Magazine Articles: CIO

CIO is published by CXO Media, a division of IDG.The Zango Group's principal Galen Gruman began writing for CIO in March 2003. Note that stores often appear online at CIO.com before the print publication date; the dates below are for the print edition releases.

»  Note that Galen has also written stories for CIO.com; stories commissioned for the online site may be found here.

Feature Stories

• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: SharePoint 2007 Demystified: How to Cash in on Collaboration Tools (Feb. 1, 2008)
• FEATURE: Strategies for Dealing with IT Complexity (Dec. 1, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: Consumer Tech: The New Complexity Add
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Operational Business Intelligence: Spot Problems Sooner (Dec. 1, 2007)
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Why You Should Create a Vendor Management Office (Nov. 15, 2007)
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: How to Lock Up Laptop Security (Nov. 1, 2007)
• FEATURE: IT Value Metrics: How to Communicate ROI to the Business (Oct. 15, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: The Cloudy World of App Spending
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: CRM's Integration Blues (Oct. 15, 2007)
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: How to Do Storage Virtualization Right (Sept. 15, 2007)
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Your RFID Battle Plan (Aug. 15, 2007)
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Rethink Your Storage Infrastructure to Save Money, Simplify Management (Aug. 1, 2007)
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: The Case for Outsourcing E-Mail Management (July 15, 2007)
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: In Search of the Right Search Technology for Your Customers (July 1, 2007)
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Roping Telecom Chaos (June 1, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: Three Basic Approaches to Cutting Telecom Costs
• FEATURE: The Truth about Software as a Service (June 1, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: Include Management Costs When Calculating Software as a Service Benefits
  • SIDEBAR: Three Approaches Companies Use for On-Demand Computing
  • SIDEBAR: Include Management Costs When Calculating Software as a Service Benefits
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Put the Emphasis on 'P' for Process in Business Process Management (May 15, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: Who Offers Business Process Management Tools
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Boost Security with Outbound Content Management (April 15, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: 5 Steps to a Smart Outbound Content Management Strategy
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: ITIL Goes Strategic (April 1, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: The ITIL-SOA Connection
• FEATURE: Close Fast, Close Smart (Mar. 15, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: Speeding Alignment
  • SIDEBAR: Champion Closers
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Treasure Hunt (Mar. 15, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: Inside the Search Tools
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Mobile Mastery (Jan. 15, 2007)
  • SIDEBAR: Tips from a Mobile Master
  • SIDEBAR: Mobile Server Helpers
• FEATURE: The Four Stages of Enterprise Architecture (Dec. 1, 2006)
  • SIDEBAR: EA Changes Everything
  • SIDEBAR: There's No Place Like Home
  • SIDEBAR: How IT Works at Each Architectural Stage
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: The New Open Sourcing (Nov. 1, 2006)
  • SIDEBAR: Find Your Suite Spot
  • SIDEBAR: Open Source Suites
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: By Invitation Only (Sept. 1, 2006)
  • SIDEBAR: RSS: The Next Generation
• FEATURE: Services in Sync (Aug. 15, 2006)
  • SIDEBAR: Guiding Principles for SOA Governance
• FEATURE: Trimming for Dollars (July 1, 2006)
  • SIDEBAR: Chargeback:The Pros and Cons
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: SOA's True Challenge—It Ain't Technology (May 1, 2006)
  • SIDEBAR: SOA's Technology Underpinnings
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: "CSI" for the Enterprise? (Apr. 15, 2006)
  • SIDEBAR: The Flavors of EDD
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Open Source Moves Up (Nov. 15, 2005)
  • SIDEBAR: But Is It Really Free?
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: New Locks, New Keys (Oct. 15, 2005)
  • SIDEBAR: The Biggest Fraud of All
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Strategic HR Integration (Aug. 15, 2005)
  • SIDEBAR: Why HR Is Strategic Again
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: New Way of Wireless (Feb. 15, 2005)
  • SIDEBAR: Taking Full Advantage of Fiber Backbones
• FEATURE: Bandwidth Bang for the Communications Buck (Oct. 15, 2005)
  • SIDEBAR: Mobile IP on the Horizon
• ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY: Caging Wireless (July 15, 2005)
• FEATURE: Four Concept Computers (June 15, 2005)
• FEATURE: UPS versus FedEX: Head-to-Head on Wireless (June 1, 2005)
• FEATURE: Wireless: Just What the Doctor Ordered (Aug. 1, 2003)
  • SIDEBAR: Where Health Care Leads the Way
  • SIDEBAR: Handhelds across the Ward
• CASE STUDY: Getting Ready for Web Services (March 1, 2003)

Trend Stories

• TRENDLINES: The Jury Is Still Out (March 1, 2005)
• TRENDLINES: Fast Track Business Degrees (Nov. 1, 2004)
• TRENDLINES: Auto Parts on the Fly (Oct. 1, 2004)
• TRENDLINES: CRM Equals Electability (Sept. 15, 2004)
• TRENDLINES: New Technologies Hit Mainstream (June 1, 2004)
• TRENDLINES: One in a Thousand (Feb. 15, 2004)
• TRENDLINES: Wi-Fi Crime Fighters (July 1, 2003)