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	What RSA is Saying Now About IT Security by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:15:01 -0500 CIOs face more complexity than ever as an array of new technologies, from social media to cloud computing, open up new opportunities - and vulnerabilities. In ensuring that their businesses aren't exposed to new threats while charging into these new frontiers, IT security teams are essentially helping to enable emerging business models. Whether that means training employees on social media or pressuring cloud vendors to disclose their security practices, IT security will continue to evolve from its historic focus on protecting IT systems to playing a more entrepreneurial role in business. - var selectedTab=6; var sPath = window.location.pathname; var moviename = new Array(); moviename = sPath.split( / ); var config = new Array(), configSponsor = new Array(); config[ videoId ] = 71017642001; //Change to BC TTID config[ videoRef ] = 'What-RSA-is-Saying-Now-about-IT-Se... 9 Ways Web Apps Woo Hackers by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:45:45 -0500 Web security research gurus with the Santa Clara, Calif.-based Web application security firm Cenzic uncovered their findings at RSA from data collected during the second half of 2009. Though CIOs are constantly struggling to get their development teams spinning up new business-enabling Web applications as quickly as possible, leaders would do well to take a lesson from the disconcerting trends laid out in Cenzic's most recent report. The vast majority of proprietary web applications developed in house contain some sort of vulnerability or another, as seen by scans of customer applications conducted through the company's managed services. The following nine types of vulnerabilities are the most common found through Cenzic's scans of customer Web apps. - ... CIO Success: A 10-Step Playbook by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:52:50 -0500 A former divisional CIO with Prudential offers a treatise on what IT leaders must do to meet the changing demands of the job. - CIOs and IT executives have a complicated job. Systems need to run, hardware needs to be up to date, longer-term architecture strategy needs to be developed and executed on, transformation programs need to be rolled out, capabilities need to be delivered, and proper governance around information s... Business Intelligence: The Real Challenge by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:55:00 -0500 Business intelligence tools have matured, but have IT's internal capabilities? A look at the real challenge CIOs face in executing their BI strategy. - Businesses have been accumulating data in digital form from business operations for more than 40 years now. In parallel with this accumulation, tools for organizing, categorizing and analyzing this data turning it into the kind of context-rich information that can drive decision making have been gro... 5 CIO Priorities for the Upturn by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:02:21 -0500 The global economy has begun a fragile recovery from a shattering recession. CIOs must now focus on opportunities for growth and important technology trends, while continuing to drive down costs. - Before the global economy took a nosedive in 2008, business leaders were looking to IT to help drive their companies growth efforts. They sought to transform business processes and operations with information, and wanted IT to play an active role in attracting customers, developing new products and ... IT Certifications Still Offer an Edge by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:22:47 -0500 The quarterly Foote Partners IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index examines in depth how certain skills and certification can affect the pay of IT professionals. Unsurprisingly, the index found that most skills and certifications decreased in value last year. But as a percentage of the base salary for IT professionals, most types of certifications gave recipients an edge in remuneration. Typically, IT certification holders made 7.46 percent more than average IT workers in the fourth quarter of 2009. CIO Insight examines how much extra certain types of IT certifications have garnered professionals over the last three years. The percentages are all measured as additional value on top of the base IT salary, as determined by Foote Partners. - ... 10 Technologies for Driving Revenue in 2010 by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:49:34 -0500 Becoming a revenue generator instead of a cost center is the dream of every IT shop. CIO Insight Research asked almost 170 IT executives which deployed technologies have the best potential for driving revenue generation. Heres what they said. - ... 5 Books for Understanding the Millennial Generation by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:18:02 -0500 The 80-million strong Millennial generation is going to change the IT landscape in countless ways, whether CIOs like it or not. Dealing with this unique generation can be difficult given their work habits, interests and deep grounding in technology as a way of life. Luckily, there are a handful of insightful books that help businesses and bosses understand and manage the Millennials. - ... Demystifying Cloud Computing by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:56:04 -0500 Its tough to tell the difference between true cloud computing and the smoke created by hype and buzz. Heres how to clear the air. - As CIOs consider new corporate computing options, they often find themselves awash in cloud metaphors thanks to the overwhelming desire to achieve the promise of cloud computing. The potential for cloud computing is compelling. For business, it promises faster access to technology and better align... Analytics: Putting Information to Work by CIOInsight - RSS Feeds Published on: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:36:12 -0500 The leaders of the analytics push explain why CIOs struggle to use information to their employers' gain -and how they can avoid the usual trip-ups. - Tom Davenport admits that analytics is a quot;nerdy quot; topic, but it's also one of the hottest in the IT community today. The IT and management professor at Babson College didn't expect too much of a reaction to his 2007 book, Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning (Harvard Business... How to manage outsourcers after the contract's ink is dry by CIO Executive Briefing Published on: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:29:00 +1100 When the global trade association SEMI experienced a big revenue decline last year and had to cut staff, CIO Gil McInnes turned to outsourcing. MS Round-Up: Ballmer on Cloud 9, Office 2010 Upgrades, More by CIO Executive Briefing Published on: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:31:00 +1100 The big news this week out of Redmondland was CEO Steve Ballmer's Cloud Manifesto at the University of Washington. Big Steve was explicit in his remarks: Microsoft is betting its future on cloud computing.

On the CIO Front:

CIO Implications of the IBM Global CEO Study, by Mark Hennessy, IBM CIO, A transcript of an IBM podcast, 2008
- what it means for the chief information officer.
  "Organizations are bombarded by change, and many are struggling to keep up."
  "CEOs view increasingly demanding customers not as a threat, but as an opportunity to differentiate."
  "All CEOs are adapting their business models and implementing extensive innovations. Many are moving aggressively toward global business designs."
  "CEOs are embracing social responsibility initiatives."
  "Financial outperformers are making bolder plays than the organizations that are lagging."
  Mark Hennessy, IBM CIO, 2008
The 21st Century CIO, by Mark Polansky, Managing Director Information Technology Practice, Korn/Ferry International, Society for Information Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1, 2005
Development of an Information and Knowledge Management Qualification, By Roger Silberberg, et al, 1st International Conference on Engineering and Business Education (ICEBE), Wismar, 2008
- Organizations in the 21st century face the challenge of either adopting rapidly emerging information and
  knowledge-management systems or becoming uncompetitive and irrelevant.
The CIO Profession: Driving Innovation and Competitive Advantage, by the Center for CIO Leadership in collaboration with MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) and Harvard Business School ,October 2007
Engaging the Customer, by Gartner EXP Research Team, Gartner Inc., April 2008

On the Information Technology Front:

Cray CX1 Supercomputer with Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 And Intel Xeon Processors, by Microsoft Corporation & Cray Inc., Seattle & Redmond, WA, September 16, 2008
- Microsoft & Cray team up to drive high productivity computing into the mainstream.
Dedication and Expertise are Integral Elements in Successful Projects
- How to Stay Ahead of Technological Advancements by Harnessing the Expertise of Computer Consulting Firms.
How to Manage Phone Costs in Corporate America
- A Vision for Enhanced Corporate Performance: Gaining Control over Excessive Non-Business Phone Calls.
Successful Client/Server Software Development is the Key to Service
- Executive Computer Consulting Corporation provides rapid client/server application development using visual programming products.

On the Software Engineering Front:

How to Call A Web Service From An ASP.NET Website
- Creating a Proxy Class With Wsdl.exe
What are Web Services?
- Software System Designed to Support Interoperable Machine-to-Machine Interaction Over the Internet.
Corporate America Application Integration
- Optimizing Your Enterprise Nervous System.

Visual C# 2005 Improvements
- Innovative Language Constructs, New Compiler Features, Enhanced Developer Productivity, Improved Debugging.
Visual Inheritance with Visual C#
- An Elegant Way of Enforcing Consistency: A Change Made to A Base Form Affects All Forms Derived From It.
Introduction To C# Interfaces
- Interfaces Are Very Important: They Define Standard Ways to Interact With User-Defined Classes.

SQL Server Reporting Services
- A Comprehensive, Server-Based Solution Which Enables The Creation, Management, and Delivery of Traditional Reports and Interactive Web-Based Reports.
SQL Server™ 2000 Reporting Services Installation
- Reporting Services Components and Installation Planning.

Visual C# 2005 Improvements
- Innovative Language Constructs, New Compiler Features, Enhanced Developer Productivity, Improved Debugging.
Visual Inheritance with Visual C#
- An Elegant Way of Enforcing Consistency: A Change Made to A Base Form Affects All Forms Derived From It.
Introduction To C# Interfaces
- Interfaces Are Very Important: They Define Standard Ways to Interact With User-Defined Classes.