Six ways to improve IT Efficiency and Profitability for Healthcare Insurance Companies
If you’re a healthcare insurance company, you’ve probably felt the repercussions of the Affordable Care Act. Since its inception, it…
Enterprise Cloud Computing in the New Millennium
A recent study found that 70% of enterprises have either applications or infrastructure running in the cloud today—that’s up 12%…
The Five-Point Mainframe Transformation Leadership Checklist
Despite utterly foolish predictions to the contrary, the mainframe persists as the core computing engine for global commerce. That’s because…
Bimodal IT – is it really the right way to go?
I’ve been hearing a lot about Bimodal IT—Gartner was pumping it up recently at their Gartner Symposium, while Jason Bloomberg…
Does it take a super-hero CIO to stay on the mainframe?
Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent Can’t Get The Job Done Because They Don’t Go To Work Wearing Their Cape I…
CIOs: Save The Data
Have you seen the prediction that the CMO will have a bigger IT budget than the CIO in a few…
Intensity in hockey playoffs… and in IT finance planning?
It’s NHL hockey playoff season. I love this time of year: the days are longer and brighter, the geese are…
Part 4: The four hallmarks of an effective CIO: Ability
Three weeks ago here on Planet Mainframe I introduced the idea that a CIO must excel in 4 areas: Alignment,…