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May 22, 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 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

Next Gen IT and the Cloud sponsored by ServiceNow WHITE PAPER: Find out how next-gen IT solutions are flexible, intuitive, social and powerful – and how IT in the cloud will help your organization not only keep up with today's complex IT ecosystem, but manage it more efficiently than ever before. Posted: 20 Nov 2012 \| Published: 20 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Business Architectures \| Business Development \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Business Service Management \| IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| IT Systems \| IT Workforce

Runbook Automation: Helping Modern IT Accelerate Business sponsored by ServiceNow WHITE PAPER: Without high levels of automation, virtual machines and cloud services will quickly grow out of control. An evolved approach to automation erases the barriers between people, process and technology and drives more efficiency into the business. Posted: 20 Nov 2012 \| Published: 20 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Business Architectures \| Business Environment \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| Business Service Management \| IT Asset Management \| IT Asset Management Software \| IT Best Practices \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Service Management

Boost IT Visibility & Value with Service Catalog sponsored by ServiceNow WHITE PAPER: "Many CIOs are being pressured to demonstrate IT value. A service catalog can help you promote your services in a way the business can easily understand. It will become your service management foundation that can boost IT visibility and constantly demonstrate IT value to the business." Posted: 20 Nov 2012 \| Published: 20 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Business Architectures \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Business Service Management \| CIOs \| IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| IT Systems

Drive More Value from Your IT Assets sponsored by ServiceNow WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to learn about a leading IT Asset Management solution that enables IT departments to consolidate legacy systems and automate asset lifecycles easily with a single system. Posted: 20 Nov 2012 \| Published: 20 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Asset Management Services \| IT Asset Management \| IT Asset Management Software \| IT Best Practices \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Systems \| Software \| Software Asset Management \| Software Infrastructure \| Software Project Management

Guide to Social IT Basics sponsored by ServiceNow WHITE PAPER: When IT organizations utilize social media, it can efficiently help more people inside and outside the data center quickly access more services and knowledge. Combine people's knowledge and good will and the essence of information technology service management (ITSM) can be more fully realized. Posted: 20 Nov 2012 \| Published: 20 Nov 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Collaborative Commerce \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Best Practices \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Social Computing \| Social Networking

Global Research - Data Revolution Liberating Lost Budgets sponsored by QAS WHITE PAPER: This exclusive paper explores the complex world of data quality and provides insight on the consequences of inaccurate data, the top motivators for improving data quality, common data quality improvement challenges, and more. Read on to find out how improving data accuracy can help you reclaim 15-18% of your IT budget. Posted: 20 Nov 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management

Data Center Modernization sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited VIDEO: Access this short, but informative, video to learn how modernizing your data center will help you increase savings on top of improved efficiency. Posted: 19 Nov 2012 \| Premiered: 19 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Construction \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Management

U.K. Ministry of Defence sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive resource to hear how the U.K. Ministry of Defense retired their diverse and outdated legacy IT systems and used new data center services to create a state-of-the-art infrastructure with enhanced information sharing and collaboration. Posted: 19 Nov 2012 \| Published: 31 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Construction \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services

Save on high up-front costs and protect data more efficiently. Data backup and restore utility services for financial institutions sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive resource to learn how leading data backup and restore utility services will best protect business-critical data while improving efficiencies and reducing costs for the long term. Posted: 19 Nov 2012 \| Published: 19 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Management \| IT Asset Management \| IT Management \| IT Management Services

VMworld Europe Case Study: Colt Technology sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com CASE STUDY: Managed service provider Colt designed and rolled out a scalable, cloud-hosted desktop virtualisation project that is reaping benefits for local councils. Posted: 16 Nov 2012 \| Published: 16 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage Services \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| Managed Security Services \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Big Data Analysis: 5 Key Questions for CIOs sponsored by CommVault Systems, Inc. EGUIDE: This e-guide presents five questions every CIO should consider before they tackle any large-scale data processing initiative. Inside, discover how you can equip yourself with the necessary tools to analyze large-scale data sets to gain a competitive edge in today's dynamic business environment. Posted: 15 Nov 2012 \| Published: 15 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Business of Information Technology \| CIOs \| Data Analytics \| Data Collection \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| IT Asset Management \| IT Management

DC Water Keeps Data Flowing Efficiently With HP VirtualSystem sponsored by HP and VMware WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how one organization leveraged an advanced virtual solution to build a private cloud so that they could rapidly access data in a cost-effective manner. Learn how this platform helped them to meet the needs of their business and review the significant benefits they are now enjoying. Posted: 13 Nov 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| IT Management \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| VDI \| Virtual Appliance \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Private Cloud - It’s More Than Just Virtualization sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: In March 2012, a vendor commissioned Forrester Consulting to survey 265 enterprise IT decision-makers with private clouds about the risks, challenges and benefits of their clouds, and the effects of them on the business/IT relationship. Access this paper for the results, and gain insight into maximizing the benefits of your company's private cloud. Posted: 09 Nov 2012 \| Published: 31 Jul 2012 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Management \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Management \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing

The Business Case for Unified Communications Services sponsored by Channel Transformation Alliance WEBCAST: Access this white paper to learn about evolving unified communications tools that combine hardware and software to provide a consistent user interface and experience across multiple communication devices applications and services. Posted: 05 Nov 2012 \| Premiered: Nov 5, 2012 TOPICS: Communications Hardware \| Communications Software \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| IT Management \| Software

Conquering the sys-admin challenge sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com ANALYST REPORT: This report from Quocirca presents new data on how well organisations are able to automate their sys-admin procedures, manage the use of privilege and satisfy the requirements of auditors. Posted: 29 Oct 2012 \| Published: 29 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Managers \| IT Systems \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Services \| Systems Operations \| Systems Software

Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure sponsored by ORACLE APAC WHITE PAPER: Download this paper to learn how to significantly simplify the cloud infrastructure deployment process that speeds implementation and reduces possible risks. Read on to gain recommendations and best practices for optimising virtualised infrastructure by utilising this next-generation tool. Posted: 23 Oct 2012 \| Published: 01 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers

Case Study: Modernizing Job Scheduling, IT Infrastructure Application & Workflow at Ocean Spray Cranberries sponsored by ORSYP WHITE PAPER: This case study highlights how one company created a service-oriented data center to modernize and automate IT operations, infrastructure, processes and service delivery. Learn how your organization can reduce hardware requirements and maintenance costs, replace or consolidate legacy products, automate disaster recovery processes and more. Posted: 18 Oct 2012 \| Published: 18 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Management \| IT Workforce \| Job Scheduling Software

The Next Smart Step in Enterprise IT Evolution sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Supporting the data center status quo is crippling IT today and strangling hopes of capturing future benefits. Check out this white paper outlining best practices for creating custom IT solutions for your organization. Posted: 15 Oct 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Integration \| Cloud Computing \| IT Management \| IT Systems

Computer Weekly – 16 October 2012: Delivering IT change at Royal Mail sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to Royal Mail CIO Catherine Doran about one of the UK's largest IT transformations. Software suppliers are under fire for the complexity of their licensing policies; we look at the issues. And we examine how to manage suppliers as firms increasingly turn to multiple outsourcing providers. Read the issue now. Posted: 15 Oct 2012 \| Published: 16 Oct 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| IT Management \| M2M Communications \| Networking \| Oracle (Product) \| Outsourcing \| SAP (Product) \| Software Licensing \| Windows

Building a Cisco Certification Lab sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Access this informative resource to discover how to build a certification lab environment to deliver hands-on experience to the workers you're training. Posted: 08 Oct 2012 \| Published: 08 Oct 2012 TOPICS: IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Systems \| Training \| Training and Educational Services

Accelerate Windows 7 Migration with User Virtualization sponsored by AppSense WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft workstyle is changing. The old desktop computer is being replaced by the digital generation and fast-paced, tech-savvy devices. Access this resource to learn about the new Microsoft workstyle, which promotes anywhere connection, intelligent infrastructure, cloud management and multiple Windows-based devices. Posted: 03 Oct 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Systems Implementation \| Systems Management \| Windows 7 \| Workstations

E-Guide: Private Cloud Pitfalls and Strategies for Avoiding Them sponsored by Dell, Inc. EGUIDE: This SearchCIO.com e-guide explores 3 private cloud pitfalls to avoid. In addition, hear from virtualization and cloud computing expert, Mark Bowker of The Enterprise Strategy Group, as he discusses CIO IT management issues with the private cloud. Posted: 16 Nov 2012 \| Published: 16 Nov 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Archive \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| IT Best Practices \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing

In Memory Computing: Lifting the Burden of Big Data sponsored by TIBCO WHITE PAPER: Big data presents businesses with some significant challenges, but the biggest complaint amongst executives is their inability to quickly access the data they need for analytics. To alleviate this, savvy companies are using in-memory computing and gaining the ability to process more data faster and with greater efficiency. Read on to learn more. Posted: 08 Oct 2012 \| Published: 08 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Storage \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management

Accelerate Windows 7 Migration with User Virtualization sponsored by AppSense WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft workstyle is changing. The old desktop computer is being replaced by the digital generation and fast-paced, tech-savvy devices. Access this resource to learn about the new Microsoft workstyle, which promotes anywhere connection, intelligent infrastructure, cloud management and multiple Windows-based devices. Posted: 03 Oct 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Systems Integration \| Systems Management \| Windows 7 \| Workstations

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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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