IT Priorities
In this series, we look at the responses to our IT Priorities survey to find out just what business professionals around the world -- and in specific regions -- see to be their most important IT issues. These articles drill down into the wealth of data we've collected to bring you new insights around what your peers are thinking and doing. Stay tuned for more coverage.
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CIOs: innovation? What innovation?
New survey of 2,000 chief information officers finds widespread inability to innovate; and a lot of concern about finding and retaining skills. Top recruiting target: enterprise architects.
The new digital customer journey: Cross-channel, mobile, social, self-service, and engaged
The sheer proliferation of new online devices and digital consumer channels is pushing leading-edge companies to rethink how they connect with and engage their customers. Here's how an integrated portfolio of technologies including self-service mobile apps, customer communities, and open product development is reshaping today's customer journey.
TBM startup Apptio raises $45M; plans to expand global footprint
Enterprise software startups continue to surge, and IT services company Apptio is proving to be no different.
IBM divulges private cloud progress in an infographic
IBM eats its own dog food, reporting significant cost savings and more customer interactions with its private cloud.
Mobile benefits most from reduced power consumption
Global consortium GreenTouch touts a model encompassing various topologies and protocols which can help telcos reduce network energy consumption by 1,000 times.
S. Korea unveils big data center to help industry catch up
Center will enable businesses and researchers to refine and analyze big data for their projects, and aims to bring the industry's level to that of global technology firms which it says is 2 to 5 years behind.
Rackspace off to 'slow start' for 2013 with Q1 revenue miss
The open cloud company is attributing the Q1 revenue miss to "currency exchange rates."
Mandatory 'bring your own device' on the horizon, Gartner predicts
Gartner predicts employees will be expected to provide their own mobile devices for work; foresees more back-end cloud infrastructure to support it. Their advice: keep it simple.
Cisco survey hints many IT leaders also don't understand 'Internet of Things'
Cisco's latest global trends report examines just how much IT pros are in touch with industry trends, such as software-defined networking and the Internet of Things.
Intel CIO presents the path to #Rockstar IT
In this episode of CxO Talk, Kim Stevenson presents useful and practical advice to help IT practitioners grow value, influence, and trust in their own organizations.
How to advertise your startup at a low cost
In the early stages of your startup, advertising that's easier on your pocket can include focusing on SEO and brand recall, leveraging permission marketing, using niche advertising platforms, Facebook and Google.
Is the window closing on enterprise customer communities?
While a number of leading companies have succeeded in gathering their customers around them online, the process of socially engaging the external world increasingly looks like a zero sum game for the rest.
Cars become 'datacenters on wheels', car makers become software companies
There are 2.5 quintillion bytes of new data a day — where's it all going to go? That's what many organizations are just starting to find out, as explored at IBM's latest conference.
Bringing design thinking to information technology
'Design is more than just creativity, or a phase in creating a product, service, or application. It’s a way of thinking that can transform an entire enterprise.'
How Microsoft is using Yammer inside the company
Microsoft bought Yammer last summer and already has deployed the technology widely in-house as part of the company's Intranet makeover.