{"id":7501,"date":"2014-01-31T13:06:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=7501"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:59:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:59:28","slug":"weekly-recap-worst-practices-of-cloud-computing-state-of-the-cio-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/weekly-recap-worst-practices-of-cloud-computing-state-of-the-cio-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: Worst practices of cloud computing, state of the CIO, and more…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Education\"Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on the worst practices of cloud computing, the state of the CIO, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n

State of the CIO slideshow<\/span>
\nIn the annual \u201cState of the CIO\u201d research findings, nearly 50% of all CIOs admit that their IT departments aren\u2019t considered a peer to the business. They aren\u2019t looked upon as innovators, but cost centers. How can IT break free from this perception?<\/span><\/a>
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\n9 \u2018Worst Practices\u2019 to avoid with cloud computing<\/span><\/a>
\nCloud computing represents a major shift in business, but not every business is prepared for the cloud. For example, most business application architecture isn\u2019t prepared for a move to the cloud. Before these businesses can even consider the cloud, they must first fix their legacy architecture.<\/p>\n

5 things every CIO needs to know about cloud sprawl<\/span><\/a>
\nIt\u2019s the wave of the future: Consumer devices are here to stay, and business units will look to the cloud when IT departments don\u2019t meet their needs. The key to stopping this practice? Understanding why business units avoid IT in the first place<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

ERP vendors are getting a good kick from users<\/span><\/a>
\nAccording to Gartner, the era of the monolithic, highly customized enterprise ERP system is fading. Customers are realizing that they can\u2019t move forward if they’re stuck to their old enterprise systems. As a result, many are replacing some ERP functions with SaaS options and other best-of-breed web applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on the worst practices of cloud computing, the state of the CIO, and more. I hope you find them useful: State of the CIO slideshow In the annual \u201cState of the CIO\u201d …<\/p>\n

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