by Parimal Patel | Sep 14, 2014 | CIO Concerns, Communication, Strategy, Technology
With social media, email marketing, and other marketing tactics that are much more prevalent as technology advances, it has become more common that Marketing groups will oversee and maintain their own tools while Information Technology (IT) focuses on other... 
by Lisa Jasper | Sep 3, 2014 | CIO Concerns
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. The CIO’s job is the hardest in the C-suite. A true CIO is expected to do everything from technology strategy through IT operations. This means that the following demands and threats are constantly... 
by Russ Pearlman | Dec 20, 2013 | Operations
“Houston, we have a problem…” This phrase makes me cringe about the same as gramatarians at the split infinitive in “… to boldly go where no man has gone before…” No, the Apollo astronauts didn’t have a problem –... 
by Lisa Jasper | Nov 5, 2012 | CIO Concerns, Strategy
Over the last couple months, I’ve run across a few CIOs who are frustrated with their ability to be strategic within the context of their companies. They feel like the only strategy their executives want them to pursue is one around cost minimization. The most... 
by Russ Pearlman | Sep 12, 2012 | CIO Concerns, Collaboration
Major analysts from Gartner and Forrester are predicting lots of spend driven by the CMO over the next few years – even with some bold predictions that CMO’s may outspend the CIO on technology in 5 years from now. I think that may be a real possibility...