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See why Verizon's new BlackBerry is stirring up a Storm
Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm has been one of the most widely anticipated IT products of 2008. In this special episode of Sanity Savers ...
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What role does IT play in privacy protection?
One of the side effects of the information age is that personal privacy has become a major concern for average citizens. And IT often ...
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What IT leaders need to know about virtualization
Virtualization is having a major impact on IT infrastructure, and its influence will likely grow in the next 5-10 years. Thus, there are some ...
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Dumb business decisions that can take down your company
Big egos and a lack of foresight kill lots of companies both small and large. However, IT leaders can learn from their misguided ...
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How to make a difficult conversation a little easier
It's the conversation we all dread: Talking to an employee whose behavior is having a bad effect on the team. Whether the issue is ...
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How to successfully work with an offshore team
As companies try to get the most for their IT dollar, they may consider using offshore resources for some of their IT needs. But ...
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Take control of your day with these time management tips
Have you ever started the day with great ambitions and then realized at the end that you didn't get anything done? It happens to ...
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What's the difference between CIO and CTO
When you talk about IT leadership career tracks, the question that almost always comes up is, "What's the difference between the CIO and the ...
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Five things to know about VoIP over wireless
Voice over IP can provide substantial savings on your telephone service by allowing you to use an IP network to make phone calls. You ...
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Five ways to make your meetings more effective
When you find yourself walking out of a meeting feeling energized by the ideas that emerged and the issues that were resolved, you should ...
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Four ways to reduce energy costs and environmental impact
Green IT is one of the hottest trends in the technology industry. The idea is to provide computing services in an environmentally conscious way. ...
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Does Green IT matter for business?
You've probably run across "Green IT" at industry trade shows and in the media. Although the concept is a little vague, Green IT is ...
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Four trends that will transform IT over the next five years
Gartner has cited its top 10 IT trends to watch over the next three to five years. IT leaders should put these trends on ...
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Five ethical dilemmas IT leaders must confront
Professions such as law and medicine have long-established ethical guidelines to govern behavior. But in the IT field there isn't always a consensus about ...
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Top leadership qualities of CIOs
What does it take to be a great IT leader? The best insights come from the CIOs who are out there doing it every ...
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Five ways to trim your IT budget
When it comes time for corporate belt-tightening, IT is often a popular target. There are also times when an IT leader simply needs to ...
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How to save your IT budget
A lot of IT leaders fail to hit their IT budgets and find themselves sweating it out in the second half of the year. ...
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When should you do a major hardware upgrade?
The decision of when to buy new hardware on a large scale is typically driven by changing needs in the organization. The challenge for ...
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Counterpoint: Five reasons to decentralize your IT department
See the top five benefits for decentralizing your IT department, and the trade-offs you have to make if you decentralize, in this episode of ...
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Five reasons to centralize your IT department
Most IT leaders either love centralization or hate it. In some organizations, you may love it one year and hate it the next. This ...
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Five signs that you aren't cut out to be a CIO
For many IT professionals, the ultimate job in technology is Chief Information Officer (CIO), but do you really know what a CIO does? This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives looks at what the CIO job involves and provides five warning signs that you may not be cut out to be a CIO. Once you've watched the video, you can read the original TechRepublic article, download a PDF version of the article, and read what your peers have to say about this topic in the companion blog post.
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Take control of your day with these time management tips
Have you ever started the day with great ambitions and then realized at the end that you didn't get anything done? It happens to everyone, but it happens to some people more often than others. That's where time management skills come in. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives shares some popular tricks for making the most productive use of your day.
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Four trends that will transform IT over the next five years
Gartner has cited its top 10 IT trends to watch over the next three to five years. IT leaders should put these trends on the radar to exploit them for competitive advantage. In this episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives, I share four of these trends and give you my take on each one.
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Four ways to reduce energy costs and environmental impact
Green IT is one of the hottest trends in the technology industry. The idea is to provide computing services in an environmentally conscious way. Most green IT methods involve significant changes to an organization's server and storage infrastructure and can even extend to the desktop. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives shows how to start the process of lowering your energy consumption and making your IT infrastructure a little greener.
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Five things to know about VoIP over wireless
Voice over IP can provide substantial savings on your telephone service by allowing you to use an IP network to make phone calls. You can also run VoIP over Wi-Fi, but you need to be aware of certain limitations. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives highlights the key issues to help you prepare for wireless VoIP.
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Five ethical dilemmas IT leaders must confront
Professions such as law and medicine have long-established ethical guidelines to govern behavior. But in the IT field there isn't always a consensus about what's right. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives highlights five of the ethical concerns that IT leaders must confront.
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Five ways to make your meetings more effective
When you find yourself walking out of a meeting feeling energized by the ideas that emerged and the issues that were resolved, you should realize that someone took the time to define a purpose for the meeting and to manage the process effectively. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives explains how to plan, organize, and conduct successful meetings.
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Top leadership qualities of CIOs
What does it take to be a great IT leader? The best insights come from the CIOs who are out there doing it every day. In this episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives, see what CIOs have identified as the top leadership qualities needed to run an IT department.
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What's the difference between CIO and CTO
When you talk about IT leadership career tracks, the question that almost always comes up is, "What's the difference between the CIO and the CTO?" Though the two roles sound similar, there are some clear distinctions between them. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives explains the differences in goals, mandates, and skill sets for CIO and CTO.
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How to make a difficult conversation a little easier
It's the conversation we all dread: Talking to an employee whose behavior is having a bad effect on the team. Whether the issue is punctuality, work ethic, or worst of all, hygiene, the conversation is rarely pleasant. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives offers a few tips that will help you make these tricky conversations more comfortable and effective.
