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CIO Leadership, Big Data

Notes from a recent trip to MIT (including the CIO Symposium)

Last month, I attended the MIT CIO Symposium focused on the transformational CIO, as well as the Center for Digital Business research report out.

Blog-post by Charles Bess,
HP Blogger
, Mon, 06/03/2013 - 13:38

Last month, I attended the MIT CIO Symposium focused on the transformational CIO. At the event I ran into John Dodge (of this site). John said I hadn’t posted much recently so I thought I’d pass along a brief summary of the panels I attended:

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Business Issues, IT Performance

Management Tips For New Age Businesses

Blog-post by James Brown, Sat, 06/01/2013 - 07:15

For businesses both offline and online, the new way of doing business is mandatory.

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Technology, Mobility

Mobile devices take toll on workplace manners

Do we really care?

Blog-post by John Dodge,
Community Manager
, Fri, 05/31/2013 - 14:47
jdodge

Workplace etiquette is taking a beating from mobile devices, according to a new survey by Robert Half Technology. My sense is that the more opportunity to communicate, the greater the volume of rudeness. And the greater the volume of nice behavior, too.

Just over half of 1,400 CIOs surveyed reported instances of bad workplace manners from the use of mobile devices. From the press release:

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Business Issues, Technology, Converged Infrastructure

6 Reasons to Take Out the IT Trash

Differentiating IT Trash from Valuable Assets

Blog-post by Ken Larson, Fri, 05/31/2013 - 14:21

Ben Franklin told us that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. An American politician named Ruth Ann Miner suggested that there is a third certainty; that is, trash

Trash is a subjective term of course. If you disagree, I challenge you to accompany my wife in search of treasure as she peruses garage sales.  One’s trash is another’s treasure, they say.  

The principle applies to Information Technology as well.  One person’s IT trash is another’s valuable asset.

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Technology, Applications

5 Things You Need to Know About Google Glass

The device is no gimmick and if often more than what it appears to be.

Quick Post by John Dodge,
Community Manager
, Thu, 05/30/2013 - 14:15
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The CIO.com review if you will looks deeply into what Google Glass is and isn't. No doubt, Al Sacco's review confirms what Google has said all along - that Glass is technological marvel that includes minaturization; voice and touch commands and a tangible (and hopefully practical and affordable) example of wearable technology.

Good read.

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Technology, Cloud

What is a SaaS Performance Management solution?

Blog-post by Rick Blaisdell, Thu, 05/30/2013 - 12:54
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A SaaS Performance Management solution helps meet user and businesses needs. Performance Management refers to the methods a company uses to leverage its assets, people, money and technology, to achieve strategic business goals.

Here are some advantages Performance Management can bring to your organization:

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Technology, Security

Hacking as an act of war

Call to arms: what is security? Small parts of the bigger picture.

Blog-post by jamal khawaja, Thu, 05/30/2013 - 01:35

I’ve been harping on security as a weakness in corporate America for many years.  Of course, every technology pundit has; it’s an easy target.  However, my contention is not that our security apparatus is not robust enough or that we are somehow more likely to be hacked because of a lack of technological prowess; far from it.  I believe that even with the technologies that we have, the security and secrecy of our most valuable assets should be something we can count on.

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CIO Leadership, IT Performance

Don’t Be Fooled By False Metrics

Beware of "Vanity" metrics.

Blog-post by Mike Walker,
HP Blogger
, Wed, 05/29/2013 - 22:16

When I meet with both IT and business executives, I often find that they are very interested in quantifying their value of their organization and rightfully so. Scorecards, Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and Critical Success Factors (CSR’s) are all topics that are interwoven into those conversations. It’s important to do this but I often ask myself if we go a bit overboard on the endless need to see who has the most metrics.

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CIO Leadership, Mobility

How CIOs can become relevant to today's enterprise?

Move from systems of record to systems of engagement.

Blog-post by Myles Suer,
HP Blogger
, Wed, 05/29/2013 - 20:15

For some, mobility may have been the province of young people doing Facebook, Twitter, Mapping, and even Words with Friends. However, as Gen Yers enter the workforce in increasing numbers and as us Gen Xers and Baby Boomers have finally gotten hip, the place to engage has moved from the PC to a mobile app. The app-centric world of mobility is changing technology. It’s changed our experience on the consumer side: My wife is playing with one of her smart phone apps before bed each night. And it’s having a profound effect in the enterprise as well.

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CIO Leadership, IT Performance

Harvey Nash survey indicates the CIO has "never been more important"

IT leaders more focused on top line growth and strategy

Blog-post by John Dodge,
Community Manager
, Wed, 05/29/2013 - 19:20
jdodge
The Harvey Nash 2012 CIO survey offers one of the sunnier forecasts for the sometimes beleaguered CIO.
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