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IT Strategies, do we really need one?

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

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 tha…

Is your world a place of scarcity or abundance?

Blog-post by Joel Dobbs

Several years ago one of my mentors asked the question above. As he explained the question and I considered my answer, I began to realize that the way I answered this simple question w…

Innovation comes in a bottle at Clorox

Blog-post by John Dodge

Normally, I endure (read: ignore) online video ads, but one from Clorox caught my eye recently. It extolled the wonder of it's new Smart Tube spray bottle, which promises to drain ever…

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IT is dead, says ZDNet blogger
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JD Irving CIO Martin Davis once said there are no IT projects...just projects with an IT element. Those would seem to support the argument in this ZDNet post th…

http://www.zdnet.com/cxo-talk-guest-hinchcliffe-proclaims-it-is-dead-7000015233/

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10 reasons why you have to quit your job this year
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Well, I, for one, do not plan on quitting my job. After all, a community manager's job is both interesting and thoroughly relevant in the online world. For the …

http://www.businessinsider.com/10-reasons-why-you-have-to-quit-your-job-2013-5

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

Probortunity IT Strategy

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Is your world a place of scarcity or abundance?
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Several years ago one of my mentors asked the question above. As he explained the question and I considered my answer, I began to realize that the way I answere…

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Is CMO versus CIO rivalry nonsense?
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Some long time IT observers and CIOs see the chief marketing officer as a threat to the CIO as nonsense. But is he or she? We've seen this clash before, observe…

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Is the IT skills gap fact or fiction?

CIO Questions by Gary Beach

Last comment time: May 2 2013 - 10:57am

John Dodge I am surprised that we have not heard anything in this discussion about cloud, big data and business analytsts....that t… more »

Knowing what you know now, would you still have chosen a career in IT?

CIO Questions by Jerry Bishop

Last comment time: May 1 2013 - 9:47am

John Dodge Yes, I would call out two great points you make, Juan: 1) Having a business experience, education and background in addi… more »

For many CIOs it may be time to pivot

Blog-post by Joel Dobbs

“IT in 2015 will bear little resemblance to its current state. Many activities will devolve to business units, be consolidated with other central functions such…

Last comment time: Apr 14 2013 - 12:46pm

Juan Nalda We all perfectly know our job as CIOs has transformed itself and became much more complex. In the past IT was a back-off… more »

Is your world a place of scarcity or abundance?

Blog-post by Joel Dobbs

Several years ago one of my mentors asked the question above. As he explained the question and I considered my answer, I began to realize that the way I answere…

Last comment time: May 7 2013 - 2:59pm

Joel Dobbs Pearl,You are absolutely right, bad behaviors, especially among mo… more »

Business Issues

What an enlightened healthcare CEO should tell their CIO? Is the CIO listening?

Blog-post by Myles Suer

Last week, I got to hear Robert M. Wah—the immediate past chair of the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees—speak at UC Irvine’s forum, Idea Exchange in Digital Healthc…

Booz and Company proclaims the death of traditional IT (and possibly shared services)

Blog-post by Myles Suer

At HP, we have suggested for some time that CIOs need to evolve into what we have dubbed a “service broker.” However, Booz and Company sees the business need for better information, mo…

CIO Leadership

CIOs listen up: You are what you measure!

Blog-post by Myles Suer

A few years ago, Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at Duke University, wrote for Harvard Business Review that “You Are What You Measure.” In the column, Ariely explained …

Experienced IT personnel biggest obstacle to cloud adoption?

Blog-post by Christian Verstraete

Last week, I participated in a discussion on LinkedIN titled “Public Cloud will grow when experienced IT folks die”. The discussion was triggered by an article with the same title writ…

Technology

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

Blog-post by Mark Stamp

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…

Probortunity IT Strategy

IT performance topics include those involved in the tracking, measuring and managing of technology resources across the organization. The systematic automation of these processes is essential to understanding and communicating IT performance in relevant business terms.