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Best Practices for Selecting Storage Services for Big Data

Big data is fueling the need for ever-growing storage repositories. If you're looking to meet scalability concerns without breaking the bank, selecting a storage platform that can meet the needs of big data can be a challenge--but it doesn'

Apr 25, 2012 5 mins

Business Intelligence CIO IT Strategy

Tech Training Targeted by Education Department

Aiming to address workforce skills shortage, the U.S. Secretary of Education has unveiled an initiative to reauthorize Perkins Act to bolster career and technical education.

Apr 24, 2012 4 mins

Certifications Government Regulation

CIOs Can Strengthen Your Board of Directors

Boards can gain critical technical and strategy expertise while CIOs get career benefits – and a nice side income

Apr 23, 2012 4 mins

Careers IT Leadership

IT Outsourcing Deals Slow From Hangover Effect

Analysis of IT and business process outsourcing transactions in the first quarter reveals a sharp decrease in number and value of contracts signed. As deals get smaller and shorter, contract restructuring and expirations now dominate the IT service p

Apr 20, 2012 4 mins

CIO IT Strategy Outsourcing

How to Make Video Marketing Work for Your Business

Video producers, marketers and users share their tips on how to create a successful business video that generates traffic and sales for your business--not just views on YouTube.n

Apr 19, 2012 10 mins

CIO E-commerce Software Internet

New Table Stakes for the CIO

The "big five" tech megatrends--cloud, mobile, social, consumer IT and big data--will render the CIO obsolete, or so they say. CIO magazine's editor in chief Maryfran Johnson says we've heard this before. The CIO role isn't g

Apr 17, 2012 3 mins

CIO

How to Implement Next-Generation Storage Infrastructure for Big Data

Managing the petabyte-scale and larger data stores that are a fact of life with Big Data is a different beast than managing traditional large-scale data infrastructures. Online photo site Shutterfly--which manages more than 30 petabytes of data--shar

Apr 16, 2012 10 mins

Data Warehousing ERP Systems Enterprise Architecture

Houston, We Have an IT Governance Problem

Anticipating potential pitfalls, detecting warning signs and acting at the first signs of trouble are the keys to a well-functioning governance framework. KPMG's Harvey Okin offers advice on how to identify governance issues before they become r

Apr 16, 2012 6 mins

CIO IT Governance IT Strategy

4 New IT Outsourcing Pricing Models Gain Popularity

Enterprises that have gone the outsourcing route now expect more value from their IT service providers and IT service vendors want potentially higher-margin work. The combination has resulted in several new pricing models. CIO.com looks at four emerg

Apr 13, 2012 6 mins

CIO IT Strategy Outsourcing

Why Open Source Is the Key to Cloud Innovation

Open source software has become pervasive in the enterprise over the last 25 years. As the world begins to move to the cloud--where speed and scalability are critical, open source software is taking an even more intrinsic role. How are key open sourc

Apr 13, 2012 8 mins

Developer Eclipse Foundation Linux

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