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Guide the Next Generation Toward Success

H.B. Fuller CIO Steven John outlines the basic business principles he teaches Gen Y that will help them plot their careers

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Setting Rocky Vendor Relationships Right

Facing contracts that aren't delivering or might be falling apart, CIOs educate, tap their peers, and sometimes threaten to leave

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Sharing the Vision to Put Customers First

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Improve Your Business Smarts by Extending What You Already Do

Direct Energy CIO Kumud Kalia on how to acquire a commercial orientation, which he believes is the toughest of all leadership competencies for IT managers

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How to find the right staff

In a job market rich with highly qualified applicants, CIOs use on-the-job testings, unusual questions and users to hire more than technical talent

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One CIO shares his method for tracking how to most effectively work with decision-making executives.

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How to Make IT-Business Alignment a Reality

To make IT-business alignment a reality, CIOs advise embedding IT staff in the business, focusing on business processes and leveraging business mentors.

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Taking Customer Care to Heart

Aflac CIO Gerald Shields shares how he found a model for customer service in the loss of his daughter's cherished horse.

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How to Sever Bad Vendor Relationships

Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund CIO Cindy Warkentin advises mid-market IT leaders on how to walk away

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There's a lot of buzz about Windows 7 out there. Each month in our webcast series, listen to analysts and customers discuss how Windows 7 and the Windows Optimized Desktop is impacting large companies around the world. Learn how they evaluated Windows 7, including the cost of deployment, deployment strategies, and tangible benefits.

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Service Level Management Best Practices Life Cycle Overview - Improve Service Levels

Best practices for Service Level Management (SLM) is a process for consistently meeting customer requirements and delivering on IT's promises. See the steps required to ensure high-quality SLM.

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Keeping Your Members Safe from Online Scams and Predators

In order to keep fraudsters out, romance sites must deploy effective solutions that look at information independent of what is supplied by users. A device fingerprinting solution such as iovation ReputationManager™ provides unique insight into the computers being used to create multiple accounts and exposes hidden device-account relationships that identity-based fraud solutions often miss.

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