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August 26, 2019

8 Steps to Implementing a Knowledge Management Program at Your Organization

Find out how to implement a knowledge management program that increases staff productivity, product and service quality, and deliverable consistency.

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Outsmarting Smart Technology: Your Guide to Winning in the Data-Driven Future

WEBINAR — Watch our webinar to leverage IoT and smart technology in your organization.

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The IoT Reference Architecture and How to Build a Strategy

It’s important to build an Internet of Things strategy for your business’ success.

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3 Data Strategy Conversations You Should Be Having in the Boardroom

Is your infrastructure ready for the data-driven future?

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3 Ways to Make the Most of Your EHR & Avoid the Culture-Shift Lag

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.

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An IT Powerhouse Poised for Success: Sirius Acquires Forsythe Technology

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.

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How to Build a Modern, Secure, Digital Healthcare Brand

Learn how the principles of simplicity and scalability can help you innovate and secure your healthcare organization.

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Sirius Acquires Forsythe Technology

Acquisition creates an IT industry powerhouse poised for success

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in July 2017

Take a new look at the most popular FOCUS articles from July 2017.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in June 2017

Find out which articles were the most-read with these top 5.

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Top 15 TED Talks Every Leader Should Watch Now

Gain a new perspective on how to become a better leader by watching these insightful and thought-provoking TED Talks.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in May 2017

Click on the links below to get a taste of a few of the hot topics covered over the previous month.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in April 2017

The most-read FOCUS articles this month are available here.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in March 2017

Have you read the most popular FOCUS articles from March 2017? Catch up here.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in February 2017

Find out which articles were the most popular in February 2017 with these top 5.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in January 2017

Catch up on the most-read articles in January 2017.

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How to Successfully Fund Your IT Projects

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.

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The 10 Most-Read Articles in 2016

Read on to learn about what our readers like the most in 2016 with this top 10 list.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in November 2016

Find out what articles were popular in November with these top five.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in October 2016

Catch up on your reading with these top five articles.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in September 2016

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.

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How the CIO and CMO Can Protect Your Brand from Ruthless Hackers

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.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in August 2016

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.

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The Most Popular Articles in July 2016

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.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in June 2016

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.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in May 2016

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.

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How Can the Modern CIO Become a Strategic Asset in the C-Suite?

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.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in April 2016

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.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles March 2016

Incident response, storage trends for 2016, reliable and secure enterprise connectivity, RSA Conference takeaways, and elements of a successful encryption strategy.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in February 2016

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.

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The 5 Most Popular Articles in January 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.

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The 12 Most Popular Articles in 2015

Find out which stories were most popular with our readers this year.

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12 Books IT Leaders Should Read

We know your time is limited so we hand-picked 12 of the best business and technology books you should add to your shelf.

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Is Your IT Organization Driving Business Transformation?

Technology is transforming businesses and separating the winners from the losers. Here's how IT organizations can lead the charge and revolutionize their business.

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What You Should Know About the Emergence of the Chief Digital Officer

Learn how a chief digital officer (CDO) can drive your digital strategy and help you get more value from your data.

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How to Boost Business with a Strong CIO-CMO Partnership

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.

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The Undeniable Aspects of Strategic Sourcing

Companies successful in optimizing IT combine traditional, converged and selectively outsourced delivery models, but there are key applications that you should retain control over.

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CIOs and CMOs Must Join Forces to Create Quality Customer Experience

INFOGRAPHIC — Explore how the CIO-CMO partnership affects the way customers interact with the brand.

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The Savvy CIO's Guide to Cutting IT Costs in the Cloud Era

IT organizations are losing budgets to other business units. Here's how you can reclaim your budget.

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IT Strategy: How a One-Page Plan Communicates Your Business Value

Learn how IT strategy can best be communicated internally to ensure budget and resources are appropriately allocated.

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The 4 Key Benefits of Application Performance Management

Learn why application performance management is important and how it improves IT service delivery.

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From Old IT to New IT: An Operating Model of Agility and Precision

WEBINAR — How to accelerate innovation and help enable the business to compete digitally.

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How to Close the IT Skills Gap

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.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: How IT Can Manage the Unmanageable

WEBINAR — No matter your readiness, it's likely your mergers and acquisitions plan requires more scrutiny.

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How to Manage End-User Computing Across Your Enterprise

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.

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Why Leasing Can Help Keep Your IT Perishables Fresh

Find out what financial solutions deliver short-term and long-term savings.

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5 Reasons CIOs Should Be Involved in Mergers & Acquisitions

There are five key reasons why CIOs should have a voice during mergers and acquisitions.

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Calculating the Value of IT

Information technology (IT) is too critical to the enterprise not to measure its effectiveness and efficiency. Learn how to measure the impact of IT.

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How to Transform Your Business with Unified Communications and Collaboration

Learn how your organization can boost business performance, improve innovation, and retain talented employees.

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How Can CIOs Earn a Strategic Seat in the Corporate Boardroom?

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.

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Unified Communications and Collaboration: Updated or Outdated?

INFOGRAPHIC — Learn how unified communications and collaboration can drive greater employee engagement and improve business performance.

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The Role of the IT Executive is Changing: Are You Ready?

Today is a great time to think differently about how you approach IT at your company.

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Why Companies Should Unify Business and IT

INFOGRAPHIC — Achieve business and IT unification by assessing your organization's IT investments and really understanding your IT portfolio.

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Free IT Up to Create More Business Value

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.

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Why it's Time to Rethink Your IT Budget

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.

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Mitigate Risks Before You Launch with Proper Application Performance Testing

Are you confident that your applications will perform well when they go live?

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Transforming Business Through Unified Communications Collaboration

Enterprise collaboration has evolved with the workplace and is a competitive differentiator for competing globally.

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How IT Finance Maturity Can Achieve Lean IT

To enable ongoing IT waste reduction and IT value creation, companies should advance their IT finance maturity levels.

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The Power of Business and IT Unification

Discover the five fundamental steps that companies should take to reach business-IT unification.

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How Ready is Your Enterprise?

Find out how organizations can be ready for anything.

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Effective CIO-CFO Collaboration: The Power of Two

How the chief information officer (CIO) and chief financial officer (CFO) can overcome differences and partner in strategic collaboration.

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The Value of the CFO-CIO Partnership: 4 Tips for CFOs

How chief financial officers (CFOs) can better collaborate with chief information officers (CIOs).

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Building a Successful CIO-CFO Relationship: 7 Tips for CIOs

How the chief information officer (CIO) can work better with the chief financial officer (CFO).

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Speed IT Up

Learn how IT organizations can more quickly and effectively serve the business.

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How to Create an M&A Runbook

IT organizations can troubleshoot problems and avoid resource overload by creating a runbook before mergers, acquisitions or divestures occur.

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Strategic Sourcing: A Critical Part of a Successful Business Strategy

Strategic sourcing can help organizations cut costs, develop products and services faster, increase flexibility, and establish relationships with value-add partners.