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Maryfran Johnson says CIOs who serve on external boards add to their heavy workload but gain a valuable new perspective

In my recent post on IDC's 2014 predictions about how what it calls the "third platform" will radically disrupt the IT ecosystem, I note that the most intriguing prediction addresses how technology users will leverage the third platform to disrupt existing non-technology industries.

Alternative titles like chief digital officer and chief technology officer muddy the situation and might even dilute authority.

How can you have a business relationship management program that doesn't include input from the business units?

IDG Communications CEO Michael Friedenberg offers his take on the latest IDC predictions about retail customers, big data, supply chain and more

Still building your in-house data analytics operation? External providers can supplement your capabilities -- fast.

It was a loony week in Silicon Valley. Four major technology companies announced expensive and risky programs to become less like themselves and more like their competitors.

Forrester analyst Peter Burris says CIOs will need to work on two tracks: internal IT operations and the business systems focused on the customer experience.

The thin client has been largely disappointing from the beginning, but a partnership between VMware and Nvidia may finally give the thin client the performance, scalability, security and price it needs to catch on.

Data size is not the issue. What is critically significant is the data that sits internally in all law firms, such as emails and documents, that can be mined within the confines of a law firm’s current data structure.

To get your projects done, you'll need to motivate your people to perform, no matter where their loyalties lie.

CIO's Publisher Adam Dennison nominates the CIO as the best 'pathfinder' to help C-suite execs move confidently toward digital business, and provides a link to the CIO Executive Council's new digital readiness survey.

Marketing experts share their strategies for developing a successful marketing campaign in today's multichannel, mobile, social-media-driven world.

The challenges CIOs face require imagination before analysis, story before spreadsheets, brilliance before process, and conversation before solutions.

Recently I saw yet another slide presentation showcasing the decline of enterprise IT spending and the comparable increase in public cloud business. The conclusion? Enterprises just don't have money to spend and it's killing enterprise vendors.

Your company's value zone has more to do with the employees who deliver your services than the services themselves.

Scammers are nothing if not innovative. It just goes to show that the best defense is an educated workforce.

CIO's Publisher Adam Dennison doesn't buy the notion that CMO budgets for IT will outstrip those of CIOs in the coming years, citing new State of the CIO research to prove it.

Hackers have exposed millions of passwords from Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Sadly, password compromise is so common that it barely even registers as news any more. Suffice to say that it's probably time to change your password again.

Regardless of industry or organisation, the unstoppable forces of change will impact how IT services are operated and delivered. Organisations that choose to remain static will see their carefully crafted castles eventually crumble into a pile of sand.