CIO's Authors and Ideas Podcasts

How to get started with a service oriented architecture

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:03:00 EST

Listen to industry expert, BEA senior vice president Bruce Graham, a former chief information officer himself, share peer insights into how SOA can be implemented, who the key sponsors are and key challenges cio's might face moving forward with SOA.

Racing to the New

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:03:00 EST

Bringing new technologies to Surprise, Ariz., was not easy. But, of course, change never is. Here are some lessons one CIO learned about innovation.

The Teamwork of Innovation

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:40:00 -0500

Gentry Lee, chief engineer for planetary flight systems with the Jet Propulsion laboratory, gives compelling advice about how to balance risk and innovation when developing new technology.

Talking Innovation with a Hall of Famer

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:40:00 -0500

Bill Walsh, lauded for his innovative thinking on the football field, talks techniques for applying innovation to every job.

Is IT being consumed by consumer IT?

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:40:00 -0500

CIO Executive Editor, Christopher Koch, continues his conversation with Verizon CIO, Shaygan Kheradpir and explores the impact of consumer IT on the enterprise and CIOs.

The Role of the CIO in a Network Services World

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:47:00 -0500

Greg Papadopoulous, executive vice president and chief technoology officer of Sun Microsystems, is interviewed by CIO publisher Gary Beach on how chief information officers can gain competitive advantage leveraging a network services architecture.

The Past, Present, & Future of SOA

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:47:00 -0500

CIO Executive Editor, Christopher Koch, explores the state of SOA with Verizon CIO, Shaygan Kheradpir.

Think Globally and Locally

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:47:00 -0500

Jeff Joerres, CEO of worldwide, multibillion dollar staffing company Manpower, talks with CIO Executive Editor Christopher Koch on creating the delicate balance between global IT efficiencies and the power of local ownership. (15:38)

Emerging Technologies

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:09:00 -0500

Lou Mazzucchelli, fellow at the Cutter Business Technology Council, tells CIO's Diann Daniel how IT history repeats itself and which emerging technologies CIOs should have on their radar. Also hear excerpts from his presentation at this spring's Cutter Consortium Summit. To order the full presentation, visit www.cutter.com.

1] Emerging Technologies: A word about virtualization at the hardware level

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:15:00 -0500

2] Emerging Technologies: Changing architecture of storage hierarchies

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:15:00 -0500

3] Emerging Technologies: The future of archiving

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:20:00 -0500

4] Emerging Technologies: The U.S. lag in telecommunications

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:39:00 -0500

Innovative Program Recruits IT Professionals for the Classroom

Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:50:00 -0500

Learn details about how IBM's "Transition to Teaching" program transforms IT professionals into classroom teachers.

Alan Levine, CIO of The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, on Portfolio Management

Thu, 1 Jun 2006 14:50:00 -0500

Alan Levine discusses how he created and introduced portfolio management practices and tools into his organization. Excerpted from a recent CIO Executive Council teleconference on portfolio management.

Joe Kraus, former CIO of Intelsat, on Portfolio Management

Thu, 1 Jun 2006 14:45:00 -0500

Joe Kraus discusses how he created and introduced portfolio management practices and tools into his organization. Excerpted from a recent CIO Executive Council teleconference on portfolio management.

Walter Weir, CIO at University of Nebraska, on Portfolio Management

Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:45:00 -0500

Walter Weir discusses how he created and introduced portfolio management practices and tools into his organization. Excerpted from a recent CIO Executive Council teleconference on portfolio management.

Making the Best "Right" Decision

Wed, 24 May 2006 14:50:00 -0500

Sometimes there can be more than one right answer to a problem. But the option you choose can say a lot about the values of your company--and your leadership. Making these "right vs. right" choices can be one of the hardest tasks any manager can perform. But Joseph Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School, says there are some simple methods you can apply to help you answer these tough questions. (11 minutes)

A Conversation with Craig Donohue, CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Mon, 15 May 2006 11:14:00 -0500

Donohue discusses his top business priorities, the role technology plays in supporting those priorities, his relationship with his CIO, and his worst IT-related nightmare. (13:11)

From Security to CTO to CEO

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:22:00 -0500

TriCipher founder Ravi Ganesan says those jobs have more in common than you might think. His career-advancing advice for security pros emphasizes skills like root cause analysis, the value of tough mentors (in Ganesan's case, including GM CIO Ralph Szygenda), and more. (9:07)

Are You Ready for the Coming Era of Rational Exuberance?

Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:22:00 -0500

Economic indicators, CEO confidence, global competition, aging infrastructures and increases in IT spend levels all point to an era of rational exuberance for IT investment.

The Elusive Paper Chase

Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:47:00 -0500

CIO Publisher Gary Beach talks with Kevin Pickhardt, CEO, Pharos, about a major hidden cost of IT.

State of the Market, 2006 - Compliance

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:43:00 -0500

CIO Publisher Gary Beach talks with Intel's Jim Fister.

The New New Phishing Attack (and other news from the RSA Conference)

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Information security executives have been effective at picking off the low-hanging fruit of electronic threats to business and consumer data. But emerging problems, including a wave of phishing attacks that use scripts to swipe personal information of website visitors, are more difficult to hunt down and wipe out. Allan Holmes, CIO Magazine's Washington bureau chief, reports from the RSA Conference in San Jose.

Microsoft and Open Source

Fri, 9 Dec 2005 10:00:00 -0500

CIO Publisher Gary Beach muses about the possibility of Microsoft making the Vista operating system open to the public.

An Interview with Eben Moglen, General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:00:00 -0500

CIO Technology Editor interviews Eben Moglen, Chair of the Software Freedom Law Center and General Counsel to the Free Software Foundation on the history of the GPL, why it needs to change, and what happens next as we start down the path to GPL 3.0.

20 Top Tips for Software Testing

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:00:00 -0500

CIO's Meridith Levinson talks about best practices for enterprise software testing.

10 Things Every CIO Should Do in Year One

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:00:00 -0500

Executive recruiter Martha Heller on the right moves for incoming CIOs.

Are IT Workers Certifiable?

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:00:00 -0500

CIO Publisher Gary Beach talks about why we need national enterprise software certification.

Conquering Decision Making

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:00:00 -0500

Don Maruska, author of How Great Decisions Get Made, gives advice on making great decisions and overcoming decision making obstacles.

The Dead End Project Trap

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:00:00 -0500

Ed Yourdon, author of Death March, tells us how to avoid dead-end projects and what to do if you find yourself in one.

IM at Work

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:00:00 -0500

Nancy Flynn, founder and executive director of The ePolicy Institute and author of Instant Messaging Rules, discusses the state of instant messaging as a business practice.

What Makes for Good IT Governance

18 Jul 2005 10:00:00 -0500

Peter Weill, Director of the Center for Information Systems Research at MIT's Sloan School of Management and co-author of IT Governance, discusses lessons he learned while researching his book.