CIO Wisdom 
by Phil Laplante and Tom Costello
Lessons learned from successful CIOs
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Ethics – The Downward Slide or the Bottom?
Have ethics been dealt a deathblow by recent events? What impact is this having on businesses, non-profits, and governments? What is happening in your enterprise? What are you personally feeling about what you see and experience? What are today's college students learning from the current economic situation and ethics examples in the news – and what will you do when they show up in your company? Most importantly, what are you doing about it?
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IT What If? Profession or Union?
Over the length of my career, the question of whether IT should become a profession (by the true and complete definition) or unionize has popped up a couple of times. I don't think unionization has really come up too often since the mid-late 80's when an entire army of students with strong work-ethic came onto the scene - willing to geek-out 24/7 for no extra pay. Turning IT into a true licensed profession never really seems to get traction, either. In the face of off-shoring, up-and-down economies, etc, we have still avoided moving down either path. The interesting question is, "What if" we had done one or the other 10 years ago. Where would we be right now?
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Stage Two of Open Source Evolution
Though 85% of companies are already using Open Source and the remainder plan on implementing Open Source in the coming year, 69% also reported they have no Open Source policies. Let's chat about some ideas that improve the quality and impact of the Open Source evolution into your enterprise...
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Cut Costs - Not Common Sense
As Voltaire once said; "Common sense is not so common". To that end, we're reminded of the actions of many firms in the downsizing of the 80's and again during the dot-com bust. And in our current economic climate, we're seeing lots of articles with advice that seems to mirror the mistakes of the past. So here are a couple of suggestions from our experiences:
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