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May 18, 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 Value of ITIL® Certification sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the true value of ITIL certifications to both businesses and individuals. Inside, discover real-world examples of how ITIL certification brought forth specific organizational improvements while proving to be a worthwhile individual investment. Posted: 05 Feb 2013 \| Published: 05 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Careers \| Certification Programs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| IT Systems \| ITIL \| Training \| Training and Educational Services

15 Top Paying Certifications for 2013 sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This resource takes an in-depth look at the 15 most important certifications for IT professionals today. Read now to learn what you'll need to do in order to maximize your earning potential through these top-paying certifications. Find out which one came out on top. Posted: 05 Feb 2013 \| Published: 05 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Careers \| Certification Programs \| CIOs \| IT Departments \| IT Industry \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Workforce \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Training \| Training and Educational Services

IBM PureSystems: A Family of Integrated Systems sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper details how IBM's family of expert integrated systems can help you achieve the efficiency, flexibility, agility and control you seek from your IT infrastructure. Posted: 04 Feb 2013 \| Published: 31 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Converged Networks \| Data Management \| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Platform as a service

Protect your IT systems with next generation security sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This informative resource outlines the need for more comprehensive IT systems security. Inside, discover common motivators behind cyberattacks, learn where your systems are vulnerable, and identify the next generation strategies that can help you achieve security success -- read on to learn more. Posted: 04 Feb 2013 \| Published: 31 Oct 2012 TOPICS: IT Management \| IT Systems \| Malware \| Password Management \| Security \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Systems \| Security Threats \| Virus Protection \| Vulnerability Management

HP Application Services - Service Area Overview - Connect and grow to create seamless, secure, and context-aware experiences sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to learn how third-party IT services can drastically ease the pain of modernizing your IT portfolio. Posted: 30 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Services \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Management

Ensuring a Successful Migration, Consolidation, or Restructuring with Dell sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: For almost any migration, consolidation, or restructuring project smart preparation and seamless execution ensures that you reap the benefits while mitigating the risks. Read this resource that presents the benefits and risks of migration, and discusses solutions that can help you simplify even the most complex projects. Posted: 29 Jan 2013 \| Published: 28 Dec 2010 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Management \| Project Management \| Project Management Software

Software Education Series Part One: A Guide to Service Catalogues sponsored by Cherwell WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers key insight into how you can create a service catalogue, and even provides an easy-to-use service catalogue template. Read now to learn why a properly implemented service catalogue will not only benefit your business, but your customers as well. Posted: 25 Jan 2013 \| Published: 23 Jan 2013 TOPICS: CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Consulting Services \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| Service Creation Tools \| Service Level Management

Evaluating ITIL Help Desk/Service Desk Software Top 10 Considerations sponsored by Cherwell WHITE PAPER: This white paper demystifies some of the common misconceptions surrounding help desk software selection. Inside, you'll find the top ten considerations for evaluating a help desk software solution. Posted: 24 Jan 2013 \| Published: 24 Jan 2013 TOPICS: IT Best Practices \| IT Consulting Services \| IT Departments \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Managers \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Centers \| IT Service Management \| IT Services

Empowering People on the Move - The Delivery of tomorrow's Business Services sponsored by Cherwell WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes an in-depth look at ways mobile services can actually improve how technology services are delivered into the business. Read now to learn how your IT department can adapt to the mobile business climate by delivering user-driven business services that promise to improve efficiency, innovation and profit. Posted: 24 Jan 2013 \| Published: 24 Jan 2013 TOPICS: IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Managers \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Centers \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| IT Systems \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers

Increase performance while cutting costs: Applications modernization delivers sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited 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: 22 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Application Performance Management \| Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| IT Management \| Legacy Applications Software

Applications Rationalization for Enterprise Agility sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited 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: 22 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Services \| Applications Management Software \| IT Management

Create agility. Spur innovation. Taming Sprawl with Applications Rationalization sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited 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 rationalisation 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: 22 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Performance Management \| Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Services \| Applications Management Software \| IT Management

Increase IT Performance from the Enterprise to the Cloud with WAN Optimization - Taneja Group sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Pressured IT departments today need a solid WAN optimization solution to help handle consolidation and increased data mobility. Read this solution profile white paper to get an in-depth look at one such solution. Posted: 18 Jan 2013 \| Published: 01 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Cloud Management \| Data Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Performance Management Software \| WAN

Oracle Magazine: Modernize your IT sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This issue of Oracle ONE Magazine offers advice on ridding your organization of complex, outdated IT and explores how Oracle can make this modernization simple. Posted: 18 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| CRM \| Database Administration \| Database Administrators \| Database Management \| Database Managers \| Databases \| Downtime \| IT Management \| Platform as a service \| Security

7 Stages of IT Monitoring Grief sponsored by Zenoss, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Download this eBook to find out where you are in the 7 Stages of IT Monitoring Grief and how you can put a stop to the endless cycle of the IT monitoring challenge. Posted: 18 Jan 2013 \| Published: 18 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Converged Networks \| IT Management \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Networking \| Server Management \| Service Level Management

What are your options when performing a Windows migration? sponsored by AppSense WHITE PAPER: Access this helpful white paper to learn about the choices that are available to organizations preparing to migrate to Windows 7. Discover the pros and cons of the various strategies, along with best practices for ensuring that your transition to Windows 7 is smooth and effective. Posted: 15 Jan 2013 \| Published: 15 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Construction \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Operating Systems

Change Is Constant: PMBOK Guide® 5th Edition sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the additions and changes that have been made to the latest edition of The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK), allowing you to strategically plan for project management success. Read on to learn more. Posted: 15 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| Program Management \| Project Management \| Workforce Planning

CIO Challenges: The Best Defense is a Good Offense sponsored by ORACLE APAC WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how CIOs are building a foundation for a much more agile business that holds the potential for working in a more flexible way and enabling faster innovation by actively evaluating and experimenting with newer technologies. Posted: 19 Dec 2012 \| Published: 19 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Best Practices \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Spending

The Intelligent Enterprise: Creating a culture of speedy and efficient decision-making sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: How does your company compare to others when it comes to making smart business decisions? Read this paper on the survey of about 200 senior executives and CIOs from across industries to learn where you are ahead or behind your competitors in data-driven decision-making. Posted: 11 Dec 2012 \| Published: 15 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CIOs \| Data Management \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Leadership \| Surveys

IBM: Redefining Enterprise Systems sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to find out why it is imperative for enterprise IT infrastructures to adapt to modern challenges by utilizing cloud computing and taking new approaches to analytics and security. Posted: 06 Dec 2012 \| Published: 07 May 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage \| Enterprise \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Systems

Network Management: Putting Performance First sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: This resource will show you what tools are available to help IT organizations advance to the next level of performance management, including solutions that link end-to-end service and transaction visibility with and understanding of IT infrastructure, and will help reduce response times, help solve problems, and lower costs. Read on to learn more. Posted: 30 Nov 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Monitoring \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Services \| Applications Management Software \| Fault Management \| IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| Network Best Practices \| Risk Management

Tackling the New Normal through Unified Infrastructure Management sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper lays out vital information that IT professionals need in order to implement effective infrastructure management. Read now to discover the key challenges involved, how to unify the infrastructure management framework, the tools available to help you, and more. Posted: 30 Nov 2012 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| Network Monitoring

Where is the smart money going in ICT ? sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Despite the travails of the UK economy over the last year, most ICT businesses have continued to perform robustly, responding swiftly to any need to downsize their teams or evolving their business models in order to deal with a changing environment. Posted: 29 Nov 2012 \| Published: 24 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Compliance Software \| IT Management \| IT Management Services

The Modern CIO: Leading the Way sponsored by ServiceNow WHITE PAPER: Top IT leaders and CIOs from around the globe gathered to discuss technology advances and increased business demands. Topics also discussed: selecting new technologies for today's needs, the CIO's strategic role, people's role in IT today and the social enterprise. Posted: 20 Nov 2012 \| Published: 20 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Business Development \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Process Reengineering \| Business Processes \| CIOs \| IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Service Management

Roundtable: Green IT: Making sustainability a corporate game-changer sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: To discuss 'green' issues, C8 Consulting and document imaging manufacturer Kyocera Mita invited a number of specialists to give their views on the role of ‘green’ and making sustainability a corporate game-changer in the future. Posted: 27 Dec 2012 \| Published: 21 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Environmental Compliance \| Environmental Standards \| Green Data Center \| Green Storage \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Systems

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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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