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By Mary Branscombe

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By Lisa Downing
Deciphering Enterprise Apps

SAP and Google Maps Team Up to Visualize Corporate Data

SAP and Google have announced a new partnership intended to help enterprises use Google Maps to better visualize and use their critical business data. Here's how this partnership can help your company use its data even more effectively.
By Todd R. WeissJul, 27 2011
Deciphering Enterprise Apps

Slow Product Ramp-ups Challenge Oracle and SAP

Oracle and SAP still have some things to prove to customers as they continue to unveil their product strategies around Oracle's Fusion Apps and SAP's HANA technologies, according to one analyst.
By Todd R. WeissJul, 26 2011
News

Social CRM for the Enterprise: How Analytics Can Move You to Greater Success

Done right, Social CRM can help your company talk to your customers, but even more importantly, it can help you listen to your customers in ways you've never imagined. And that can help your business grow.
By Todd R. WeissJul, 6 2011
Feature

For San Francisco Giants, Dynamic Pricing Software Hits a Home Run

Factors such as starting pitchers and Friday-night fireworks help the San Francisco Giants boost revenue by matching ticket prices to demand
By Stephanie OverbyJun, 29 2011
News

Has Business Intelligence Failed?

Is your business keeping up with the huge advances in predictive BI technologies that can help your company grow?n
By Todd R. WeissJun, 20 2011
Feature

Hot Job: Why Your IT Department Needs Data Scientists

What do you get when you combine the roles of software developer, statistician and data analyst? A data scientist, who can derive tangible insights from huge quantities of data.
By Meridith LevinsonJun, 7 2011
Feature

The CIO of 2014: Venture Capitalist, Orchestra Conductor, Contract Negotiator

Managing technology is becoming less important to the CIO role than managing change. You can already see it happening.
By June Drewry and Madeline WeissMay, 25 2011
Tip

Five Things You Need to Know About MySQL

MySQL may already be in your enterprise. Here are the basics on the open-source database.
By Chris KanaracusMay, 25 2011
Feature

Can Video Analytics Rev Up Marketing?

Harley-Davidson Canada road tests a video analytics system to better target its marketing to customers in its stores
By Stephanie OverbyMay, 12 2011
Feature

QlikTech CEO's Secret Weapon: Your Frustration With Big BI

Business users often watch as IT deploys costly, complex BI programs that take months to arrive — then fail to deliver the needed insights. QlikTech CEO Lars Bjork says you don't have to take it anymore. In this Q&A, he explains how his company's data discovery tools give the power to users — and even help police crack murder cases.
By John GallantApr, 1 2011
Opinion

Making Space for Creative Thinking

CIO magazine Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson reflects on our April 1 cover story and the ways technology can hinder or aid strategic decision making.
By Maryfran JohnsonMar, 25 2011
Feature

You Can’t Use a Smartphone for Everything

The types of devices you give your colleagues and the way you deliver data have an impact on how they understand information. Business-focused CIOs learn how people in their organizations think, so they can apply the right technology to spark better decisions.
By Kim S. NashMar, 25 2011
Feature

Teach Young Workers to Be Business Thinkers

Train employees how to think about using data, not just how to use IT systems
By Kim S. NashMar, 25 2011
Opinion

How SaaS Will Impact 6 Key Software Categories

SaaS will steal the show in certain categories but remain a bit player in others, Forrester research shows. Here's a look at how SaaS will affect IT management tools, ERP applications and more, for the next two years.
By Liz Herbert and Andrew Bartels and Forrester ResearchMar, 1 2011
Tip

BI in the Cloud: Advice for Success

To get the benefits of BI in the cloud, pay attention to vendor contract details and integration needs
By Kim S. NashFeb, 23 2011
Analysis

How CIOs Can Enable an Empowered Business

IT will see a lot of change by 2020 and as CIO, you need to help your company get out in front. Here are four keys to success from Forrester Research.
By Alex Cullen and James StatenFeb, 23 2011
Opinion

Four Emerging Positions CIOs Need to Fill

CIO magazine’s latest cover story looks at the talent gaps in today’s IT departments and the four new roles that have CIOs on the hunt for fresh talent.
By Maryfran JohnsonFeb, 23 2011
Feature

Risk Management: A CIO’s Strategic Role

CIOs have a unique responsibility to identify the systems and data that executives need to manage through a crisis or make decisions in times of rapid change
By Kim S. NashJan, 27 2011
Feature

The Long and Windy Road to Oracle's Fusion Applications

Oracle has laid out the Fusion Apps roadmap for its customers. But how each customer actually gets to the Fusion Apps destination is another question altogether.
By Thomas WailgumJan, 5 2011
News

Emerging Tech: Business Intelligence Apps Go Mobile

What could your company do with a BI app on iPhones and iPads? Some analysts say this mobile software category will take off in 2011 – but early adopters are already gaining benefits.
By Tom KaneshigeDec, 21 2010
News

Emerging Tech: Social Commerce Fills the Shopping Cart

Are your investments in social networks paying off? Get ready for a new way of e-business.
By Tom KaneshigeDec, 7 2010
Feature

11 Hot ERP Topics for 2011: Analysis and Predictions

From courtroom trials to executive shake-ups, 2010 was quite a year for the ERP marketplace. But 2011 has even more drama in store: Here's our analysis of the key problems, players and products.
By Thomas WailgumNov, 30 2010
Feature

SAP's Co-CEOs: Are Two Heads Better Than One?

Nearly a year into their tenure as co-CEOs of SAP, Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe are saying all the right things and getting good marks from industry analysts–proving that a dual-CEO model is not a recipe for disaster. But the duo still faces significant challenges.
By Thomas WailgumNov, 23 2010
News

Emerging Tech: Alternatives to Apple App Store, For Enterprises

Apple's App Store and iTunes are great for consumers but kludgy for companies. Yet only recently have enterprises been able to find an enterprise app store of their own — for better mobile app deployment and management.
By Tom KaneshigeNov, 19 2010
Tip

Using Business Intelligence to Predict Harry Potter DVD Sales

It’s not magic. Business intelligence is helping Warner Bros. make more accurate sales forecasts for the upcoming Harry Potter DVD.
By Kim S. NashNov, 2 2010
News

A Small Manufacturing Company Rolls Out iPad: 3 Tips

Industrial Mold & Machine in Ohio is using the iPad to help bridge a corporate cultural divide. Here, they share three rollout tips.
By Tom KaneshigeNov, 2 2010
Feature

The App Store Effect on BI Applications and IT

Execs and managers are desperately seeking instant BI application satisfaction, and IT is trying to keep up. Here's why it may be a losing battle for CIOs, project managers and developers.
By Thomas WailgumNov, 1 2010
Feature

Oracle vs. SAP: Battle of Fall 2010 Balance Sheets

A head-to-head examination of how the two software giants' revenues, executives and strategies fared during their most recent quarters.
By Thomas WailgumOct, 28 2010
Tip

Microsoft’s PowerPivot: Five Things You Need to Know

It comes free with Office 2010 and allows all of your Excel power users to dabble in business intelligence. Is it a godsend for IT or a new nightmare to manage?
By Joab JacksonOct, 27 2010
Feature

CMOs and CIOs: Can This Relationship Be Saved?

Both of you understand the importance of digital marketing to your company–but CIOs and CMOs are not speaking the same language or playing well together, new research shows. CIOs should take the initiative now, or suffer when the CMO does an end-run around IT.
By Thomas WailgumOct, 4 2010
News Analysis

Analysis: HP Spins CEO Carousel and Picks Wrong Horse in Apotheker

Nothing miraculous has transformed Leo Apotheker since his old school ways failed to energize SAP employees or customers during his brief stint as CEO. Apotheker is not the best choice–even if HP has designs on enterprise software or SAP itself.
By Thomas WailgumSep, 30 2010
News

Microsoft SharePoint: Three Deployment Challenges

SharePoint is an enterprise behemoth, but getting it up and running is still rife with challenges, according to a new survey.
By Shane O'NeillSep, 28 2010
Feature

ERP Sticker Shock: Maintenance, Upgrades and Customizations

Two new studies demonstrate why many companies are suffering from "buyer's remorse" after spending millions on traditional ERP rollouts.
By Thomas WailgumSep, 23 2010
Opinion

CIOs Of The Future Need To Capitalize on New Data Sources

As The Internet of Things paves the way to cars that recognize their driver and washing machines that call in for repairs, CIOs should reach out to colleagues in R&D and be at the forefront of driving business strategy.
By Maryfran JohnsonSep, 23 2010
News

DEMO Fall 2010: 4 Cool Mobile Startups with an iPhone Twist

At the DEMO show this week, CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige found 4 mobile startups destined to make a splash in the iPhone apps and services world. Take a peek.
By Tom KaneshigeSep, 17 2010
Feature

Oracle OpenWorld 2010: Larry, Mark and Lots of Questions

This year's OpenWorld confab will feature Oracle's Mark Hurd — and plenty of customer questions. Will Oracle have good answers or just the usual verbal skewers?
By Thomas WailgumSep, 13 2010
Feature

Fantasy Football Guru Ignores Her Instincts, Trusts Analytics

IBM's Hetal Thaker bucks a couple of common stereotypes regarding football viewership and fantasy football leagues — and uses predictive analytics to draft her way to success. Here's her advice on analyzing data on running backs and running your business.
By Thomas WailgumSep, 8 2010
Feature

Top 10 Ways CIOs Can Prepare for Recession No. 2

As Gartner warns IT leaders to be ready in case a second recession hits, CIO.com's Thomas Wailgum shares his thoughts on how CIOs can actually slash pesky budgets. Hint: Unpaid interns, meet Russian hackers!
By Thomas WailgumJul, 30 2010
News

Beef Up Your BI Strategy

Last year CIOs faced budget cuts, project delays and increased demand for services, and this year IT budgets have – for the most part – remained flat. For CIOs, it’s a challenging time, and one that requires them to move from cost-cutting measures to providing strategic value.
By Vawn HimmelsbachJul, 28 2010
Feature

Apocalypse Soon: 52 Percent of CIOs Plan to Blow Up IT Groups

More than half of CIOs expect to restructure their IT organizations within three years, new Forrester Research data shows. And apps organizations face the first salvo.
By Thomas WailgumJul, 22 2010
Feature

Why the CIO Is a Business Executive First, then a Technologist

For Healthways CEO Ben Leedle Jr., the CIO’s job isn’t just to run IT. It’s turning the company’s strategy into reality.
By Kim S. NashJul, 16 2010
News

Microsoft's Home of the Future: A Visual Tour

Microsoft's full-scale model home of the future may seem like science fiction, but interactive bedrooms, dishes that charge cellphones, sensors that notify you when plants need water, and kitchen counters that read your recipes may be close to reality in a world where social and interactive technology moves at lightning speed. Welcome to The Microsoft Home, where no wall or table in the house is safe from being a digital device.
By Shane O'NeillJun, 23 2010
News

The 4 Tiers of a Secure B2B Framework

Worried about how to link IT networks with business partners without getting burned? Forrester analyst Usman Sindhu offers a 4-step strategy to ensure trust.
By Usman SindhuJun, 22 2010
News

Network Security: Three Open-Source Options

Evolutionary IT's Joseph Guarino explains how to achieve network security the open way (Third in a series on open-source security solutions)
By Joseph GuarinoJun, 18 2010
Feature

Business Intelligence Meets BPM: Using Data to Change Business Processes on the Fly

When business intelligence is used to inform business process changes, companies find new ways to save money and connect more closely with customers.
By Kim S. NashJun, 17 2010
Feature

BI Moves to the Cloud

CIO survey finds one in five plan to move analytics off-premise in the next three years.
By Lauren BrousellJun, 16 2010
Opinion

BI: Useful Analytics Delivers Many Gifts

Dedication to business intelligence and data analytics yields customers, productivity and credibility for IT.
By Maryfran JohnsonJun, 16 2010
Feature

Web Analytics: Turn Customer Feedback into Sales

Online eyeglass retailer EyeBuyDirect.com used a web analytics tool to diagnose dropped sales and win new sales conversions.
By Cindy WaxerJun, 9 2010
Feature

5 Must-Read Blog Posts from SAP Sapphire 2010

These five posts offer superb insight into SAP's strategies as well as the challenges (and likely successes) that the ERP vendor will experience.
By Thomas WailgumMay, 21 2010
Feature

SAP Sapphire 2010: Observations, News and Tweets

Here are the tastiest bits of news, views and goings-on from SAP's big show in Orlando.
By Thomas WailgumMay, 20 2010
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