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ALSO CALLED: CIO, Chief Information Officers DEFINITION: Chief Information Officer (CIO) is a job title commonly given to the person in an enterprise responsible for the information technology and computer systems that support enterprise goals. As information technology and systems have become more important, the CIO has come to be viewed in many organizations as a key contributor in formulating strategic goals. In many companies, the CIO reports directly … Definition continues below.
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Critical Technologies for Compliance and Risk Management sponsored by Siperian, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Smart decision-makers are seeking technology investments -- such as Master Data Management -- to help establish good governance models that will help with regulatory compliance and lower their operational risk. Posted: 16 Sep 2009 \| Published: 16 Sep 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Classification \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| Data Visualization \| Master Data Management \| Regulations \| Regulatory Compliance

Planning and deploying a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure on HP hardware: Creating a 150 user VDI proof-of-concept implementation sponsored by HP, Vmware and AMD WHITE PAPER: This document is intended for IT decision makers, planners, architects, service professionals and installers that are evaluating VDI. A moderate level of technical expertise and familiarity with VMware, Microsoft Windows Server and Desktop Operating Systems as well as HP ProLiant and StorageWorks hardware is considered essential. Posted: 15 Sep 2009 \| Published: 15 Sep 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Remote Access Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual User Interface Software

Converting Information Into Cash For Retail sponsored by Sterling Commerce WHITE PAPER: This paper gives tips on how CIOs and LOB executives can close the gap between them when it comes to an organization’s ability to most strategically utilize technology to optimally leverage the value and power of information for the success of the organization. Posted: 11 Sep 2009 \| Published: 11 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Service Management \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| Retail Banking Services

Proven strategies for archiving complex relational data sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Database growth, long-term data retention regulations and storage requirements increase operational costs. Yet, archiving complex relational data poses many challenges. Optim Data Growth Solution provides proven technology and comprehensive capabilities that make archiving complex relational data practical and desirable. Posted: 04 Sep 2009 \| Published: 04 Sep 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| Database Administration \| Database Architectures \| Email Archiving \| Information Management \| Master Data Management \| TCO

Dell PowerEdge Half-height M610 and Full-height M710 Blade Servers sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. When combined with Dell's world-class storage, management, and support offerings, the result is a total enterprise solution that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| CIOs \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| High Availability \| IT Spending

Sybase IQ: The Economics of Business Reporting sponsored by Sybase, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Reporting is recognized as a way for companies to improve service, ensure quality, control costs, and prevent losses by empowering decision-makers throughout the organization. This paper will explain why reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical. Posted: 31 Aug 2009 \| Published: 31 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CIOs \| Dashboards \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Decision Support Databases \| Reporting Software

ITIL®,the CMS and You sponsored by BMC Software, Inc WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the CMS (configuration management system) as emphasized in ITIL V3, and explores how it differs from a CMDB. Further, it shows how a CMS increases your ability to make better IT decisions that impact business agility, productivity, and quality of service. Posted: 20 Aug 2009 \| Published: 20 Aug 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| CMDB \| Configuration Management \| Data Centers \| Database Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| ITIL

Enabling Enterprise 2.0 sponsored by Websense, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to learn ways that organizations can create a strategy that embraces Web 2.0 technologies securely and enables a successful transition to Enterprise 2.0. Posted: 20 Aug 2009 \| Published: 20 Aug 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Collaboration \| Email \| Enterprise \| Remote Computing \| Security \| Web 2.0 \| Web Application Security \| Web Services

Improving Sales Productivity: An Opportunity for Sales and IT Leadership sponsored by Microsoft WHITE PAPER: The main focus of this white paper is about revealing key factors in sales rep productivity, including what helps improve their efficiency (increasing selling time) and effectiveness (getting better results from the available selling time). Both are important and require strong leadership and teamwork between the sales and IT departments. Posted: 18 Aug 2009 \| Published: 18 Aug 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| CRM \| Knowledge Management \| Metrics \| Productivity \| Sales \| Sales Force Automation \| Sales Representatives

Red Hat Continues To Redefine SOA: Simple. Open. Affordable sponsored by JBoss, a Division of Red Hat WHITE PAPER: Despite the significant progress made with open standards in the industry, most SOA platforms are delivered with many proprietary, closed extensions that focus on customer lock-in more than automation of the value chain. Red Hat believes there is a better way. We redefine SOA to be simple, open, and affordable. Posted: 20 Jul 2009 \| Published: 20 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CIOs \| ERP \| Middleware \| SOA \| SOA Governance \| Value Chain Integration \| Value Chain Management \| Value Chains

Gaining a Competitive Edge: Streamlining AP and Business Process Automation sponsored by Esker Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper is designed to assist CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, Accounts Payable managers and ERP system administrators in learning, planning and evaluating automation of accounts payable processes to gain added efficiency in today's competitive business environment. Posted: 13 Jul 2009 \| Published: 13 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| CEOs \| CFOs \| CIOs \| Document Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| SAP (Product)

Automation on Demand: Creating an Efficient and Cost Effective AP Solution sponsored by Esker Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper presents a solution that leverages comprehensive document process automation to deliver the advantages of paperless invoice processing as an on-demand service. It highlights the opportunity to shift ROI from the project level to the document level (capital versus operational expense) and realize automation benefits immediately. Posted: 10 Jul 2009 \| Published: 10 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Accounting \| Accounting Software \| CEOs \| CFOs \| CIOs \| Operational Support Systems \| Payment Processing \| ROI

Tough Economic Times Demand Tough Choices in Business Intelligence sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper will focus on the acquisition of Business Objects by SAP and the pain points caused by the uncertainty of SAP's product roadmaps and the difficulty of integrating their products. It will then outline some effective business intelligence strategies. Posted: 08 Jul 2009 \| Published: 08 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business Development \| Business Intelligence \| CIOs \| Enterprise Architectures \| Product Life Cycles \| SAP (Product) \| Surveys \| TCO

Meeting Economic Challenges Through Accelerated Virtualization sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: With the current economic state the way it is CIOs must rethink how they manage IT costs and operations. This white paper will take a closer look at how virtualization can help cut down the costs as well as improve efficiency of the data center. Posted: 02 Jul 2009 \| Published: 02 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Budgeting \| CIOs \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Economic Environment \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| TCO

How Outsourcing Drives Business Process Improvements sponsored by CompuCom Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: More than ever, business and IT must collaborate to meet current business realities. Significantly, CIOs must map out long-term strategies that address business plans over the next three to five years, with the delivery of high-quality IT services as a key element of strategic planning. Read this white paper to learn more. Posted: 22 Jun 2009 \| Published: 22 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| CIOs \| Economic Environment \| IT Asset Management \| IT Governance \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| IT Systems

How the Fastest Growing Companies Use Business Intelligence sponsored by Information Builders WHITE PAPER: This paper investigates various levels of business intelligence, discusses the challenges organizations face with today's typical BI deployments, and highlights how many high-growth companies have implemented strategic, analytical, and operational initiatives to work seamlessly together to enhance performance and boost competitive advantage. Posted: 22 Jun 2009 \| Published: 22 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Performance Management \| CIOs \| Customer Satisfaction \| Dashboards \| SMBs

The Perfect Storm - Why Now Is The Time For Open Source sponsored by Red Hat and Intel WHITE PAPER: Open source is recognized for its ease of use, high performance, and affordability, especially amidst turbulent economic conditions. The high value of open source, coupled with economic and organizational pressure, represents a "perfect storm" for CIOs, giving them the opportunity to deploy high-performing, cost-effective open source solutions. Posted: 19 Jun 2009 \| Published: 19 Jun 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| IT Governance \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Linux \| Open Source \| Open Source Software \| Operating Systems \| UNIX

Why You Should Take a Holistic Approach to ITIL and Service Support sponsored by BMC Software, Inc WHITE PAPER: In these tough economic times, how do you address the challenge of reducing costs without diminishing your service quality? Companies can lower costs significantly and meet the growing demand for services by taking a more holistic approach. This paper discusses the importance of taking a unified approach to service support management and... Posted: 18 Jun 2009 \| Published: 18 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| CIOs \| Configuration Management \| Help Desks \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| ITIL \| Service Level Management \| Service Process Optimization Software \| Workforce Planning

Data Center Automation - Facing the Air of Change sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: Many IT organizations still perform a majority of Data Center administration tasks manually. Today, manual techniques are obsolete as Information Technology is required to manage complex multivendor infrastructures cost-effectively. There is one way to meet this challenge and that is Automation. Posted: 12 Jun 2009 \| Published: 12 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| CIOs \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Managers \| IT Service Management \| ROI \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance \| Systems Management

Embracing the Cloud: Top Seven Imperatives for an Organization sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes the impact of the cloud on the IT Ecosystem and provides answers to what an organization needs to do in embracing a right cloud strategy. Posted: 12 Jun 2009 \| Published: 12 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Continuity Planning \| CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Competition \| Data Center Management \| Economic Environment \| IT Managers \| IT Services \| Regulatory Compliance \| Web Services

Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future? sponsored by Google Apps WHITE PAPER: This paper provides a snapshot of what is happening in the arena of cloud computing. What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What does it mean to a business owner or executive? How does it affect the workplace? What are the payoffs and the pitfalls? Is it really ready for "prime time"? Posted: 11 Jun 2009 \| Published: 11 Jun 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Hybrid clouds \| Outsourcing \| Private cloud computing \| Public cloud computing \| SaaS ERP \| Software as a Service \| VMware \| VMware Server

Building a Best-Run Finance Organization sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: This SAP Executive Insight examines the changing role of the finance organization in today's business environment. Further, it describes how companies can develop best-run finance organizations. Posted: 08 Jun 2009 \| Published: 08 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Metrics \| Business Models \| Business Performance Management \| CEOs \| CFOs \| CIOs \| Financial Management \| Financial Metrics \| Financial Transaction Processing \| Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

BPM Technology Taxonomy: A Guided Tour to the Application of BPM sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: This paper provides a survey of the practices and technology related to business process management (BPM). Basic concepts are explained, the transformational effect on the enterprise is examined, and the value that BPM can create is analyzed. The paper then presents a survey of the vast array of technology that is related to BPM. Posted: 08 Jun 2009 \| Published: 08 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Models \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Processes \| Business Structures \| Business Systems \| CEOs \| CIOs \| ERP \| Model Driven Architecture

Learning from BPM Leaders: Benefits, Prerequisites and the Impact of Successful BPM Initiatives sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: The experiences of BPM leaders have created, for CIOs just beginning the implementation process, a road map to success: improved business and IT communication, an overall refresh of roles and responsibilities and greater process flexibility - those that do BPM right reap the ultimate reward of business innovation: competitive advantage. Posted: 05 Jun 2009 \| Published: 05 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| CIOs \| Collaboration \| IT Managers \| Metrics \| SOA \| Surveys

Journal of Management Excellence - Introducing Management Excellence sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: A recent global study from Cranfield School of Management found organizations are too internally focused and did not use sufficient external information or benchmarking. A better understanding of management processes is needed. That is why we introduced our view on the management process: strategy-to-success. Read this whitepaper to learn more. Posted: 05 Jun 2009 \| Published: 05 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| Operational Metrics (Systems)

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CIOS DEFINITION (continued): … to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In some companies, the CIO sits on the executive board. Typically, the CIO in a large enterprise delegates technical decisions to employees more familiar with details. Usually, a CIO proposes the information technology an enterprise will need to achieve its goals and then works within a budget to implement the plan. Ask your CIO questions at ITKnowledgeExchange.comTypically, a CIO is involved with analyzing and reworking existing business processes, with identifying and developing the capability to use new tools, with reshaping the enterprise's physical …
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