The first item in the newsletter was an article by Chris Van Liew, Chief Information Officer, Weyerhaeuser Company titled CIO Says “I’m to Blame” if Vendors Don’t Deliver. To change our vendor’s, we need to change ourselves. MORE

As innovation and security become increasingly linked, senior IT managers must change how they hire and develop information security staff. Product security specialists/managers. Security service manager. Security marketing and communications manager. MORE

Absent an experienced vendor management group on the IT side of the table, the two parties in a sales presentation are badly mismatched. The vendor’s representatives spend all their time doing exactly this, whereas most IT buyers send people who use technology, but don’t buy it for a living. Few IT leaders recognize when a salesperson is exaggerating product capabilities (or omitting limitations). MORE

With many agencies and other government organizations not yet viewing technology as a key component of their overall strategy, sales reps from vendor firms have focused less on helping with innovation and more on providing current state services, as requested, for the lowest possible cost. MORE

Guest post by Suheb Siddiqui and Chetan Shetty. A veteran CIO recently told me, “The last few months felt like I time traveled back to the 1980s. Business stakeholders are demanding the applications they want, designed the way they like, and at a speed dictated by their priorities.” MORE

There are 2 areas “Leadership and Management” and “Core Areas” that can be used. Leadership and Management: Strategic Leadership. People Management. Application Management. LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT. People Management. GOAL – Identify and manage capital projects. Network Management. Application Management. Technology vendor management. How do you measure the performance of a CIO? MORE

The IT organization succeeds by monitoring technology and market developments, and building expertise in IT asset optimization, sourcing and vendor management, and IT financial management. Wide World of Vendors. Chucks Blog. MORE

CIOs and IT managers are adept at operating at the intersection of software design and data. Guest post by Barry Jaruzelski and Chris Curran. Do CIOs have a role in product development? Some say no. Call on the CTO or CDO or CMO. MORE

Inquiring into a VDI environment to increase manageability, reduce costs. In a recent Forrester Research report, " Shifting from Rules to Guardrails " there are some good observations of how IT (and the CIO) have to transform from being technologists to becoming brokers, vendor managers, and providers of technology governance: "We see a blurring boundary between business and IT. CIO.com: Consumerization of IT taking its Toll on IT managers. IT Financial Management. (4). MORE

Vendor management once meant squeezing service providers for the lowest costs. That approach won't fly today. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story MORE

  For example, at the recent VMworld there were perhaps 20 different storage array vendors, and my informal survey had most offerings using this approach.   Fewer vendors to deal with, greater buying power, standardized tools and operational processes, etc. MORE

Jackson , NJVC Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Services, is cloud. Jackson, NJVC Vice President and General Manager, Cloud. people helping people, not managing technology.”. brokerage with (vendor management and integration included) marks the. MORE

Last week, I wrote about the move toward cybersecurity vendor and technology consolidation, along with a growing emphasis on technology integration in the enterprise. There is an element of simplifying purchasing and vendor management, but most CISOs want tools that work together so they can improve security prevention/detection while streamlining operations. MORE

Position will manage engineering support for a portfolio of critical operating environments including a 250,000 square foot, tier IV data center and a 1.4 Position will support a Senior Property Manager and Operations Manager. The position will report to the Regional Critical Systems Manager. Manage the implementation of the capitol project program for the facility. Manage project work in the data center for equipment installations. MORE

To give us a perspective on this question, we had the opportunity to speak with Roger Hockenberry , CEO and founding partner of Cognitio , a strategic consulting and engineering firm established and managed by a team of former senior technology executives from the U.S. Because it’s not question of eliminating risk, it is understanding and managing risk. But they may overlook things like aggressive patch management, vendor management. By Bob Gourley. MORE

Even with the vastly increased mobile usage, we still see some large gaps between what managers want on mobile versus the capabilities deployed to them. Top motivations for consolidation included easier vendor management, better support, and better integration. MORE

From servers to PBXs and everything in between, his company sells, installs, and manages entire network environments for its customers. I just had lunch with a long-time business colleague who specializes in IT consulting and network systems integration for small and medium-sized businesses. Companies like my colleague’s are the backbone of the enormously large group of businesses MORE

That world of homogenous IT technology managed entirely by the internal IT organization has long disappeared. Operations today require efficient and global management of technologically heterogeneous environments. The final trend is around management and overhead. MORE

After having spoken to numerous customers and vendors, its clear to me that cloud computings operational transformation necessarily triggers structural changes in the IT organization - as well as in the rest of the enterprise. IT financial management skills development, training etc. MORE

Enterprise Risk Management. vendor management. Brand Risk Enterprise Risk Management Governance Risk and Compliance Netflix Ransomware Security and Risk hacking third party data vendor managementNetflix recently experienced a third-party breach. The data lost is Season 5 of Orange is the New Black, which is original Netflix content. Many are calling it the largest entertainment industry hack since Sony. I guess that is right, but how bad is it really? MORE

How do you know whether to keep these functions in house or partner with a managed service provider ? We’ve found that many businesses are choosing to opt for a managed service provider. Application management. Do you employ a security manager? 7) Vendor Management. MORE

CIOs also report that 40% of their vendors support a specific business niche rather than provide broad range of solutions. This means that managing their performance often requires more time and oversight from already strained IT vendor managers at the buying firm. MORE