Are cloud and mobile really disrupting CIOs?
This post by Diginomica blogger Jon Reed asks this pivotal question and then offers a very intelligent and nuanced "verdict." "The results analyzed in this piece do support the narrative I laid out in...
View Article14 Smartwatches That Are Here, Coming or Rumored
Get ready, here come the smart watches. Actually, some with varying degrees of smarts are already here. There will be a onslaught of new smart watches this Fall, including, possibly, the long rumored...
View ArticleAre CIOs and CMOs on a Collision or Collaboration Course?
Do CIOs and CMO like each other? While they could not be more different—stereotypically, the CIO is analytical, cautious, compliance-oriented and cost conscious while the CMO is action-oriented,...
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing (Maybe): Social Analytics
Social analytics is latest term getting some buzz. And it has some real meaning - at least in concept. According to a CIO.com story on the topic, social analytics examines things like e-mail and...
View ArticleTime Warner's First Ever Enterprise CIO's First 100 Days
First impressions in the C suite are critical. That's why Time Warner CIO Bill Krivoshik spent his first three months forging relationships with key stake holders at his new company. He also took a...
View ArticleEye-Popping Forecasts for Cloud, Big Data and Smart Phones
If you want to know what technologies are rocking IT's foundations, look no further than cloud, Big Data and smart phones. Here's IDC's latest predictions (IDC and the ECF are both part of...
View ArticleWho Knew? IT Decision Makers Are News Junkies
As a life long newsman, spotting news junkies like myself was right my alley. Takes one to know one, right? But the results of a Harris poll that found "IT Decision Makers (ITDM)" to be news junkies...
View ArticleDoes Cloud Computing Require a Cultural Change in the Enterprise Ranks?
These five check list items in evaluating whether to move an app to the cloud are practical and spot on. Well, four of them are. I take issue with one even though the author of this Information Week...
View ArticleWas Wikipedia the Start of Big Data?
Wikipedia has a wonderful definition of Big Data. It's complete and full of examples, all backed up by 89 source references. If you think about it, Wikipedia is Big Data. Thanks to Wikipedia (and...
View ArticlePay Cloud Vendors Based On What They Save You
I was talking with a friend about a large financial institution that has done a lot of IT outsourcing with plans to embrace cloud computing. He works with a large outsourcing vendor, which gets a...
View ArticleDo You Believe CMOs Will Spend More on Tech Than CIOs by 2017?
If there's an IT prediction that's gotten traction in 2013, it's probably from this Gartner headline: "By 2017 the CMO will spend more on IT than the CIO." In the main, there's little doubt that the...
View ArticleEmergence of the Chief Data Officer
The attached ZDNet post says the CIO won't be the first in line when the CEO or board comes looking for a chief digital or chief data officer. Maybe I should be embarrassed to admit I have not heard...
View ArticleNew Book by Gartner Analyst Urges CIOs to Adopt Machiavellian Tactics
Gartner analyst Tina Nunno takes brass knuckles to CIO politics and leadership. In her new book "The Wolf in CIO's clothing", she says CIOs must adopt an animal identity to survive in the IT jungle....
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