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Editors' Picks

• CIO's Agile practices during infrastructure overhaul save time and money

  SearchCIO-Midmarket's IT Leadership Awards finalist Feroz Merchhiya employed Agile practices to reach and exceed IT goals for major projects.14 May 2013

• Technology financing options open door to deals for VARs

  Vendors and third-party financing companies are offering new options in technology financing, such as solution financing and targeted credit programs.03 May 2013

• Barclays indexes machine data to meet complex regulation

  Barclays turns to machine data indexing Splunk to deal with complex banking regulations following the financial crisis of 200803 May 2013

• Business intelligence program needs long-term tending to fully blossom

  The evolution of Quicken Loans' business intelligence strategy from static reporting to self-service BI holds useful lessons for other organizations.28 Mar 2013

• Can you have big data and personal data privacy?

  In a big data era, one of the sacrificial lambs is personal data privacy. This is a risk for each of us and the companies we work for.26 Mar 2013

• Cloud compliance management solutions in use at small banks, credit unions

  Solution providers report that community banks and credit unions are showing an increased interest in cloud IT services and cloud GRC.27 Feb 2013

• Prepare for Shamoon malware with data backup and recovery plan

  Expert Nick Lewis discusses how to detect Shamoon malware and emphasizes the importance of detailed data backup and recovery plans.19 Feb 2013

• PCI SSC introduces cloud compliance guidelines

  A branch of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has released guidelines designed to clarify the murky rules of cloud compliance.18 Feb 2013

• Data center titans line up in support of Open Compute Project

  Facebook's Open Compute Project has caught on, with AMD and Intel developing motherboards for the project's Open Rack infrastructure.17 Jan 2013

• Project management technology fixes cheese maker's collaboration woes

  Three companies talk about their experiences using Smartsheet project management tools to automate collaboration functions and processes.16 Jan 2013

• Businesses set self-service BI as a priority for 2013

  Mainstay issues such as poor data quality will plague businesses in 2013, but one way they're hoping to overcome hurdles is by empowering users.21 Dec 2012

• Finding a business solutions architect with the right stuff

  Turning a technology-focused enterprise architecture into a business architecture calls for a business solutions architect with the right stuff.13 Dec 2012

• How to transform enterprise architecture into business architecture

  Turning your enterprise architecture into a framework that's business-centric and customer-focused is hard work, and more art than science.13 Dec 2012

• Gap among industries in average salary for senior IT is considerable

  The IT Salary Survey 2012 shows big disparities among industries in the average salary for senior IT. In 2012, that doesn't seem to matter so much.12 Dec 2012

• Gap among industries in average salary for senior IT is considerable

  The IT Salary Survey 2012 shows big disparities among industries in the average salary for senior IT. In 2012, that doesn't seem to matter so much.03 Dec 2012

• The story of five CIO entrepreneurs in India

  Planning to start your own business? Let the story of these five Indian CIO entrepreneurs provide you with the inspiration you need.26 Nov 2012

• The story of five CIO entrepreneurs in India

  Want to start your own business? Let the story of these five Indian CIO entrepreneurs kindle the entrepreneurial fire in you.23 Nov 2012

• Accessing Hyperion financial information from mobile devices

  Pushing Oracle Hyperion financial information to mobile devices means considering what data to push there and what kind of devices your workers have.13 Nov 2012

• Amazon public cloud ready for enterprise prime time, partners and customers say

  Perceptions of Amazon public cloud services -- especially when it comes to security and compliance -- don't reflect reality, proponents say.12 Nov 2012

• Amazon security, compliance worries still major enterprise obstacles

  Fear of the public cloud is alive and well in heavily regulated industries. Amazon has some work to do to broaden AWS' appeal in these shops.12 Nov 2012