Posts by: Chris Curran

Medical Technology Innovation

Print PDF Is your company planting seeds in countries that have the most fertile ground for innovation? That’s an important question for CIOs who are thinking strategically about technology’s impact on the business. In a global business ecosystem, a nimble competitor can…

The Private Cloud: Who Will Stop the Rain?

Print PDF Guest post by Nick Macey As some companies move towards a virtualized, private cloud infrastructure, they get caught in a downpour of problems. The additional layer of virtualization requires significant expertise to manage and support, can substantially decrease overall stability…

2011 CIO Agenda – A. M. Best’s BestDay Podcast

Print PDF 2011 CIO Agenda Podcast Transcript Listen to the podcast or read the summary below. The interview was conducted by Best Review Editor Lynna Goch. LYNNA: Chris is here today to talk about the results of a survey conducted with 724…

Laying the Pavement for the Future-State CIO Journey

Guest Post by Louie Ehrlich, President Chevron Information Technology Company, and CIO, Chevron Corp. Note: This is the third in a series, start with part 1 – The Journey of a Business Strategist CIO I’ve written a couple of posts on what…

Who Owns the Online Customer Channel?

Guest post by Brian Saperstein One of the more fascinating organizational challenges I’ve worked on with clients lately relates to an organization’s online interactions with its customers. The online customer channel is seen by some as a marketing vehicle, some view it…

5 Innovations for 2011

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it,” said Alan Kay, one of the earliest pioneers of object-oriented programming, personal computing, and graphical user interfaces, back in 1971 as quoted in SmallTalk.org. That’s sage advice for the CIO trying…

How to Make Decision Making More Adaptable with Layers

Co-authored with John Sviokla Never before has such a mass of data existed. Needless to say, all this information complicates the decision-making process. Businesses need new strategies to answer the biggest question: How do we effectively sift through the mountain of information…

IT Budget Reform

Guest post by Raf Burde and Niket Desai Nearly all companies do some kind of annual budget at both the business unit and corporate levels. While many find the process unsatisfying and frustrating, little has been done to challenge this outdated approach.…

What is Your Internet of Things?

I’ve seen the number 4.6 billion pop up a few times lately. Any ideas? It’s the approximate number of mobile phones globally which is about 69% of the worlds population. It’s the explosion of phones, particularly smart phones that are internet addressable,…

The Ultimate High Performing Teams

Last week was a big one for me and for Diamond.  It marked the beginning of a new chapter for both as we joined forces with PwC.  Much remains to be seen as with any new adventure, but it promises to be…
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