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CIO Leadership, IT Performance

Four questions CIOs should ask before taking on a new initiative.

What, Who, How and Why?

Blog-post by Joel Dobbs, , Thu, 05/23/2013 - 00:45

In the work I do with entrepreneurs and start-up companies I find that they are frequently unable to clearly articulate their value proposition. We see this most frequently in the “pitch clinics” we conduct to help entrepreneurs prepare for business plan competitions or funding request presentations to venture capitalists.  They clearly understand their business, at least in their own mind, but have great difficulty clearly explaining it.  For instance, last year we had a young Ph.D.

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CIO Leadership, IT Performance

Motivating Employees to Follow BYOD Security Policies

Blog-post by Ilya Elbert, Tue, 05/21/2013 - 21:15
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Bring your own device or BYOD is a practice that continues to be hotly debated in the business world. As this discussion carries on, the trend seems to be that more and more companies are embracing a BYOD strategy. As more companies are adopting the BYOD approach, their respective IT departments are scrambling to incorporate security policies to protect the company from potential threats. These threats are very serious and with a BYOD model it is imperative that employees take the necessary steps to protect themselves and the company.

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Technology, Cloud

Public v. private cloud is not the issue. It's cloud complexity.

Hybrid delivery becoming the norm for large enterprises.

Blog-post by Christian Verstraete,
HP Blogger
, Mon, 05/20/2013 - 19:26
Christian

More and more articles point to the uptake of cloud in enterprises. And, if I believe the interactions I have with CIOs, it is definitely the case. The big question is whether to go private or public cloud. That, in my mind, is the wrong question. I’ve already mentioned several times that “one size does not fit all” when we talk about the cloud.

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Tags: CIO Cloud HP IT

CIO Leadership, Big Data

The human dimension of ROI

Return on Individuals - Yet another definition for ROI

Blog-post by E.G. Nadhan,
HP Blogger
, Fri, 05/17/2013 - 15:46

By now, I have shared various new definitions for ROI — including the Returns on Information, Infrastructure, and Innovation. When it comes to enterprises looking to strategically innovate the planet by 2020, it’s all about having the right people with the right skills and work experience.

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Technology, Converged Infrastructure

What do VSAs and OpenStack have in common?

All in the software-defined datacenter before it was cool

Blog-post by Brad Parks,
HP Blogger
, Thu, 05/16/2013 - 22:37

Software-Defined is certainly all the rage in marketing circles lately. It’s tough to pin down a specific definition if you look across vendors, industry influencers, and customers. Wikipedia (source of all knowledge) may have it best when they call software-defined storage “a marketing theme that lacks consensus.” 

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Business Issues, Mobility

The looming legal BYOD minefield

Will mandatory BYOD really work?

Blog-post by John Dodge,
Community Manager
, Fri, 05/03/2013 - 15:16
jdodge

CIO.com has been trailblazing coverage of BYOD's end user hazards and the legal slippery slope for employers. 

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CIO Leadership, Cloud

To take charge of your cloud strategy, get your finances in order first

Blog-post by Myles Suer,
HP Blogger
, Mon, 05/06/2013 - 16:54
myles.suer

So you have decided to embark on a cloud strategy? Great! Like many IT leaders, you are looking into public cloud, private cloud or maybe both. Often the driver for the move to cloud is to increase business and development agility as well as to accelerate the time-to-market for new or improved business capabilities. Maybe the driver is the desire to be more efficient with the infrastructure that you already own. Stewardship is a good motive.

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Tags: Cloud Finance

Business Issues, Big Data

Applying Social Media to differentiate Product Development Strategy

Data is not Strategy but Strategy cannot be formulated without Data

Blog-post by E.G. Nadhan,
HP Blogger
, Mon, 05/13/2013 - 18:02

What is the next product to be developed? What is the next feature to be added? What is the next enhancement to be made? These are a few of the burning questions about product development enterprises have to address on a regular basis to competitively differentiate themselves in the market. Strategy plays a key role in product development.

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Business Issues, Mobility

When only a `phablet' will do

One device to do all our business

Blog-post by Christian Verstraete,
HP Blogger
, Fri, 05/10/2013 - 20:02

Just read an article “Nokia planning phablet for 2013”. The original information appeared in the Financial Times. Yes they put the word “phablet” into brackets, but everybody seems to know what they mean. Wonderful language that keeps expanding itself.

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Business Issues, CIO Leadership, Technology, IT Performance

So what does an IT strategy mean to you and furthermore, do you really need one?

Report, report, report!

Blog-post by Mark Stamp, Fri, 05/03/2013 - 19:25

Well it is possible to run a business without one and I know many small businesses that do exactly that, but by pinning your IT strategy to your business or corporate strategy, you are enabling yourself to make better, more considered decisions that will inevitably affect your business and your cost base.  Making snap decisions is always more costly than making consistent and efficient ones and if only for this reason, I suggest you have one.

Benefits of an IT Strategy

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