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Too Much IT Info Can Be A Dangerous Thing

 

 

 

In a new article by technology writer Chad Brooks, IT Value Challenge’s author discusses situations where IT information to the business without a meaningful business context can be counterproductive. Instead, IT leaders should always strive to talk about the business and discuss IT within the context of the business’ needs and performance.

To read the article, click here or visit www.businessnewsdaily.com.

 

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Webinar: How CIOs can communicate and work better with their CEOs and management teams

The IT Value Challenge’s author will be sharing top tips for how CIOs can communicate better and work more effectively with their CEOs and management teams in an exciting webinar presented by ExecSense on August 19th at 4:30PM Eastern. This seminar is complimentary for ExecSense subscribers.

To subscribe to ExecSense or to register for this webinar, please visit www.execsense.com.

 

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The CIO’s Survival Guide to M&A, Part 1: The Merger

 

The IT Value Challenge’s author shares four key strategies CIOs can employ to come out on top when their company merges with another in a new byline article on CIOUpdate.com.

To read the article click here or visit CIOUpdate.com.

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Webinar: CIO Best Practices for Advising Your CEO & Board of Directors

The IT Value Challenge’s author will be sharing top tips for how CIOs can advise their CEOs and Boards of Directors in an exciting webinar presented by ExecSense on May 18th. Click here for details and registration information.

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5 Reasons Your CEO Doesn’t Trust You


 

IT Value Challenge partner Leverage Corporation weighs in on the reasons CEOs often do not trust their CIOs, and what CIOs can do about it in a new CIOUpdate.com article by prolific IT writer Rob McGarvey.

To read the article, please visit CIOUpdate.com or click here.

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Tech M&A Swinging into High Gear


 IT Value Challenge partner Leverage Corporation weighs in on opportunities for technology executives to benefit from the recent upswing in technology industry mergers and acquisitions in a new CIOUpdate.com article by Pam Baker.

To read the article, please visit CIOUpdate.com or click here.

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A Case for Voluntary Regulatory Compliance

Voluntarily taking on even more compliance requirements may seem counterintuitive, but doing so strategically can create real value for the company, help re-brand compliance from a cost center to a value center, and protect compliance budgets when times get tough.

The IT Value Challenge’s author makes the case to do so and shares how to get started in a new byline article on CorporateComplianceInsights.com.

To read the article click here or visit CorporateComplianceInsights.com.

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McKinsey: More than half the synergies in a merger are strongly tied to IT

A Harvard Business Review Daily Stat released today shared the results of a McKinsey study that indicates 50% to 60% of the initiatives intended to capture synergies are strongly tied to information technology.  While the premise of the article should come as no surprise, it highlights the importance of keeping IT front and center when approaching merger transactions.

Image (c) 2011 McKinsey and Company.

To read the McKinsey Quarterly article, click here. (Free registration required.)  To read the IT Value Challenge’s recent article discussing how companies can leverage IT to realize such synergies when pursuing merger transactions, click here.

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The Most Mismanaged IT Asset of All – the CIO

 

The IT Value Challenge’s author explores the why and how of refocusing CIOs’ time and effort on value creation rather than running the day-to-day operations of the IT department in a new byline article on CIOUpdate.com.

To read the article click here or visit CIOUpdate.com.

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Keep IT In Mind When Merging

 

In a new byline article in Biztech Magazine, the IT Value Challenge’s author shares four ways companies can maximize the value the company realizes from the transaction by putting IT front and center before and after the transaction.

To read the article, click here or see page 47 in the March 2011 print edition of the magazine.

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