Acquiring and retaining talented IT professionals has always been a challenge in an industry historically known for its difficult and often stressful work environment. With modern IT projects being deployed and accelerated at unprecedented speeds, procuring the best IT...

Is your IT department losing time and money performing spin up/spin down support? Spin up/spin down support naturally occurs when resources need to be allocated dynamically on a task-by-task basis rather than focused in a single area of technology. Though it may initia...

A random act, no matter how positive or negative the outcome, is still a random act, and thus it cannot be relied upon in the future. Though you may be able to successfully complete a project or deliver a product on time, the success will have little meaning if you are...

The CIO is charged with delivering on IT effectiveness. But as companies move toward an outsourced delivery model for IT services, there is some confusion over the issue of who is responsible for ensuring technology is delivering business value. Who owns this– the busi...

What steps are you taking to show the value your IT organization brings to your business? Are you growing your IT value? The more time spent sustaining technology and performing infrastructure maintenance, the less time dedicated to the development of technology that e...