and like the holiday shopping season just passed, we go looking for the new […]

Because technology is now a key tool that enables marketing, the CMO – CIO worlds have collided, requiring enhancements to collaboration not only among those two groups, but also across the organization. But what is it that has changed, and what are these new challenges that we face? What’s changed? The business is directing the technology budget. CIOs […]

So we’ve seen a trend lately that some hype with overblown expectations but that remains a significant development.  Specifically, a blurring between the lines of what a CIO does and what a CMO or Chief Marketing Officer does. Old World CMO: Take care of the brand.  Enable greater sales through lead generation. Use external tools […]

In an article on TechCrunch Aaron Levie, the founder and CEO of Box.net, details his vision for how enterprise software has historically operated and what will make or break a company in the years to come. The author points out that many IT projects encounter roadblocks, achieve less than forecasted returns, or end up failing; […]

In 2009, President Obama created the new governmental position of Federal Chief Information Officer. As the world’s largest single buyer of IT products and facing ever-increasing fiscal deficits, the United States government was in need of effective, cost-conscious leadership and Vivek Kundra stepped in to take over the role of Federal CIO. His “cloud-first” policy […]

For several years now, Perficient (@Perficient) has followed many IT professionals on Twitter, including hundreds of CIOs (many of whom are listed at on CIO Twitter Dashboard / @CIODashboard). While IT leaders make up our target market, they are also some of the most influential voices across social networks like Twitter. At many companies, these […]

Many companies are bringing outsourced IT in-house. Should you? Bringing IT in house can be complex and costly. Think about these costs: Termination fees, facility build-outs, shared assets, application migration, personnel training and transitions, new hiring, and software license transfers, to name a few. Here are nine questions that CIO.com suggests you ask yourself before […]