IT Management

The importance of technology to Ford's 180 is reflected in IT's elevated profile

There is no future for the "order-taking, looking only for efficiencies" type of CIO: Change or be ousted.

Quite a few data center disasters are caused by human error and not by technological malfunctions or natural catastrophes. 


Here's a checklist that can help CIOs and project managers ensure that their first outsourcing projects are managed wisely from start to finish.

With Hurd, HP's board picked an outsider. Will it do so again?

The Avocent Virtual Advanced Console Server 6000 is a tool for secure, remote data center and out-of-band management of virtual assets.

The issue of sustainability in business has besome a concern that inevitably needs to be tackled head-on by companies, small and large alike.

Like driving, you need to adopt a maturity approach--building your virtual cloud future one step at a time.

The speed of its expansion forced the company to take a reactive approach to IT, valuing time to delivery above all else.

Communication blunders can do serious damage to a CIO's reputation and career, since they reinforce those negative, geeky stereotypes about CIOs.