THOMAS WAILGUM

As a senior editor, I write in-depth features that probe macroeconomic and business topics that challenge today's executives and the IT community; shorter articles that analyze current business and technology trends; personality-driven Q&As that ask questions our readers want to see answered; lively and opinionated columns that strive to stir discussions in our online readership; and interactive pieces that use online media tools, such as slide shows, to grab readers' attention and deliver entertaining content.

These are the topic areas I'm following now:

-Enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, SCM, BI)

-Data management (MDM) and real-time data challenges

-Software as a service and how companies are deciding between on-premise vs. on-demand

-Oracle vs. SAP vs. Everybody Else

-Transformational IT stories that have financially impacted businesses

-Sports, technology and business

-The role business analysts play in software development

A look at some of my most popular and favorite articles on CIO.com include: "How Wal-Mart Lost Its Technology Edge," "How to Be a Supremely Productive Person: A Chat With John Halamka," "Ten IT Urban Legends Exposed," and "IT at the Department of Defense: Adding Insult to Injury."

I've written other investigative articles and profiles of executives at Toyota, Starbucks, the New York City Police Department, UPS and ESPN.

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Inside the CIA's Extreme Technology Makeover, Part 1

Al Tarasiuk, the CIA's CIO, is on a mission to modernize the agency's IT practices and connections to the intelligence community. It's just like any other IT-business alignment project, except that he has to get disparate departments to share data while supporting the White House's war on terror.

Who Is Al Tarasiuk?

The details on the CIO of the Central Intelligence Agency

Inside the E-Commerce Strategy That Could Save Borders, Part 1

Borders recently ended its outsourced e-commerce relationship with Amazon.com and debuted its own website. But does the flashy Borders.com arrive too late? In this two-part series, Borders IT and business execs take CIO.com inside the project that is vital to the struggling retailer's future.

Save Money With PC Power Management

PC power management software helped Washington Mutual cut electricity use for a projected $3 million in savings. Part 4 of 5

As SAP Support Costs Spike, Users' Group Leader Preaches Collaboration -- Not Rebellion

In response to SAP's announcement that support fees will rise in 2009, Steve Strout, the CEO of the American SAP Users' Group, advises users to lean on the SAP-ASUG relationship and look at the big picture.

U.K. SAP Users Angry Over SAP Support Price Increases

The chairman of the U.K. & Ireland SAP User Group issued a forceful statement that outlines the onerous cost increases and "mandatory nature of this change" that has riled up the SAP user community there.

SAP: Oracle Software Support from TomorrowNow to End

SAP will close TomorrowNow, its money-losing third-party maintenance provider of Oracle applications that is the subject of a nasty court battle, on Oct. 31, 2008. What are the implications for third-party maintenance?

The Man Behind MasterCard's 100 Terabyte Data Warehouse

MasterCard's head of global technology, Rob Reeg, talks about his new job, MasterCard's massive data warehouse, just how fast credit-card transactions really fly and his personal experience with credit-card fraud.

Rate the SAP Consultant: SAP User Group Launches Database to Help Companies Find Help They Need

In an interview, Steve Strout, the CEO of the American SAP Users' Group, talks about its new Edge tool, how it offers service-provider and consultant transparency, and what SAP thinks of it.

How Did Apple's Supply Chain Fare During the iPhone 3G Rollout?

Everyone has got an opinion on the new iPhone's functionalities, but how did Apple's physical and digital supply chain perform on Friday? The physical side held up well, but the digital side did not.

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