CIO Magazine: December 1, 2012

How-To

How IT Hiring Managers Can Avoid the Holiday Rush

Kristen Lamoreaux says it’s better to stock your talent pool throughout the year than to make a hasty hire in the frenetic days of December

Feature

Innovative CIOs Show How to Make Money With IT

A select few CIOs are generating cold hard cash through innovation and collaboration. We rounded up examples of CIOs who generate revenue with IT, either by boosting sales or developing a product or service sold externally.

Opinion

How CIOs Are Making Security an Enterprise Necessity

Information security is often seen as more trouble and cost than it's worth. Until it fails. How can CIOs truly make it part of enterprise risk management?

Best Practice

3 Ways CIOs Work With Sales to Create Innovative Solutions

How IT leaders are recruiting ideas, building trust and embracing lessons learned when building tools sales teams want to use.

Best Practice

Business Analytics Software Helps Sales Team Close the Deal

At this health-benefits-management company, easy-to-use software lets salespeople quickly crunch data to boost their win rate

Feature

Adidas Heads to the Cloud to Control IT Spending

The sporting goods unit in Latin America implemented cloud-based procurement software in a multinational environment. It wasn't easy.

Opinion

Only a Small Percentage of CIOs Are Triple Threats

CIOs tend to be good at management and problem-solving, but only a few are good at selling. We found a small, inspiring group of CIOs who are actually generating revenue for their business.

CEO Letter By

The Top 10 Priorities for CIOs in 2013

As we head into the new year, IDG Enterprise CEO Michael Friedenberg pairs his list of favorite quotes with questions to spark your thinking

Feature

Embrace Consumerization of IT and Stop Saying No

At CITE Forum, Noah Broadwater, CTO of Sesame Workshop, explains how his IT organization learned to stop being gatekeepers and instead be partners and advocates for the business.

Feature

How Integrating Physical and Information Security Mitigates Risks

Though both are critical, physical and information security remain separate entities at many organizations. However, you can get a better grip on overall risk by integrating the two. Austin Recovery, a drug and alcohol treatment...