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Why IT Not Only Matters, But Now More Than Ever
When Nicholas Carr argued famously and contentiously a few years back that IT doesn't matter anymore, his more subtle point was missed. Having effective IT just means you are part of the competitive status quo. Most of your competitors will have similar technology to yours, so...
Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Management, Strategy, Information Technology
Blog posts 2008-07-29
Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference
It's not just you. It really is getting harder to outpace the other guys. Since the mid-1990s, competition in the U.S. economy has accelerated to unprecedented levels. The engine behind this hypercompetition: IT. Thanks to powerful...
Tags: Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, Innovation, Management, Leadership, Strategy, Pharmacy, Rivals, Information Technology
Articles 2008-07-18
Search and Manage Your IT Infrastructure with Paglo
If you run a small or medium business, you know how challenging it can be to keep tabs on all the hardware and software in your organization. Paglo, which bills itself as "a search engine for IT," offers inventory and network management, software auditing, remote monitoring, and alerts. Here's what...
Tags: Rick Broida, Management, Networking, Paglo, Auditing, Information Technology, IT Infrastructure, Tools & Techniques, Software, Strategy
Blog posts 2008-07-02
What Indian CIOs Can Teach American Colleagues About Innovation
IT departments in the US excel at showcasing emerging technologies such as RFID and mobile connectivity. But in the more important area of  using technology to propel business innovation, IT execs in India lead the way, says Forrester Research Vice President Navi Radjou. In a Harvard Business...
Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Management, Exec, Strategy, Information Technology, CIO, Innovation
Blog posts 2008-06-02
Get IT on Your Side
How is your relationship with IT? Do find them supportive and helpful when you have a tech problem in your group? Can you get enough IT resources for new projects? The fact of the matter is, you and IT probably have a troubled marriage,...
Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Strategy, Information Technology, Management
Blog posts 2008-05-19
How to Make Your IT Greener
Our post last month pointing out that servers guzzle as much energy as SUVs got a big response, but many readers asked a very reasonable question: businesses can't be expected to get rid of their IT, so how can they reduce IT energy expenditures? As we pointed...
Tags: Jessica Stillman, Management, Data Management, Hardware, Storage, Strategy, Data Centers, Information Technology, Data Center
Blog posts 2008-01-14
Business and IT Integration: Where Tech and Strategy Meet
We warned you there'd be a lot of 2007 year-in-review and 2008 predictions posts. Here we go again. Verizon Business has identified 10 hot business technology trends for 2008, including CIO as a business strategist: CIOs will take on an even more pivotal role in determining how to invest capital...
Tags: Enterprise Software, Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Verizon Business, Integration, Information Technology, CIO, Software, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-12-18
An Easy Way to Go Green Most Companies Miss
When it comes to green initiatives, many managers think that business travel is the low-hanging fruit. But a new report out today from a British non-profit, Global Action Plan, suggests that IT will soon emit more CO2 than travel. The study, titled "The Inefficient Truth," found that: There...
Tags: Management, Data Centers, Strategy, Carbon Footprint, Information And Communication Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Information Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-12-03
What Executives Really Think of MBAs
Outside of the interview: Managers reveal when — or if — they hire MBAs. Value the Program, Not the Degree “When I have hired young people from a great program like Babson, I often see that they have acquired a...
Tags: Education, Business School, Truth, Geoffrey James, Woolf, Sales, Information Technology, MBA, Management, BNET Feature
Articles 2007-10-16
Collaborating With Customers in Product Development
To some, "new product development" means inventing something new. In reality, though, most new products are modifications of existing products or ideas. Sometimes, adding an element of service onto an existing product is also referred to as new product development.The power of new product development lies in the potential for...
Tags: Research and Development, BNET Editorial, Marketing, Research & Development, Product, Management, Business Operations, Strategy, Product Marketing, Product Development, Customer, New Product Development, risk, supplier, collaboration, knowledge, information technology, benefit, video, security
Articles 2007-10-10
Creating Cross-Functional Teams
Most business projects require a wide variety of skills to complete the tasks involved. If you're managing such a project, it's almost axiomatic that you will be directing a group of individuals from different backgrounds: They may be members of your own organization, from other units of your company, or...
Tags: BNET Editorial, Management, Action, Organization, Motivation, Project, Team Management, Team Member, Delegation, Team, team-building, recruiting, project management, information technology, women, accounting, telecommunications, monitor, analysis, leader, job, performance, environment, phone, computer
Articles 2007-10-04
Why the Product Review Process Scares Vendors
In a perfect world, product reviewers would buy the new products they're reviewing ... and test them completely independent of any interaction with or coercion by the respective vendors. But most publications don't have the budget to independently acquire the products they review, and therefore rely on the vendors...
Tags: reviewer, Matt Sarrel, Travis Van, Management, Software, Operating Systems, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Open Source, Strategy, Linux, Public Relations, Product Review, Product, Vendor, Information Technology
Blog posts 2007-10-02
How Much Are Your IT Assets Worth? Don't Know? You're Not Alone.
Businesses spent billions on IT in 2006, and spending is up a little over 8% this year according to IDC. Yet a new study reveals that neither CIOs nor CFOs have much of a sense of the value of their companies' IT assets. The survey, conducted by UK software developer,...
Tags: Software, Jessica Stillman, Management, Strategy, Micro Focus, Information Technology
Blog posts 2007-10-01
The Looming IT Crunch: Is Second Life a Solution?
Would you hire a candidate who handed you a beer in an interview? That's exactly what one new-to-Second Life avatar did intending to hand over his resume during a TMP Worldwide virtual job fair. There's a lot of hype about virtual recruiting; it allows candidates to release physical insecurities, create appealing and...
Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Information Technology, Job, Second Life, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-09-11
Technology Pros Get a Mixed Career Bag
Good news for the IT world: average compensation for technology managers has finally entered the six-digit realm, according to new survey results from InformationWeek IW. The results suggest that average IT managers earn $105,000 annually in cash salary and bonuses. But it's not all good news: automation and offshoring still...
Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Andrew Hines, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Information Technology, Job, Career, Pro
Blog posts 2007-05-01
Informatica Corp. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of Mark Murphy of Piper Jaffray. You may proceed. Mark Murphy - Piper Jaffray Yes. Thank you very much. Congrats on the strength. I am wondering what type of economic assumption is embedded into your 2010 guidance. I...
Tags: IT Budget, Information Technology, Call Transcript, Earnings, Data Integration, Business Survival, Strategy, Management, Seeking Alpha, Informatica
Earnings calls 2009-10-22
How Can HR Help IT Design A Hiring Strategy For 2003?
"In the IT world, to hire or not to hire has been the burning question these past few months. Piot's strategy will help IT managers to create a flexible organizational plan that is sized for today, can expand to meet small peaks or contract rapidly in response to a...
Tags: Hiring, HR.com, Information Technology, Hiring Strategy, IT Manager, Piot, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2003-02-28
Large scale events for a leading IT consultancy
Officials we have designed and developed four large-scale Global Orientation Management Events (of between 60 and 80 participants) for potentially high-achieving managers joining this global IT organization. The events provide an opportunity for participants to learn about and influence the organization's culture with the aim of building a common understanding...
Tags: Event, Information Technology, Team Management, Strategy, Management
Case studies 2003-01-01
IT Strategy at BEA Systems
While BEA did not suffer the problems many large companies face when dealing with legacy systems that no longer support the business agenda, the company had grown rapidly and the CIO was facing a critical strategic issue—how to migrate to a better technical architecture for BEA and ensure that IT...
Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Information Technology, Accenture Ltd., Strategy, Management
Case studies 2003-01-01
Keeping IBM staff up to speed with on-site IT training
IBM Sale often needs helpdesk analysts who can keep up with changing requirements. We found a solution to ensure that all staff get the right IT Given Manpower's long standing and successful relationship with IBM, it was not surprising that the organization turned to Manpower when it needed to recruit...
Tags: Information Technology, Training, Staff, IBM Corp., Help Desk, Call Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Management
Case studies 2003-01-01
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