... Not in the future, that is. IT is about to go through a great transformation. It has to, given the velocity at which technology is evolving.  

IT expenditures will be happening more outside the traditional boundaries of corporate IT, says Gartner. Today, some enterprises already spend more than 50 percent of IT expenses outside of corporate IT. Business units often partner with third parties when they need a solution faster than corporate IT can deliver. Interestingly, it’s not about IT’s capability, rather it’s more about the innovations in the marketplace that are being created, affordable and easy to use. More...

In a recent webinar, Ten Changes to Maximize the Impact of Your Business Intelligence Strategy, Gartner presented some fresh ideas on how to approach the analysis of so much data, making it useful for the enterprise. There is no doubt an effective business intelligence (BI) strategy includes IT, but what else? Gartner says the secret can be found by asking three questions: More...

Anticipating the number of mobile devices to exceed the number of PC sales for the first time ever, you can bet the security risk associated with mobile devices will increase too. Here are a few aspects of security to keep top of mind: More...

In our rapidly changing environment, the tech giants continually battle for market domination. They all seem to want what the other has, or want to take over what the other does best. They are fiercely competitive. CIO.com looks at the rise and fall -- and rise again -- of some of these giants. What I find interesting is that, the traits that can be seen as an Achilles heel or a secret weapon are also applicable for IT organizations today.More...

Did you know that within the last two years, the personal health information of nearly 18 million Americans was breached electronically? That affected six percent of Americans. Even more surprising is the value of the data being sold. Medical records sell for $50 a record in the underground market which is even more lucrative than financial information, says the chairman and CEO of the Santa Fe Group. More...

The BYOD movement is truly shaking up IT.  Now, more than ever, employees are bringing their own devices to work. Not only that, on average, employees carry more than two devices each. The proliferation of devices and the additional traffic are putting big demands on the corporate network, as well as increasing the risk of data security breaches. More...

Gartner recently released its webinar on the Top Security Trends and Takeaways for 2012, and here are a few highlights. Most interesting is the perception versus the reality, and some tips on making security relevant across the entire enterprise. More...

Think about this: The volume of data generated in 2009 alone was greater than in the preceding 5,000 years combined, says Gartner. Today, enterprises know there is opportunity in Big Data.  In fact, says Forrester, business intelligence is ranked as the number one technology to drive change in 2012, creating significant business value as data mining and reporting tools become more sophisticated and move into the cloud. Businesses expect to reap the benefits of mobile business intelligence (MBI) to expeditiously, and smartly, improve business processes, reduce inefficiencies, and discover new revenue opportunities. More...

We talk about Big Data – the abundance of information that is being created, stored, mined, and accessed online. One of the biggest trends in 2012 is sentiment analysis – how enterprises can mine and make sense of online data to use to their competitive advantage. Through sentiment analysis, businesses can turn attitudes and emotions, expressed online through social media, into actionable results. More...

In the early days, CRM tools were much like an online address book. Today, when integrated with other databases, the web, social networks, and mobile media, CRM tools are rich with information, allowing enterprises to truly understand and connect with their customers. This evolution is driving the “streamlining, adapting or even elimination of entire business processes, as well as defining a new world of business analytics that includes social/viral (influence) and transactional (business impact) intelligence," says technewsworld.More...