Volume 1, Number 2
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IT INNOVATION
Cover Story by Bob Violino
Innovation should be about making improvements, not just change. IT Leaders like Kamal Bherwani, CIO
of New York City's Department of Health, are simplifying their IT environments
to achieve some of their organizations' most ambitious goals. Others
are slashing maintenance costs via IT-process automation. Still others are
employing virtualization, service-oriented architectures and other innovative
solutions to keep their companies on the leading edge. Learn how simplifying
and automating IT can give your organization the innovation edge. |
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Features
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BALANCING ACT
Case Study by Alan Radding
How Aflac's CIO Gerald Shields launched
a new approach to IT management – and
drove more than $21 million in efficiency
improvements. |
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ENABLING BUSINESS INNOVATION
CIOs Speak Out compiled by Patricia Brown
Six IT leaders explain how they've
successfully enabled business innovation in the last 12 months. |
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THE SOA CONSTRICTOR
Best Practices by Larry Lange
Global spending on service-oriented architectures
is forecast to quadruple by 2010.
But early implementers have found that
SOA can swallow huge quantities of energy
and resources. What's your plan to avoid
getting squeezed?
PLUS: What SOA is – and isn't. |
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Columns
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EDITOR'S DESK
Welcome to the age of IT innovation. Why
now? In a word, growth, says Smart
Enterprise editor in chief Peter Krass.
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
CIOs must focus on technological innovations
that truly benefit customers. Dave
Hansen, CIO of CA, suggests ways for
CIOs to make this change.
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PERSPECTIVES
Blogs,wikis and other Web 2.0 innovations are
making their way into the enterprise, writes
Don Tapscott, chief executive of New Paradigm
and co-author of the new book Wikinomics.
Smart CIOs will start preparing now.
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IN THE KNOW
A new era of dynamic applications and infrastructures
has begun, says Dr. Ajei Gopal,
senior vice president and general manager of
CA's Enterprise Systems Management
Business unit. Already, he adds, associated
changes are affecting the entire enterprise.
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ON THE GREEN
Professional golf instructor Jim McLean
explains how CIOs can simplify their game.
Tip #1: Stop thinking so much.
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Departments
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TECH CHATTER
Keep the Customer Satisfied
CIOs have another new task: As companies
move transactions to the Web, the job of
keeping customers satisfied shifts from the
business units to IT. |
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NEWSWORTHY
IT spending on the rise ... The most spied-on
technologies ... The energy crisis in your
data center.
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SMART BUSINESS
Choose Your Meter
If you can't measure it, you can't improve it.
EarthLink, Accenture and others share new
ways for CIOs to use metrics to help grow
and add value to the business.
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SECURITY STRATEGIES
A Matter of Identity
Identity and access management solutions
can help CIOs comply with regulations, boost
security levels and simplify the management
of IT.
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ENTERPRISE IT MANAGEMENT
Virtually Efficient
WellSpan Health and other companies say
having a virtualization strategy helps them
realize greater operational continuity, lower their
disaster-recovery hardware costs, and better
satisfy end users.
PLUS: 24x7 Compliance:
Experts say continuous compliance is the
only way organizations can effectively meet
the requirements of a myriad of regulations
and industry standards. Proactive CIOs can
lead the way. |
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KNOWLEDGE BASE
Blog Wise
Here are six thought-provoking blogs
written for or by innovative IT leaders.
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RESEARCH WATCH
This Device Will Self-Destruct in
30 Seconds ...
Cell phones, PDAs and other mobile gadgets
are increasingly able to tap into enterprise
data. So what happens when employees'
devices are lost or stolen?
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MARKET TRENDS
Effective Innovation
CIOs still lack a full understanding of their organizations'
key business imperatives, observers
warn. This knowledge gap must be bridged for
IT innovations to improve the business.
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Resources
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