Tuesday, December 27, 2011 5:57 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer Most forward-looking companies have tapped virtualization and cloud computing technologies to reduce their data center footprints, and thus achieve significant savings on hardware and power. But few CIOs can bring about the sort of large-scale improvements that U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel hopes to oversee.
Monday, December 19, 2011 3:36 PM/EST
By Don Desiderato Now is the time for CIOs to be thinking seriously about how to communicate the state of information technology to business executives, rather than simply racing to 2012.
Monday, November 07, 2011 8:00 AM/EST
You now have to learn to play well with others at C-level, others with whom you might never had to play with before--for instance, the CMO. The question for the CIO is: Will you and yours be there to help the CMO along--which will ultimately help the business?
Thursday, November 03, 2011 7:54 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer Two months into his term, Federal CIO Steven Van Roekel is calling for innovation beyond cloud and consolidation efforts, and introducing an initiative called "Shared First" that will attempt to root out waste in federal IT by turning frequently to commodity IT offerings, leveraging existing IT investments, and applying proven IT best practices across all agencies.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011 3:35 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer Clearly this is a time for CIOs to do some soul-searching. Marginalized by the commoditization of IT, they're in a state of constantly trying to figure out their future roles, while apparently warranting little more than a blip in the succession planning at large organizations.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 3:43 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer In light of the shocking rise of security incidents at federal agencies, it seems important to point out that public cloud vendors are highly motivated to make security a top priority, lest they lose the faith of their customers.
Monday, October 31, 2011 3:20 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer What's important to understand is that privacy and security issues are no longer just about the consumer. These involve the devices and services your employees are using to do their jobs. In other words, they're your privacy and security concerns now, too.
Monday, October 17, 2011 8:14 PM/EST
By Don Desiderato The skill sets required for 2012 could be completely different than the skills needed for the previous year. Also, the business appetite for new IT initiatives may be greater or less than the previous year, depending on factors such as market conditions or profitability concerns. Is your IT organization ready to flex at the speed of business?
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 6:38 PM/EST
By Tony Kontzer Considering the plethora of Exadata success stories at its fingertips, it's a wonder Oracle bothers using its valuable conference time presenting any of its own messaging for the technology.
Monday, October 03, 2011 8:11 PM/EST
By Susan Nunziata What, exactly, is speed-of-thought? Would that be "speed-of-thought" before or after you've had your morning coffee? Has Oracle discovered that thought travels at breakneck speed -- much like those little neutrinos which some physicists suspect are able to travel faster than the speed of light?