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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?
Blog-post by Joel Dobbs

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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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Do different business stages require different CIO Types?

Blog-post by Martin Davis

How does the business stage (start-up, growth, steady state etc) relate to the type of CIO needed? And more importantly does this have a correlation to business…

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What Type of CIO are you?

Last comment time: Apr 24 2013 - 5:49pm

Martin Davis The chart is actually a generic one that you can find various places on the web. Growth is defined as that early stage g… more »

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 …

Last comment time: Apr 25 2013 - 1:25pm

Doug Goddard I see several clear paths forward for both internal IT and old farts like myself. Some may even lead to greater relevanc… more »

Mobile the biggest disruptor. Who's the overseer: the CMO or CIO?

Blog-post by John Dodge

This Guardian article asks who should oversee mobile - the CMO or CIO? Clearly, it's a collaboration that demands bridges between marketing and IT. Specifically

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/apr/18/mobile-cio-cmo

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John Dodge That the CIO and CMO have to work together is an obvious but crucial point, Pearl. There are all these articles, posts a… more »

Does the U.S. need to raise the limit on H1-B visas?

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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.