CIO.com - Change Management

Enterprise iPad App: A Deal Closer?

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Can a new-fangled iPad app really change the way a 100-year-old energy company sells hydraulics equipment? Eaton Corp. says its new app has already led to more sales.

It’s Time to Reinvent Reinvention

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Transformational projects in corporate America have been based on the wrong science. They need to be managed as people projects.

Must CFOs Be Both Strategists and Skeptics? to Be Change Agents, Yes

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

In wide-ranging discussion, that's the conclusion of finance panelists from OfficeMax, Duke Energy and Time Warner.

Apple in the Enterprise: Breaking Microsoft's Grip

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

At Lifetime Products, Apple products breached a long-time Microsoft stronghold, disrupted a conservative IT culture and tested the CIO's mettle to inspire his troops and embrace the consumerization of IT.

U.S. CIO: Changing the Culture of Federal IT

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel hopes cloud computing, Web services and a new IT culture of sharing can reap huge savings and prop up Uncle Sam.

Google CIO: Don't Fight Consumerization of IT

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

In a Bloomberg Businessweek article, Google CIO Ben Fried reflects on the benefits of letting employees have their way with technology. Forrester Research agrees that IT managers should relinquish control, but not before methodically analyzing workers' wants and needs.

Business Apps on the iPhone: Dos and Don'ts

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Techies love features and functions; business users are more focused on simplicity and speed. CIOs must seek to balance both worlds when developing a business app for the iPhone.

Q&A: Cisco CIO Offers Tips for Talkin' Business

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT

In this Q&A, Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby shares advice on how IT pros can translate technology needs into business terms, manage the devices employees bring to the office and make a variety of collaboration tools work together.

iPad 2 in the Enterprise: One Company's Upgrade Strategy

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Execs demanding Apple's new iPad 2 teach IT one thing fast: This is no PC refresh cycle. Here's how one manufacturing company is handling the upgrade. Hint: Think hand-me-downs.

Cisco-EMC Joint Venture Lured to Texas with Incentives

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT

The Virtual Computing Environment Co. (VCE), formed from the joint venture of Cisco and EMC, this week said it is establishing headquarters in Richardson, Texas, and hiring 434 people.

Raising Your IT Staff’s Business Smarts

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Eisai Senior VP of IT Joel Dobbs says that after a consolidation, CIOs must focus everyone on strategic goals

Helping the Business Better Understand IT

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT

How CIOs are overcoming pushback and silos to establish IT’s leadership role in business transformation

An Agile Approach to Change Management

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Enterprise Change Management (ECM) provides a framework that addresses a variety of factors responsible for large-scale IT initiative failures. Dr. Myles Bogner and David Elfanbaum discuss how organizations can leverage ECM practices in conjunction with their Agile development teams to foster IT delivery adoption.

The Long and Windy Road to Oracle's Fusion Applications

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Oracle has laid out the Fusion Apps roadmap for its customers. But how each customer actually gets to the Fusion Apps destination is another question altogether.

SAP's Not-So-Secret Weapon: Its Own CIO

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Oliver Bussmann, now a year into his tenure as CIO for SAP, has re-invented and raised the profile of the ERP vendor's CIO role. One key: Sharing with customers his ongoing experiences with a huge SAP environment.