The Zander Report

Major changes are coming your way in the next few years that will have profound effects upon your decision-making to maximize your ROI.  Here are some of the trends including:  cloud storage, low-energy servers, an end to desktops, Windows 8,  (CIO Insight 11/22/11)     Read more

Here are today's top 10 trends for IT infrastructure & operations spanning cloud computing, virtualization, consumerization, social media, etc.  (Computerworld 10/18/11)
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Hybrid IT (is not the technology in a Prius!)

One new term or concept emerging from the shifting manner of how IT is being deployed throughout an organization is being labeled as Hybrid IT. But the definition of Hybrid IT is still developing.

Here are 10 high-level, practical thinking strategy ideas & insights from Randy Mott - one of the most respected CIO's in business and former CIO at HP, Wal-Mart & Dell.  (InformationWeek 7/11/11)
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Whom would you rather lead as a member of your team?  (vote & see results)
 
VOTE -->  The high performer with an attitude problem
 
VOTE -->  The mediocre performer with an average attitude
 
VOTE -->  The low performer with a great attitude

How companies manage IT is crucial to their competitiveness especially in today's digital economy.  There are localized, business & brand interests as well as enterprise-wide strategic investment & efficiency interests - all of which must be properly balanced.  (WSJ 4/25/11)
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It's argued that control of information shouldn't be centralized nor rest with the IT staff - but with business unit leaders as assets that fuel their individual businesses.   (WSJ 4/25/11)
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After business growth, CEOs rank people talent as their 2nd highest concern of 10 business priorities.  With that said however, many companies do a poor job competing for talent.  CEOs should take a careful look at their company hiring practices.  Is their HR/recruitment organization and their recruiting partners/staffing suppliers effectively attracting high caliber candidates to win the talent war -- or are they just fooling themselves?  (4/18/11 WSJ)
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Within 18 months on the job, 40% of all new supervisors fail by either getting fired, voluntarily bowing out of the position or receiving a bad review.  Avoid these classic rookie management mistakes.  (CIO Minute 4/1/11)
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To engineer better managers, Google pored over performance reviews, feedback surveys and award nominations to arrive at 8 "Good Behaviors" and 3 "Pitfalls" for managers.  (NY Times 3/13/11)
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