This paper brings together the collective inputs of industry experts to highlight unique contracting requirements related to cloud computing contracts that can help effectively and safely procure cloud services. <br /><br />Although this paper has been written for the federal government, its content is universally application.
This presentation provides a primer on virtualization, discusses things to know about virtualization from an IT audit perspective – "What IS virtualization? What are the issues? What is a reasonable, “AUDIT-READY” secure Reference Architecture?"
This report outlines the current state of IT, provides information for stakeholders to make informed decisions about significant investments in technology – "this is a report card of accountability to our stakeholders" – and, details how technology is being planned, managed, and implemented going forward.
This plan provides a strategic vision and direction for key stakeholders – “It is not meant to be a tactical plan that lays out specific
This IT Strategy Playbook Example is an insightful resource that offers a comprehensive approach to effective IT management for modern organizations. It focuses on creating a
This enterprise information technology strategic plan recommends leverages existing IT capability to improve IT services.
Silos drive an unfocused, inefficient, and ineffective IT investments. The authors make the case for an integrated, strategy driven – capability driven – information technology strategy that aligns business needs – the demand side – with IT capability – supply side – that provide true competitive advantage and reduce or even eliminate duplication and waste. The article then discusses the four steps to this capability driven IT strategy roadmap.
Today, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role is not the "IT Guy" – s/he is a business leader driving business transformation, innovating, creating competitive advantage and being a strategic partner to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other CxOs. This paper details the view of CIOs who have made this transition. Their consensus? CIO role has the opportunity to evolve into a business leader role and remain relevant to the enterprise.
This compilation of interviews with CIOs illustrates how they are transforming their role from that of technology head to business leader.
Despite ample evidence that the world at large and CEOs in particular want CIOs to elevate their game beyond technology stewardship, some have their head in the cloud! This presentation provides a timely reminder that for the CIO to be relevant, the name of the game is: get on the CEOs agenda!