CIO.com - IT Value

What a Wall Street Decline Means to Enterprise IT

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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.

20 Information Technology Facts that Will Amaze, Amuse and Alarm

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

From lost productivity from fantasy football to the SAP skills shortage to IT alignment and spending, the results from these sometimes scary or silly (and nearly always self-serving) studies may surprise you.

Network Management: Tips for Managing Costs

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

From hidden costs of new devices entering the network and new network end points being developed to increased connectivity and physical expansion needs, these tips, including virtualization, consolidation and measuring bandwidth consumption, will help you reduce costs as network management becomes more complex and expensive.

Business Analysts: A Key to Companies' Success

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Companies look to business analysts to facilitate IT-business communication and help determine technology strategies that will drive greater revenue.

7 Tips to Make Your Business More Competitive

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

When it comes to cutting costs, tech managers should seize the opportunity to refocus their IT departments in a way that makes the business more competitive, reduces the impact of IT budget cuts, drives performance improvement and enhances the overall value of IT. Surprisingly, there are seven opportunities to achieve these goals that IT often overlooks.

Value, Not Spend, Sets Executive IT Priorities for 2009 and Beyond

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The IT budget is not immune to economic conditions. A survey by Gartner indicates what's happening with IT budgets and what you need to do for the 2009 fiscal year--like consolidate your gains, raise the visibility of IT value and use those results to set expectations.

Three Keys to Getting Your Projects Under Control, Part 1

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

In the first of a three-part series, CIOs frustrated by project management pitfalls in Agile methodologies and techniques like Scrum will learn to plug leaks of time and costs that threaten deliverables.

Marks & Spencer Slashes Costs with IT

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Marks & Spencer reduced like-for-like IT running costs by 13.5 percent last year, shareholders were told at the companys annual general meeting this week.

Innovation Is Required to Succeed

Ashley Laurel Wilson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Quality, teamwork, leadership, and accepting risks are some of the key factors that support innovation, suggests Neil Armstrong.

How CIOs Can Make Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Work for Them

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Tips for effectively managing IT in a MAD world, from staff support and business expectations to juggling priorities. Involving IT early can help organizations achieve business objectives by implementing the processes and programs that help position IT departments and companies for long-term agility and competitive advantage.

Tips for Assessing and Communicating the Value of IT

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A new five-step approach for proving IT value will make your IT projects more successful and eliminate the need to defend IT initiatives.

Five IT Skills That Won't Boost Your Salary

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It no longer pays to be a PC, NetWare or HTML expert.

Q&A: 6 Critical Tips for IT Managers and CIOs

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

From tips for IT budgeting to working smarter with other departments to the changing role of the CIO and outsourcing, this short Q&A can help IT managers be more successful.

5 Tips on IT Alignment That Can Generate Profit

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

IT governance is not IT alignment. This primer on alignment can help you recognize the difference and create increased business value.

IT's Report Card: Doesn't Play Well With Others

Kim S. Nash — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Inflexible, out-of-sync with business needs and unresponsive. No, that's not your users -- it's how the non-IT executives see your technology group, according to a new survey of 1,650 executives.