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May 23, 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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CIO MI E-Zine Supplement: Big Data: Access and Outcome Over Infrastructure sponsored by SearchCIO.com EZINE: In their rush to capitalize on big data, enterprises may be putting the cart before the horse, in this case infrastructure before business outcome. This e-zine can help CIOs and business executives formulate a big data strategy that is business-goal and business-value driven, including the choice of big data platforms. Posted: 10 Apr 2013 \| Published: 10 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business IT Alignment \| CIOs \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| IT 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)

Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit 2013 sponsored by Gartner BROCHURE: This resource provides key information about the Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit 2013, including the agenda at a glance, an overview of keynote speakers and workshops, registration information, and more. Posted: 09 Apr 2013 \| Published: 09 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Governance \| IT Management \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management

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

Transcript: The Changing Role of the CIO sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript addresses the key challenges new CIOs face, their priorities in the role, how they can balance legacy systems with the need to drive change, and more. Posted: 02 Apr 2013 \| Published: 02 Apr 2013 TOPICS: CIOs \| IT Agents \| IT Governance \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Service Management \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| IT Workforce

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

Changing the Role of the CIO sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WEBCAST: Watch this brief webcast and gain insight into how the role of the CIO has evolved in the face of business relevancy. Learn the top challenges CIOs face, how to balance managing legacy IT operations with the new expectations of driving business change, and much more. Posted: 01 Apr 2013 \| Premiered: Apr 1, 2013 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| CIOs \| IT Departments \| IT Management \| Training

Applications Rationalization: Take Control of your Applications with HP sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company VIDEO: One of IT's biggest struggles today is trying to map resource utilization amidst a complex, sprawling portfolio of disjointed, often redundant applications. View this brief video to discover strategies that can help you take control of your applications, so you can respond faster to threats and opportunities, simplify your IT, and reduce costs. Posted: 01 Apr 2013 \| Premiered: 01 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Performance Management \| Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Software \| IT Governance \| IT Infrastructure \| 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

Migrating SAP applications sponsored by Red Hat and HP WEBCAST: This comprehensive webcast describes the performance and scalability gains you can achieve by moving mission-critical SAP applications off of legacy servers and onto open platforms. Plus, find key recommendations for ensuring a successful transition as well as customer success stories. Posted: 01 Apr 2013 \| Premiered: Apr 1, 2013 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Integration \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Application Server Software \| Applications Management \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| IT Management \| Legacy Applications Software \| SAP (Product) \| Server 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

CW Special Report on HP sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This 12 page special report from Computer Weekly gives you the facts on HP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance. Posted: 23 Mar 2013 \| Published: 22 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Infrastructure Services \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Laptop Computers \| Networking Hardware \| Personal Computers \| Print Management Services \| Printers \| Security Hardware \| Security Software \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Devices \| Storage Hardware \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors \| Virtual Machine

Tip #9 Give Jobs Meaningful Names sponsored by ORSYP WEBCAST: This exclusive webcast explains how to sort and organize your various applications into similar domains, making them easy to find and increasing end user efficiency. Posted: 22 Mar 2013 \| Premiered: Mar 22, 2013 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Applications Management \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| IT Management

You’re Never Too Smallfor Business Analytics:How Small and Midsize Businesses Can RevUp Their Growth Engines with Data-DrivenInsights sponsored by SAS Institute Inc. WHITE PAPER: This resource provides an overview of business analytics and offers guidance on preparing your organization for a successful implementation. Moreover, learn what to look for in a an analytics solution, and figure out what will best suit your needs. Posted: 13 Mar 2013 \| Published: 13 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Data Analytics \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| Predictive Analytics \| Predictive Analytics Software

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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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