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CIO
June 29, 2012 |
The Challenges of Simplification Maryfran Johnson looks at how some companies are tackling the complex task of making their tools and processes simpler   |
CIO
January 1, 2007
Elana Varon |
Better Keep IT Simple Simplicity is the key to better IT, according to a recent study. |
CIO
June 28, 2012
Kim S. Nash |
CIOs Seeking System Interfaces That Are 'Apple-Simple' Employees and consumers expect user interfaces to be so easy to use that they require no training. That isn't easy to do with corporate software, but CIOs expect vendors to help accomplish the goal. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 13, 2005
Jonathan Byrnes |
New CIO Role: Change Warrior Effective CIOs can move the rest of the company to do things differently. |
Global Services
October 30, 2008
Ben Bauer |
The New Outsourcing Option Developing, operating and managing volumes of information as well as maintaining mission-critical applications is a challenge faced by most organizations. That's when infrastructure as a service comes to the rescue |
CIO
November 11, 2008
Charles Beard |
How to Get More from Mergers and Acquisitions There's value trapped in legacy systems and business processes after a merger or acquisition. It's up to you to find ways to set it free. |
CIO
August 20, 2010
Thomas Wailgum |
The New New CIO Role: Big Changes Ahead It's make-or-break transformation time for CIOs. Those who can only take orders are being ousted. Those who seek to become true strategic business leaders should concentrate on four key areas. |
Bank Systems & Technology
September 24, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Bank CIOs Must Continue to Innovate While Cutting Costs More than ever before, bank CIOs must do more with less, continuing to provide business value through technology innovation while also finding ways to improve efficiency. |
CRM
July 1, 2006
Lior Arussy |
Embrace Complexity Avoid paying the price of oversimplified customer interactions. The ability to increase customers' repeat business and achieve corporate profitability is directly linked to the ability to embrace and design your business for complexity. |
CIO
January 22, 2009
Thomas Wailgum |
GE CIO Gets His Head in the Cloud for New SaaS Supply Chain App Think a SaaS application can't handle GE's massive supply chain needs, including how to manage $55 billion in spending with suppliers? GE's CIO has already proven you wrong. One more thing: He's liking Google Docs, too. |
BusinessWeek
July 28, 2003
Diane Brady |
Crashing GE's Glass Ceiling Charlene Begley is among a generation of female execs who may find room at the top. |
CIO
March 1, 2002
Elana Varon |
Responsibilities Sure, CIOs are business strategy leaders, but they still have to keep the lights on... |
CIO
December 15, 2011
Weiss & Drewry |
Three Easy Ways to Get Better at the Hard Stuff Soft skills are important too -- especially in hard times, when leaders must be more open and engaged |
Insurance & Technology
May 7, 2009
Michael A. Costonis et al. |
Survival Skills: Insurance CIOs Must Adapt to Changing Market Accenture consultants identify the traits that high-performance insurance CIOs must exhibit as they adapt their skill sets and evolve a new IT strategy in response to post-crisis challenges. |
BusinessWeek
April 15, 2010
Diane Brady |
Can GE Still Manage? CEO Jeff Immelt says his company trains the best business leaders in the world. Yet they haven't saved him from a hellish decade that cut GE's value in half. |
CIO
October 15, 2003
Stephanie Overby |
The Incredible Shrinking CIO Their budgets have been cut, their work's been outsourced, their staff's been downsized, and they've been pushed off the executive team. Their status within the enterprise has suffered. That's dumb. And for CIOs, not fighting back would be dumber. |
CIO
October 15, 2008
Robert Fecteau |
Teaching Future CIOs the Ropes The CIO of BAE Systems' Customer Solutions group shares his method for encouraging and training potential successors. |
Insurance & Technology
October 5, 2006
Barry Rabkin |
What Makes a Successful CIO? The CIOs who are most successful in the insurance industry are strong leaders and good businesspeople. |
CIO
November 2, 2010
Kim S. Nash |
Taking Business Risks With Your IT Budget New IT-enabled business models can be created only when CIOs take risks, says Vinnie Mirchandani, an expert in outsourcing and author of a book on disruptive technologies. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Bringing Good Things to GE: Now It's Jeff Immelt's Turn At General Electric Co. managers are groomed for meticulous corporate planning. But in his first months as chief executive of the world's most valuable company, Jeffrey R. Immelt has had more than his share of surprises... |
CIO
October 15, 2001
Meridith Levinson |
GE: Destruction Pays Off In 1999, GE embarked on a strategic planning exercise known as Destroy Your Business. Each unit visualized how it might be crushed by the dotcom juggernaut, on former CEO Jack Welch's premise that if a company didn't identify its own weaknesses somebody else would do it for them... |
CIO
January 5, 2015
Kim S. Nash |
CIOs Need to Snap Out of Complacency Your business colleagues aren't as impressed with you as you are. Our 14th annual State of the CIO research rewrites your priorities for 2015. |
CIO
January 1, 2014
Kim S. Nash |
State of the CIO 2014: The Great Schism Digital strategist or traditional CIO? Our 13th annual State of the CIO research reveals the great career divide. |
CIO
March 1, 2002
Edward Prewitt |
The State of the CIO The 2002 State of the CIO special report describes a job role in transition... |
CIO
May 1, 2012
Kim S. Nash |
Top CIOs Predict the Five-Year Future of the CIO Entrepreneur, futurist, global talent scout and master of business metrics. Those are some of the roles that CIOs will need to play in 2017 to be successful, according to today's award-winning CIOs. |
CIO
December 11, 2008
Kim S. Nash |
What It Takes to Succeed Now as a CIO Making business processes more efficient and end users more productive isn't enough to succeed as a CIO in today's economy, according to our 2009 State of the CIO survey. |
CFO
July 1, 2007
Don Durfee |
Give Them Credit It's too soon to say whether GE Money's skills as a partner will bring it success in China's finance market, but the early signs are hopeful. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Diane Brady |
The Immelt Revolution He's turning GE's culture upside down, demanding far more risk and innovation |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
There's Just One Word for Jack Welch... Praise for Jack Welch was widespread and consumed large quantities of newsprint in the weeks leading up to Sept. 7, his last day as chairman and CEO of General Electric. One word to sum up his contribution to GE in the 20-plus years he served as its leader would be: results... |
Insurance & Technology
September 15, 2004
Kristi Nelson |
Keep It Simple, IT Spender Study: Insurers with a higher mix of investment products also enjoyed a lower IT cost ratio. |
CIO
January 28, 2010 |
CIOs as Business Leaders Bayer CIO Claudio Abreu urges more CIOs to cultivate business leadership credibility in their industries by getting closer to their markets |
CIO
April 1, 2003
Lorraine Cosgrove Ware |
What You Have to Say - Survey Results A year after our first "State of the CIO" survey, more than 500 IT leaders tell us they're spending more time on alignment and less time on staffing and new technologies. And, needless to say, they're still wrestling with scarce resources. |
CFO
March 15, 2004
Laton McCartney |
The Great Divide Or, what your CIO would really like to say to you if only the job market were better. |
CIO
September 28, 2010
Martha Heller |
Taking on IT Leadership in a New World CIOs must serve internal - even technical - needs while focusing on external value if they are to be the IT leaders their businesses need. |
Insurance & Technology
October 6, 2008
Nathan Conz |
2008's Elite 8 Describe the CIO of the Future What challenges will insurance CIOs of the next 10 years face? How will the role change? This year's Elite 8 honorees draw on their experience to answer the question: "What will the CIO job be 10 years from now?" |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2002
John S. McClenahen |
CIOs Soar To Strategic Role Their jobs changing, chief information officers are no longer the geeks in the basement. |
Wall Street & Technology
December 12, 2007
John Soat |
CIO Influence Is Waning CIO turnover is increasing, and the role of the top IT executive is at a critical point of change. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 30, 2005
Antone Gonsalves |
CIOs Shop For Tools to Help Grow Businesses Focus has shifted from products that will help control costs to those that can help companies grow their businesses, according to a survey of more than 1,300 CIOs in 30 countries by Gartner. |
Insurance & Technology
October 7, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Partners in Strategy As insurance technology continues to mature, so does the appreciation of IT - and the CIO's role - on the part of the business. In an era of increased technology investment, these factors are transforming today's senior insurance technology officers into influential strategic partners. |
CIO
May 25, 2011
Drewry & Weiss |
The CIO of 2014: Venture Capitalist, Orchestra Conductor, Contract Negotiator Managing technology is becoming less important to the CIO role than managing change. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
Adam Aston |
How GE Is Reinventing Invention Vice-President Scott Donnelly is overseeing a $100 million R&D makeover |
InternetNews
January 23, 2006
Clint Boulton |
CIOs Line Up Top Issues in '06 Leveraging IT to help grow their company's business tops the agenda for Chief Information Officers, according to a survey of some 1,400 CIOs just released by Gartner. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 1, 2007
McMahon & Chandrashekhar |
The 'Cost of Complexity' Banks are heading into a difficult revenue environment driven by margin compression and deteriorating consumer credit. They now will have to exercise greater cost-management discipline, and CIOs will have to play a leadership role. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Diane Brady |
Will Jeff Immelt's New Push Pay Off for GE? The giant is gambling that helping customers beyond the call of duty will reboot growth. |
CIO
December 17, 2009
Louie Ehrlich |
The Future-State CIO Starts Here Why an external focus is the right way for IT leaders to stay relevant |
CIO
August 25, 2009
Martha Heller |
Five Resume Musts For Future CIOs CIOs share the work experience they would most like to see on the resumes of future CIOs. |
Fast Company
July 2005
John A. Byrne |
The Fast Company Interview: Jeff Immelt A candid conversation with the CEO of General Electric about leadership, creativity, fear -- and what it's really like to run the world's most influential company. |
CIO
March 1, 2002 |
The 2002 State of the CIO Survey Our survey findings highlight the fact that the CIO's time is spent more on strategy than pure technology... |
CIO
May 1, 2012
Gary Beach |
How CIOs Can Stay Relevant in the Future Cloud computing and the consumerizaton of IT have pushed the CIO role into uncharted territory. CIOs better get focused on the future, or "CIO" may soon stand for "chief irrelevancy officer." |
CIO
January 1, 2006
Allan Holmes |
The Changing CIO Role: The Dual Demands of Strategy and Execution How - and why - your job has changed since the first "State of the CIO" report in 2002. |
