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7 key Microsoft Azure analytics services (plus one extra)

The XaaS trap: ‘Everything as a service’ isn’t anything IT really needs

11 dark secrets of data management

What is RPA? A revolution in business process automation

New programming technologies entice and challenge CIOs.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and e-commercestartup E-botz.com was determined to create a working website assoon as possible."The dotcom …

By John Edwards

Take Practical Steps Into E-Commerce

Ignore the hooey about e-marketplaces. Take practical steps, notheadlong leaps, into e-commerce.

By CIO Staff

Nimble HR Systems are Key for Successful Mergers

A leading European bank finds that nimble HR systems are aprerequisite for smoothly digesting a raft of mergers and

By Dennis Howlett

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The Razor’s Edge, Episode 3: Busting Some BYOD Myths

Green Tech that ‘Moves the Needle’ on Climate Change

Employee wellbeing matters: treat your customers like your staff

Defining data privacy, residency and sovereignty in the cloud

NCCUSL UCITA is Bad for Business

By Gary Beach

Customer Privacy on the Web

For four years now, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hasaccommodated the Internet industry’s request that it, not thegovernment, regulate the …

By Martha Heller

21st Century Health Care

Discover how technology is moving through the health-careworld.

By Ellen Pearce

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Still Waiting for the IT Miracle

CIO has existed for more than a decade, beating the drum aboutthe benefits of IT. In my optimism (a.k.a., naivet) …

By Megan Santosus

Keep Humans in the Information Technology Process

For most business people, technology is a means to makeemployees more productive–to help them do their workfaster, easier, better. It …

By Meridith Levinson

IT Under Seige But Unaware

Get this: 90 percent of computer security professionals havedetected security breaches at their organizations, according toa recent survey by the …

By Abbie Lundberg

Benchmarking Supply Chain Performance

What you need to know about supply chain performance.

By CIO Staff

Businesswomen Learn About the Great Game of Golf

Businesswomen learn about the great game of golf

By Megan Santosus

A decade's worth of time and money invested in wiring up the enterprise is about to return billions to the bottom line. How is that going to happen? Supply chain automation. Who's going to get the credit? It could be you.

By CIO Staff

Color Guide: You Are What You Wear

You are what you wear

By Tina Sutton

Four Strategies for a Web-Based Supply Chain

For most of the Fortune 1000, the bully posing that classic challenge is the Internet.

By CIO Staff

Michael Busch: Patagonia's IT Chief

By Alison Bass

Finding Good Information on Prospective Hires

Good information on prospective hires can behard to find. Here are some ways to break the silence.

By Jeffrey L. Seglin

Corporate Donations to the War Crimes Tribunal Get Stuck in Red Tape

How IBM's good intentions went nowhere fast.

By Sandy Kendall

Why Women Hate IT

In 2000, almost half of all IT job openings went begging. At the same time, women were leaving the IT ranks at twice the rate of men. How can we stop this madness?

By Cheryl Bentsen

What's Your Problem?

A combination of CRM and KM software puts answers at the fingertips of 3M call center reps.

By John Edwards

Her Majesty's Flying I.T. Circus

The British are top-drawer when it comes to fumbling high-profile IT projects. We tour the rubble as the government preps its e-government push

By CIO Staff

Lessons Learned?

This sidebar is part of the feature article "Her Majesty's Flying IT Circus"

By CIO Staff

The Langley Files

At the CIA, the secret to knowledge management was hiding in plain sight.

By Elana Varon

Do You Care Enough About the Soft Skills of Your IS Staff?

User services positions on sites like Monster.com and CareerPath.com, reveals that employers donu0019t value these softer skills in their IS workers.

By Martha Heller

Should You Take Your Best People With You When You Leave?

You signed a non-compete agreement with your old employer that prohibits you from recruiting anyone from your technical staff for a period of one year.

By Martha Heller

ERP Training Stinks

As ERP implementations falter and fail, many people think the answer is more training. They're wrong.

By CIO Staff

Playing for Keeps

Companies better get serious about playing around with computer-based models if they want to remain competitive.

By Michael Schrage

Internet Surfing at the Workplace

The Internet has increased personal Web surfing at the workplace, saddling corporations with unproductive workers and potentially resulting in decreased revenues.

By Mimi Ho and Robert Frances Group

ERP Training Stinks

As ERP implementations falter and fail, many people think the answer is more training. They're wrong.

By CIO Staff

CIO's Top 10 Clues That You May Be a Bad Boss

Hint: Don't diss the soft skills.

By Polly Schneider

Coaching: What Managers Need

With some guidance, new managers will thrive. And so will their coworkers.

By Polly Schneider

Are You a Bad Boss?

Your people are flying out the door left and right. You can blame it on recruiters, but you're the problem.

By Polly Schneider

IT Disaster at the Atlanta Olympics

When the 1996 Olympic website flamed out.

By Thomas Wailgum

How IT Supports the Big Business of Sports

On the road with the IT team that gathers, processes and disseminates the facts and figures for giant events such as the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.

By Thomas Wailgum

Why IT Recruiting Can Be Your Hardest Job

There are three immutable and unpleasant truths about information technology staffing and retention.

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Playing Defense in Political Situations

No one is immune to the dangers of an overly political environment. The difference between success and failure is having a solid political defense.

By Christopher Hoenig

IT in a War Crimes Tribunal

A portrait of IT's limitations and capabilities in assisting the investigation of war, mayhem and widespread devastation.

By Sandy Kendall

African Americans, Hispanic IT Executives Also Face Challenges

African Americans aren't the only minorities who struggle for equality in the workplace. The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers reveals the unique challenges Hispanic Americans face.

By Todd Datz