The Zander Report

From 7/9/10 CIO Minute...
Are you a Gatekeeper? A Beancounter's Apprentice? The Chief Widgeteer?  Read about 10 CIO archetypes and what you need to know about them.
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From 7/7/10 CIO Insight...
Read a summary of Gartner's latest report, "Mergers and Acquisitions:  Integration Without Tears."  As strategic m&a activity picks up, CIOs/CTOs will be put to the test in organizational integration and the challenge of demonstrating the business value of IT.  This summary outlines the key phases of integration and how you can prepare.
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From 6/9/10 CIO.com...
CIO's need to be ready to answer these questions designed to gauge their strategic orientation.  They may be posed by CEO's to elicit a CIO's knowledge of business strategy, customers and their current industry.

From 5/5/10 eWEEK.com...
According to a Gartner study, 42% of CIO's currently report to the CFO - and do not have the direct ears of the CEO.  Is this a "CFO power grab" or is it because CIO's have failed to earn the seat at the top by not clarifying the value of IT or it's return on investment?
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From 2/26/10 CIO Insight...
View the results of Symantec's annual survey of 1,700+ organizations of all sizes from around the world.  Unsurprisingly, the biggest priorities focused on availability and reliability of data, and on cost-saving measures such as virtualization, cloud migration and consolidation.
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From 4/26/10 CIO Insight...
Fundamental changes are predicted in IT over the coming years.  Read how the roles, structure and skills of the IT function are predicted to change.
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From 4/1/10 CIO Insight...
While business and IT usually don't have the greatest things to say about each other, some of their perceptions aren't that far apart.  Harvard Business Review polled 328 business and IT leaders to learn their perceptions about their organizations' strengths and weakness.
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From 4/7/10 CIO Insight...
Today's PMO isn't designed to make sure technology programs deliver business outcomes.  That's where the Results Management Office (RMO) comes in.
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From 3/22/10 Computerworld...
Here's some EA - Enterprise Architect advice on how to start closing the gap between the current state of your IT systems and where the business wants to go.
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From 3/10 CIO Insight...
Are you focusing on the urgent at the expense of the important?  The CIO's job is changing and here are 10 steps to meet the changing demands of the job. 
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