Debra Bulkeley

Debra Bulkeley

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IDG Enterprise

Topics I'm interested in:Other, IT alignment, Virtualization, Outsourcing and Managed services, Consolidation, Branch office computing, Telecom and networking, Security and Compliance, IT Budgets, Cost efficiency & productivity, Innovation, Social media

Member since:June 10 2009

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COMMENTS ON infoBOOM!

Nov 03, 2009 - In response to Economic Recovery and the CIO

I found your opinion piece very interesting. While many business leaders avoid risk, especially in a challenging economy, the leaders who embrace it oftentimes benefit from positive business results, as you point out.

Companies with CIOs who manage IT risk can also experience another benefit: a more agile business. George Westerman, a research scientist at the Center for Information Systems Research at MIT's Sloan School of Management, (and who you mention in your column), has also done research on how managing IT risk can improve business agility. (http://tinyurl.com/yz5td99) As the economy begins to recover, CIOs have a great opportunity before them.

Thank you for a very insightful column.

Sep 25, 2009 - In response to The Equal Access Doctrine

Those statistics that Dan Potter cites are staggering. It's no wonder that managers are missing important information--I read that the amount of corporate information created doubles every 18 months. So the challenge (or one of them) is being able to quickly find the corporate data that holds value and using it for competitive advantage.

Sep 14, 2009 - In response to The New Voice of the CIO: A Midmarket Perspective

Thanks for sharing the results of the IBM study. One of the points you brought up concerning the midmarket CIO really struck me. You mention that they understand the vital role technology plays in business model change, and often are the driving force behind making change happen in their organizations.

That is a critically important insight to have, especially in today’s world of changing business models and economic landscape. Even when the economy improves, I highly doubt things will ever be as they were before the recession. The midmarket CIO has the advantage of making change happen more quickly than an enterprise counterpart in many situations. They have the benefit of spreading their message personally to employees and other members of the executive team—by explaining how technology works one-on-one and by showing the technology in action and how it can be a competitive advantage.