Strategy
February 8, 2019
It’s important to build an Internet of Things strategy for your business’ success.
Is your infrastructure ready for the data-driven future?
Electronic health records (EHRs) have changed the face and the pace of the healthcare industry. Learn how optimizing the data you collect is key to practicing proactive healthcare.
As of May 1, 2018, Sirius and Forsythe are officially one company. Together, we will offer a more robust portfolio of services and solutions for clients, delivered by the brightest minds in the business.
Learn how the principles of simplicity and scalability can help you innovate and secure your healthcare organization.
Acquisition creates an IT industry powerhouse poised for success
Take a new look at the most popular FOCUS articles from July 2017.
Find out which articles were the most-read with these top 5.
Gain a new perspective on how to become a better leader by watching these insightful and thought-provoking TED Talks.
Click on the links below to get a taste of a few of the hot topics covered over the previous month.
The most-read FOCUS articles this month are available here.
Have you read the most popular FOCUS articles from March 2017? Catch up here.
Find out which articles were the most popular in February 2017 with these top 5.
Catch up on the most-read articles in January 2017.
As IT moves from legacy to agile computing models, make sure you’re not stuck with a legacy financial model. Here’s what you should know to get your IT projects funded.
Read on to learn about what our readers like the most in 2016 with this top 10 list.
Find out what articles were popular in November with these top five.
Catch up on your reading with these top five articles.
Steps to an effective vulnerability assessment, seven essential data center solutions, 10 reasons to have data loss prevention, key elements of a successful encryption strategy, and how to find the right managed security services provider.
Today’s high-profile security breaches have the power to cripple brands. And they are getting more personal. Learn why and how CIOs and CMOs should work together to prepare for them.
The fast path to private cloud, best practices for data loss prevention, 10 keys to choosing a colocation provider, software defined networking FAQ, and six ways to deceive cyber attackers.
How to successfully operationalize threat intelligence, 11 ways to fortify your security strategy, 10 trends that will impact your data center, seven steps to a successful partnership with an MSSP, and the truth about cloud costs revealed.
Six ways to deceive cyber attackers, eight steps to an effective vulnerability assessment, ten keys to choosing a data center colocation provider, nine steps to implementing a successful configuration management system, and six questions to help you find the right managed security services provider.
What you should know about your cloud costs, steps for operationalizing threat intelligence, the risks and challenges of mobile security in the workplace, seven essential services your data center solutions provider should have, and why your organization needs data loss prevention.
C-Suite partnerships are critical to the bottom line of the business. Here are five ways a CIO can partner with the C-Suite to create competitive advantages.
Eleven ways to strengthen your security, how to track and prevent insider threats, 10 trends that will impact your data center, the way to better health care security, and how to get more out of your cloud storage.
Incident response, storage trends for 2016, reliable and secure enterprise connectivity, RSA Conference takeaways, and elements of a successful encryption strategy.
Trends that impact your search for a colocation provider, tips for addressing insider threats, making data loss prevention a priority, developing a mobile security strategy, and the top IT storage trends of 2016.
Incident response and cyber readiness, the three Cs of cloud transformation, untapped opportunities in your data center, six questions to find the right managed security services provider, and fortifying your security in 11 steps.
Find out which stories were most popular with our readers this year.
We know your time is limited so we hand-picked 12 of the best business and technology books you should add to your shelf.
Technology is transforming businesses and separating the winners from the losers. Here's how IT organizations can lead the charge and revolutionize their business.
Learn how a chief digital officer (CDO) can drive your digital strategy and help you get more value from your data.
Companies with a collaborative CIO-CMO relationship perform better than the competition. Here's how IT and marketing should work together to better serve customers, build the brand, and increase revenue.
Companies successful in optimizing IT combine traditional, converged and selectively outsourced delivery models, but there are key applications that you should retain control over.
Explore how the CIO-CMO partnership affects the way customers interact with the brand.
IT organizations are losing budgets to other business units. Here's how you can reclaim your budget.
Learn how IT strategy can best be communicated internally to ensure budget and resources are appropriately allocated.
Learn why application performance management is important and how it improves IT service delivery.
How to accelerate innovation and help enable the business to compete digitally.
Competition for the top IT talent is fierce, but many employers are sabotaging their chances at finding and retaining this talent. Learn why and how.
No matter your readiness, it's likely your mergers and acquisitions plan requires more scrutiny.
End-user computing (EUC) allows you to provide employees with the apps they need while keeping your data secure. Find out how to roll out and manage EUC across your enterprise.
Find out what financial solutions deliver short-term and long-term savings.
There are five key reasons why CIOs should have a voice during mergers and acquisitions.
Information technology (IT) is too critical to the enterprise not to measure its effectiveness and efficiency. Learn how to measure the impact of IT.
Learn how your organization can boost business performance, improve innovation, and retain talented employees.
Discover why the buy-hold-sell rationale can help CIOs develop a common language, helping them raise their profile with the C-suite and the board of directors.
Learn how unified communications and collaboration can drive greater employee engagement and improve business performance.
Today is a great time to think differently about how you approach IT at your company.
Achieve business and IT unification by assessing your organization's IT investments and really understanding your IT portfolio.
Positioning yourself as an IT broker (not an IT provider or builder) can open up your team to a much larger pool of company resources and more opportunities to lead business transformation.
Companies today want a different result from IT. But a new outcome requires not only changing how you think about IT but also how you invest in IT.
Are you confident that your applications will perform well when they go live?
Enterprise collaboration has evolved with the workplace and is a competitive differentiator for competing globally.
To enable ongoing IT waste reduction and IT value creation, companies should advance their IT finance maturity levels.
Discover the five fundamental steps that companies should take to reach business-IT unification.
Find out how to best implement a successful knowledge management program that increases staff productivity, product and service quality, and deliverable consistency.
Find out how organizations can be ready for anything.
How chief financial officers (CFOs) can better collaborate with chief information officers (CIOs).
How the chief information officer (CIO) can work better with the chief financial officer (CFO).
How the chief information officer (CIO) and chief financial officer (CFO) can overcome differences and partner in strategic collaboration.
Learn how IT organizations can more quickly and effectively serve the business.
IT organizations can troubleshoot problems and avoid resource overload by creating a runbook before mergers, acquisitions or divestures occur.
Strategic sourcing can help organizations cut costs, develop products and services faster, increase flexibility, and establish relationships with value-add partners.
To achieve optimal business benefits from strategic sourcing, it is important to use collaboration and optimization tools.
