Smart Features

"New to the site? Need to find one of our past articles in a hurry? Here's a quick list of what you may have missed in the past few months, organized by month and by Best Practices, Industry Insights, Resources and Takeaways. As a Smart Enterprise Exchange member, you have unlimited access to these articles from industry experts and your peers on an ongoing basis. We hope you find what you're looking for...

Smart Practices

May: Consolidation Adds Up – Business Technology Execution
Let David Fike of Marsh & McLennan tell you how he was able to gain significant efficiencies by combining more than 130 data centers worldwide. Read More »

June: CIOs on the Move – Professional Development
IT execs who demonstrate leadership traits are climbing the corporate ladder into other C-level positions. Jonathan Fornaci, President and Chief Executive Officer of Straw Hat Pizza, was one CIO who leveraged his leadership strengths to take him to the next level. Read More »

June: Q&A with Mike Lane – Professional Development
The former CTO of SellingSource used his business skills - and some salesmanship - to move into the COO role. Read More »

July: The Financial CIO – Business Technology Strategy
Mike Jones, corporate Vice President and CIO for Children's Hospital and Health Systems in Milwaukee, is a hands-on financial manager as well as directing IT strategy and operations. Find out how he juggles both roles and how he manages his IT portfolio in a tight economy. Read More »

September: IT and the Customer Experience: Three Perspectives – Business Technology Execution
Customer focus no longer means putting a CRM system in place and sitting back to watch the results. New technologies and customized services are in demand and they are revolutionizing businesses across the globe. We feature three CIOs who are using IT to optimize customer service and stay ahead of the competition. Read More »

October: The IT Workforce of the Future – Professional Development
Toyota, GE Money Australia, and Procter & Gamble hope their sound strategies for keeping IT in sync with business requirements will carry them into the future. Read More »

November: Global IT In Action – Business Technology Strategy
Luxoft CIO Ivan Gavrilyuk understands both the opportunities and the challenges of borderless IT. The fast-growing technology service provider has not only built its own IT infrastructure to support a global business strategy, but it is also an integral part of the global IT economy stretching from Moscow to Vietnam, Vancouver to Romania. Read More »

November: Outsourcing's Economic Worries – Business Technology Strategy
Here are some blogs, research reports and resources to help you track ongoing trends. Read More »

Smart Insights

May: CIO Interview: Catherine Doran, Network Rail's Change Agent – Professional Development
Britain's Catherine Doran shares her first-hand perspective of how the role of CIO has changed and evolved in this exclusive interview with Smart Enterprise Exchange. Read More »

June: Why the CFO and CIO Need Better Partnerships (and how to get started) – Business Technology Strategy
By Jeremy Hope, Co-founder and Research Director of the Beyond Budgeting Round Table
It's no longer the CFO's role alone to stay on top of economic metrics; CIOs need to be part of the team that's formulating sound financial strategies and creating tools to carry them out. Read More »

July: Consolidation's Public Appeal – Business Technology Execution
Data center consolidation is rapidly becoming the norm among CIOs, and with good reason. Everyone wants to reduce costs, save energy and improve business processes. Smart Enterprise Exchange recently spoke with John Gillispie, to get his insights on consolidation trends and what they mean for United States CIOs and others. Read More »

July: Consolidation Efforts Gain Steam Globally – Business Technology Execution
Green IT, cost savings lead the way in Europe and Asia. Read More »

September: Ensuring the Future of IT Talent – Professional Development
Optimum IT services begins with a great team. But what skills do CIOs and their teams need in order to advance IT in the business going forward? There's no magic formula for skills assessment and planning, but Wharton business school professor and author Peter Cappelli looks at the historical trends as a guide to the future. Read More »

October: Getting Global Buy-in – Business Technology Strategy
Make sure that IT initiatives enable globalization efforts rather than inhibiting them. European consultant, Peter Hinssen, offers five ways that 'Adaptive CIOs' get buy-in for global IT initiatives. Read More »

November: Personalized Globalization: N=1; R=G – Business Technology Execution
Customer-focused IT is an imperative in today's market. M. S. Krishnan, noted author and University of Michigan Business School professor, explains why CIOs must think locally as well as globally when they collaborate on customer-experience initiatives. Read More »

Smart Resources

May: Smart Enterprise Magazine Executive Summary – May Issue
The May issue of Smart Enterprise Magazine features many articles in support of this month's focus on financial management and IT budgeting, as well as our themes of data center consolidation and CIO success factors. Read More »

May: Financial Mananagement – Business Technology Strategy
The first portion of 2008 has seen renewed focus on IT budgets and business optimization. Smart Enterprise Exchange editors present the latest data, resources and thought leadership on these topics. Read More »

June: Data Center Consolidation – Business Technology Execution
Whether you're based in the U.S., the Middle East or Eastern Europe, this month we offer a wealth of resources on how server virtualization can also help green IT efforts. You'll find out about several reports and podcasts — including a newly released survey conducted by the Uptime Institute and McKinsey — with some surprising findings. Read More »

July: CIO Success Factors – Professional Development
The CIO's role has changed dramatically in the past decade, and it will continue to evolve along with the business. This month we provide a wealth of resources including podcasts, research and events that CIOs can use on their own career paths and corporate journeys. We also feature an additional exclusive interview with Boston Stock Exchange's business and IT leader, Mike Curran, about his career transitions. Read More »

September: Business Without Borders – Business Technology Strategy
Globalization is more than a buzzword. For nearly all large businesses today it's the operating environment in which they live and breathe. Fully integrating business and IT efforts on a global playing field can yield substantial competitive rewards; failing to do this, will put the business at risk. Read More »

October: IT and the Customer Experience – Business Technology Execution
Here are some online resources, live events and thought leaders in the field of customer experience to help get CIOs up to speed quickly on current trends and avoid costly mistakes. Read More »

November: The IT Workforce of the Future – Professional Development
We offer tools, reports, data, global events and experts you can access to keep your workforce ahead of the curve. Read More »

Smart Takeways

August: Financial Mananagement – Business Technology Strategy
Understanding the complexities of our global economy — and your own corporate finances — is probably a top priority right now. Even in the short time span of one fiscal quarter, the economy has grown more troubling and belt-tightening may already be under way at your company.

Here are 10 key Takeaway points from our recent coverage as well as updates and new resources to help you in this fast-changing market. Read More »

August: Data Center Consolidation – Business Technology Execution
It may sound like a very straightforward recipe: Take inventory of your data center assets, cut in half, virtualize and show returns. But the actual execution of data center consolidation is much more involved.

Here are 10 Takeaway points from our Smart Enterprise Exchange experts plus some new resources on the topic. Read More »

August: CIO Success Factors – Professional Development
It's not an easy time to be a CIO. In fact, it's a very daunting job that's getting more demanding all the time.

Here are 10 key Takeaways from our Professional Development experts, including updated research and resources. Read More »