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May 21, 2013

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ALSO CALLED: IT Strategy, MIS, Management Information Systems, IT Management Leadership, Information Technology Management, Information Technology Strategy DEFINITION: MIS (management information systems) is a general term for the computer systems in an enterprise that provide information about its business operations. It's also used to refer to the people who manage these systems. Typically, in a large corporation, "MIS" or the "MIS department" refers to a central or centrally-coordinated system of computer expertise and management, often including mainframe systems … Definition continues below.
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The Network Managers Guide to Total Network Visibility sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Keep your network running at peak performance with insights from a Forrester report on real-time application awareness; the EMA report How Riverbed Cascade helps you discover, monitor, troubleshoot and report on performance challenges; and the International Herald Tribune case study on keeping automated newspaper production up at all times. Posted: 23 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Application Monitoring \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Data Center Management \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| ITIL \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Networking \| Troubleshooting

Security Intelligence for a Faster World sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how a new security information and event management (SIEM) system provides the unparalleled protection your organization needs to face the risks of big data. Posted: 22 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Information Security \| IT Management \| Log Management \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Event Management \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Systems \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management

Securing Your IT Infrastructure with SOC/NOC Collaboration sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Get help seamlessly integrating log management into IT operations to effectively integrate SOC and NOC, empowering your organization to effectively manage your IT infrastructure while simultaneously ensuring its security. Posted: 22 Apr 2013 \| Published: 28 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Data Governance \| Data Security \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| ITIL \| Log Management \| Network Management \| Network Operations Centers \| Network Security \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Event Management \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Systems \| Security Threats

Seven Steps to Next-Gen Managed IT Services Success sponsored by N-able Technologies WHITE PAPER: Review the seven steps for developing innovative, next-gen managed IT services. Learn how to rethink and redesign your business model to leverage emerging technologies, enhance service offerings and grow your managed service business. Posted: 17 Apr 2013 \| Published: 17 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Channel Management \| IT Management \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| Managed Security Services Providers

Trends in Managed Services Operations sponsored by N-able Technologies WHITE PAPER: Explore this MSP research report to gain a better understanding of the key trends in the managed service industry, the core business challenges for MSPs and the latest software tools that can help you enhance service offerings and customer satisfaction. Posted: 17 Apr 2013 \| Published: 17 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Channel Management \| Channel Management Software \| IT Management \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| Managed Security Services \| Managed Security Services Providers

Protect Your IT Systems with Next Generation Security sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: A comprehensive strategy for IT systems security is crucial to mitigating attacks. This resource explores the motivators behind cyber-attacks, where systems vulnerabilities reside, and the next-gen solutions that can help you achieve security success. Posted: 16 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Oct 2012 TOPICS: IT Management \| IT Systems \| Malware \| Password Management \| Security \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Systems \| Security Threats \| Virus Protection \| Vulnerability Management

Business Drivers Behind Workspace Virtualisation sponsored by RES Software WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive white paper to learn how workspace virtualization can allow IT to centrally deliver, manage and secure key elements of a user's computing experience, independent of workstyle or device, lowering operational costs and decreasing IT complexity. Posted: 12 Apr 2013 \| Published: 12 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Big Data Analytics - Meeting Business Needs and Raising IT’s Profile in the Organization sponsored by SAS Institute Inc. WHITE PAPER: IT has long played a reactionary role in company analytics initiatives, but with new challenges that big data presents, CIOs can lead their company by implementing a strategic, business-enabling technology. Read this resource to learn how CIOs can implement a strategic big data analytics architecture that supports overall business initiatives. Posted: 11 Apr 2013 \| Published: 14 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Architectures \| Business Intelligence \| CIOs \| Data Analytics \| Data Integration \| Data Mining \| IT Departments \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Structured Data \| Unstructured Data

Forrester - Turn Big Data Inward With IT Analytics sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Big data promises to manage your complex business to make better decisions. But the technology services that run your business are also complex. This Forrester report helps leaders prepare for IT analytics that turn big data efforts inward to manage the technology services that run your business. Register now to get the full report. Posted: 11 Apr 2013 \| Published: 05 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Business Intelligence \| Data Management \| IT Governance \| IT Management \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Systems Management

SAP on Vblock Systems Overview sponsored by VCE WHITE PAPER: SAP applications are often large and complex, relying on a lot of manual labor to deploy and maintain, resulting in high operational costs and valuable time that could be spent on other business processes. Check out this white paper to learn about a platform that can optimize SAP application performance, lower costs, and reduce complexity. Posted: 09 Apr 2013 \| Published: 09 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Performance Management \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Enterprise Architectures \| Enterprise Systems \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| SAP (Product)

The Business Value of the HP Proactive Insight Experience sponsored by HP India WHITE PAPER: Check out this resource that presents next-generation technologies that can help you to optimize IT operations in complex environments. Posted: 09 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2013 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Services

SAP on Vblock Systems Business Value sponsored by VCE WHITE PAPER: SAP implementations are critical to the success of IT initiatives, and IT execs are looking to see high ROI on SAP infrastructure investments. In this brief white paper, learn about a platform that can optimize all your business-critical enterprise applications, including SAP, and discover the benefits you can gain from choosing this strategy. Posted: 09 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Infrastructure \| Application Performance Management \| Enterprise Architectures \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| SAP (Product)

Transformation of IT Operations: Realizing IT as a Service through Comprehensive Cloud Services sponsored by Tier 3 WHITE PAPER: Forward-thinking IT departments are working together with cloud providers to integrate PaaS and IaaS models for a next-gen IT as a Service strategy. Realize the advantages of this unified cloud approach and learn about an advanced platform for deploying ITaaS environments. Posted: 04 Apr 2013 \| Published: 04 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| Platform as a service

The Changing Storage Team sponsored by The 451 Group WHITE PAPER: With increasing changes of storage, the people who choose and administer storage solutions are changing as well. This white paper explores the increasing changes of storage and the audience storage is bringing in -and what vendors are doing adjust the needs of non-storage IT professionals. Posted: 03 Apr 2013 \| Published: 08 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Management \| IT Management \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

HP Application Services - Service Area Overview - Connect and grow to create seamless, secure, and context-aware experiences sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to learn how third-party IT services can drastically ease the pain of modernizing your IT portfolio. Posted: 03 Apr 2013 \| Published: 03 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Services \| IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Management

Beyond Work-Life Balance sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes an uncommon look at how – thanks to mobile and cloud technologies – the world of work is changing and why. Specifically, it focuses on ways IT leaders can be proactive about building a work environment that's ready for the future. Posted: 02 Apr 2013 \| Published: 12 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Business Environment \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Management \| Business Structures \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Workforce \| Leadership \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Work Environment \| Workforce Planning

Increase performance while cutting costs: Applications modernization delivers sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to discover useful modernization strategies that can help you tackle the complexities of trimming your existing application portfolio in the right places to make room for innovation and ensuring seamless integration between all the moving parts of your IT operation— both legacy and new. Posted: 02 Apr 2013 \| Published: 02 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Application Performance Management \| Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| IT Management \| Legacy Applications Software

Gain Choice And Flexibility: Use services that fit your needs sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Check out this exclusive paper to find out how companies running SAP applications are reducing costs while ensuring peak operating performance by outsourcing their application management. Read on to learn more. Posted: 02 Apr 2013 \| Published: 02 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Outsourcing \| Application Portfolio Management \| IT Management \| Outsourcing \| SAP (Product)

Create agility. Spur innovation. Taming Sprawl with Applications Rationalization sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: According to a recent Forrester study, in order to tame this application sprawl, 60 percent of CIOs have already allocated budget for an application rationalization project. In this white paper, explore in-depth information that explains their motives as well as how you can follow in their forward-thinking footsteps. Posted: 01 Apr 2013 \| Published: 01 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Performance Management \| Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Services \| Business Process Management \| IT Management

Applications Rationalization for Enterprise Agility sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to discover the tools and practices you need in order to implement an application portfolio rationalization strategy that can help you improve agility, shift more resources into innovation, reduce costs, and ensure the alignment of IT to the business. Posted: 01 Apr 2013 \| Published: 01 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Services \| Applications Management Software \| IT Management

30 Business Practices for Remaining Competitive in a changing Economy sponsored by Citrix Online Go To Meeting WHITE PAPER: This Focus Research eBook explores 30 best practices designed to help you weather the storm and successfully navigate an unsteady economy. Posted: 01 Apr 2013 \| Published: 01 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Business Environment \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management

Five Tech Trends That Will Help You Stay Competitive sponsored by Citrix Online Go To Meeting WHITE PAPER: This resource provides an assessment of the current state of business technology and describes five key innovations that are separating market leaders from laggards. Learn what you need to know to plan for business success by reading on now. Posted: 29 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Environment \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Cloud Computing \| Collaboration \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Mobile Workers

Beyond Cost Savings: Four Compelling Reasons to Virtualize Your IT Environment sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses four key benefits to virtualization – business continuity, simplified IT management, the ability to reallocate IT resources to strategic means, and enhanced business responsiveness. Posted: 29 Mar 2013 \| Published: 29 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business Development \| Data Center Management \| IT Management \| Server Virtualization

Lease to lifecycle management Economic and regulatory developments increase the case for real estate systems integration within retail sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper demonstrates how progressive retailers can seamlessly integrate all phases of the real estate lifecycle process, from market planning, site selection and construction to day-to-day operations like lease administration and facility management. Posted: 27 Mar 2013 \| Published: 27 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Financial Management \| Financing \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Retail Banking Services \| Retail Channels \| Retail Trade Industry

Beyond the Balance Sheet: Assessing the Impact of the New Lease Accounting Standard sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This resource highlights the results of an electronic survey that gathered responses from 179 senior executives on how they plan to deal with the changes in lease accounting proposed by FASB and IASB. Additionally, hear from FedEx's Chief Accounting Officer, as he discusses the implications of this change. Posted: 27 Mar 2013 \| Published: 27 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Accounting \| Accounting Industry \| Accounting Software \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Financial Management \| Financial Services \| Financial Statements \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Leasing

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IT MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): … but also including by extension the corporation's entire network of computer resources. In the beginning, business computers were used for the practical business of computing the payroll and keeping track of accounts payable and receivable. As applications were developed that provided managers with information about sales, inventories, and other data that would help in managing the enterprise, the term "MIS" arose to describe these kinds of applications. Today, the term is used broadly in a number of contexts and includes (but is not limited to): decision support systems, resource and people …
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