Special Report

What a Wall Street Decline Means to Enterprise IT

Insights into Wall Street and tips for IT and business managers looking to understand the financial sector and how to solve budget problems posed by a stock market dip.

Wall Street Financial Crisis to Lead to Layoffs in IT

IT consulting firm Janco Associates estimates that 13,000 IT jobs at Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and HP could be cut by the end of the year.

Recession-Proof Yourself: How to Save Your Job When Layoffs Are the Order of the Day

When times get tough, it pays to communicate your worth. Also valuable: diplomatic skills, teamwork and some detective work to anticipate what's happening at your organization.

Worried About a Recession? How to Hold the Line on Your IT Budget

The recession may not be official, but companies aren't waiting to rein in costs. Here's how to get smarter about what you spend on IT.

Does Your Work in IT Matter to Wall Street?

The truth is that IT matters a lot when systems and networks go horribly and publicly wrong. And that IT run very well is difficult for Wall Street analysts to notice.

Credit Suisse CIO Jumps Ship to Merrill Lynch Amid Industry Turmoil

With the financial services industry in rough shape, veteran CIO Tom Sanzone leaves one company that's in a bit of hot water for another that just suffered its worst quarter ever.

What You Can Learn about Risk Management from Societe Generale

Weak IT access controls cost the French bank $7.2 billion. The case should prompt you to rethink how you balance IT security with employee access to critical systems.

How to Keep Wall Street Analysts Happy

Most financial analysts aren't experts on technology, but they know how to spot an IT-induced financial fire. Here are three hot spots to avoid.

Credit Suisse's Balancing Act

Game-changing IT projects require time and investment. Wall Street likes quick wins and cost savings. How one public-company CIO balances the two.

How IT Executives Can Help Speed Up Financial Reporting

When it comes to closing the books, the benefits of speed are undeniable. And CIOs are uniquely positioned to help their organizations reap them.

CIO Job Search: A Real-Life Chronicle

Job-hunting CIO Mark Cummuta offers advice and insight on navigating the ups and downs of a job search.

Managing IT in a Recession

What should CIOs and other IT leaders be doing to prepare?

IT Value Metrics: How to Communicate ROI to the Business

CIOs are always faced with pressure to justify their IT expenditures. Now, new research can help correlate those IT dollars spent with business value accrued.

External Resources

Secrets of the Budget Masters

Tough Times in Consulting Offer Long-Term Savings

Gartner: Prepare Two IT Budgets for 2008

How to Present Your IT Budget

Here's how to make your next budget presentation a winning proposition.

Taming Telecom Costs

Most companies mismanage telecom expenses and planning...and are now asking the CIO to fix the problem. Here's how to take stock and clean up the mess.

What Service-Based Costing Really Means

A concept from ITIL could make a huge difference this budget cycle.

Hot IT Jobs: Head of IT Finance

What you need to know about the requirements and responsibilities for this position.

Penny Pinching All-Stars

Eight CIOs share their tips on how to do more with less.

Good Stuff Cheap

CIO's tour of the secondary market—its characters, its characteristics, the products and the prices that are insane!.

Best Practices for Surviving an Economic Downturn

Tips to avoid making hasty—and bad—decisions when being asked to cut costs.

Managing Your IT Staff Among Rampant Layoffs

What's in store for CIOs as you manage IT staffs? Less spending and more managing, for one thing.

What It Means to Run IT Like a Business

This mutual mandate from the CEO, the CFO and the CIO will turn IT from a credibility-damaged cost center into the aligned business partner it needs to be—and always should have been.

With the mandate to run the IT function like a business, you also have to be a CEO: planning and executing IT financial controls, marketing campaigns, HR strategies, customer service efforts and all the other disciplines that make a business run.

IT Spending: Your Budget Playbook

Blindside your CEO with a simple plan that benefits you while telling him what he wants to hear...spending money on making people more productive, not adding computers.