August 31, 2011 – 11:01 pm
I recently returned from China and Hong Kong after having met with several CIOs, media and analysts, as well as delivering keynotes focused on customer centricity. When I return to the US after traveling, I’m often asked about the state of IT in the geography I was just in. I’ve been to both China and [...]
Tony Young, Informatica CIO, shares his views about how IT organizations can contribute significantly to bottom line business benefits. He discusses the traditional IT “Keep The Lights On” model, where nearly 80% of IT spend is focused on maintaining existing infrastructure and 20% on innovation. Moving forward, Tony is shifting his focus, as well as [...]
In the February 26, 2011 edition of InformationWeek, Chris Murphy wrote a compelling article reinforcing the need for IT to move faster. He highlighted several CIOs and what they are doing to move more quickly. Examples included: Dropping project cycle time from six to three months based on analyzing project data and baselining techniques Developing [...]
January 12, 2011 – 10:39 pm
Many of us read reports from industry pundits as well as the latest industry rags and hear the “experts” describe the latest trends. A lot of these for the most part, don’t come to fruition. The most unfortunate part is that our bosses and internal customers read these reports as gospel and we spend our [...]