Should IT decisions have to reflect the goals of the business and engage the attention of the business?
From CIO Magazine

Portfolio management is a tool with clear benefits, among them a holistic view of IT projects across the enterprise and the alignment of IT with corporate strategy. But it isn't easy.
From CIO Magazine

RMS and others have been advocated treating IT as an investment instead of as an expense for some time. This widely-recommended online tutorial describes the approach in plain and simple language.
From Resource Management Systems, Inc.

CIOs are in a unique position to lead their company's enterprise investment strategy. If they have the nerve.
From CIO Magazine

Are your Canadian code writers still productive, or would a Chinese company be more useful to you? Maybe 10 years ago the information technology chief in a U.S. company didn't have to bother his head with such arcane questions. But today, CIOs everywhere must master global software economics. Why?
From CIO Magazine

CIOs haven't been socked with budget cuts yet, but many are preparing to tighten their belts in the softening economy.
From ComputerWorld

Meta Group prediction of overall IT spending in 2001.
From CIO Magazine

The 1999 InfoWorld Compensation Survey found that the average salaries for IT professionals who focus on both business and technology are higher than the average salaries for those at teh same level who focus primarily on technology.
From InfoWorld.com

They had high marks for tech savy; but low marks for customer service. Case example of how an 80-person IT group changed from a primarily technology-focused shop to one focused on customer service.
From CIO Magazine

Because ERP is so intertwined with business processes, anticipating the impact on the daily activities and behaviors of many of the organization’s human resources is an essential element of ERP planning. 
From CIO Magazine

General discussion about the potential of web-based training to reduce training costs and improve delivery.
From CIO Magazine

Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a buzzword for many finance and IT/IS managers.  Article discusses some "best practices" for getting desktop costs under control. 
From CFO Magazine (Europe)

The focus of this article is management issues related to application availability; however, many of the key points are generally pertinent to IT management in general. 
From InformationWeek Magazine

Survey results: "Do IT managers who line up products, services, or consulting engagements want to work with the biggest and best-known systems integrators--or do they prefer more 'average'-size companies?" 
From InformationWeek Magazine

IS executive's vision should be balanced between the long-term "horizon" and daily operations; article includes a short self-test "quiz". 
From InformationWeek Magazine