Allen Bernard

As the economy heats up, now is the time to start revamping your employee compensation packages and handing out kudos for a job well done. Although it can be hard to notice sometimes, the economy is getting better. And, as more IT jobs become available, holding on to key staff is once again becoming a […]

By utilizing a new dashboard view, Booz Allen Hamilton’s CIO now can see what’s going on, where and how well his network is functioning — all from the user’s perspective. Over the years George Tillmann has tried many times, in many different ways, to see things from his constituent’s perspective. But, for the most part, […]

When the World Wide Web hit the scene some eight years ago, many business leaders thought it interesting but didn’t really know what to make of it, or what to do with it. By 2000, that had all changed and companies were lining up to get in on the Web site game. The result was […]

A new CareerBuilder.com survey finds one-in-five women are paid less than men and feel they have fewer advancement opportunities, while job satisfaction declines for both. The same amount of women — one-in-five — reported they have fewer opportunities for career advancement than men at their current organizations, according to the recent Men and Women at […]

Granted, a CIO has to have a firm understanding of what makes IT tick, but going forward, CIOs will increasingly have to have a firmer grasp of how technology helps their companies compete and succeed, than bits and bytes. What this means, in practical terms, is CIOs have to be as much a business process […]

In today’s business world, it is no longer enough to walk into a management meeting with ROI and TCO numbers, along with a ”current-projects” list and sheet of demands. That’s because unless you can justify the IT department’s value and ”sell” its accomplishments in business terms, there is a very real danger IT will be […]

Ever since Y2K, and perhaps in the years just preceding it, CIOs have increasingly found themselves between a rock and the proverbial ‘hard place’. Why? Because many sit at the crossroads of strategic initiatives handed down by executive committees and corporate boards, and the tactical implementation of those initiatives. With IT so pervasive in (and […]

Over the past 10 years IT has come a long way. It used to be (and sometimes still is) companies only turned to the people running IT for input into new ideas or processes at the very end of the decision-making cycle — after most of the important decisions had been made. For MIS managers […]

American Management Systems (AMS) announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with CGI Group, the largest Canadian independent IT services firm in an all cash transaction valued at $858 million. AMS also announced it will sell off its defense and intelligence business to Arlington, Va.-based defense contractor CACI Corp. for $415 million with […]

Deciding on a content management system (CMS) to help your organization streamline business processes and aid in compliance efforts can be a mind-boggling job. And while looking at CMS vendors would seem the good first step, there’s a little more to it than perusing a few brochures and talking to a couple of sales folks. […]