The Year in Review

Thu Dec 18 13:54:14 PST 2003

December 18, 2003

CIO Insider - Your Guide to What's New on CIO.com

The Year in Review
Another tumultuous year nearly behind us, The Insider takes
a look back at CIO magazine's big picture coverage from the
last 12 months, including predictions, prizes and provoking
topics.

In this issue:
1. Innovation: Big (And Not So Big) Ideas for 2003
2. Value: The 2003 Enterprise Value Award Winners
3. CIO Role: The 2003 State of the CIO
4. Outsourcing: India and Beyond
5. Resourcefulness: The CIO 100
6. Technology: Its Impact on Everything

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1. Innovation: Big (And Not So Big) Ideas for 2003
This special issue was devoted to highlighting new
technologies, new tools and new approaches, as well as
some trends that we predicted would show up on your radar
screen in 2003. How'd we do?
http://www.cio.com/archive/010103/index.html

2. Value: The 2003 Enterprise Value Award Winners
The winners of the 2003 Enterprise Value Awards demonstrated
the need for solid business cases when investing in IT. Who
were they? Con-Way Transportation Services, Health Decisions,
the Securities and Exchange Commission, the University of
Illinois Medical Center, and the Wharton School. To find out
why, go to:
http://www.cio.com/archive/020103/index.html

3. CIO Role: The 2003 State of the CIO
Our second-annual exclusive survey of more than 500 IT
executives reveals much about the tensions of your job and
the changes in your role.
http://www.cio.com/archive/040103/index.html

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4. Outsourcing: India and Beyond
Consistently, the leading "hot-button" topic this past year
has been outsourcing. The features we ran on offshore
outsourcing elicited the greatest volume of letters and
passion from readers.

* In "Inside Outsourcing to India," we described how
outsourcing to India can provide a huge payback--if you're
willing to work at it. Two offshore veterans shared the
lessons they'd learned to help you determine whether Indian
outsourcing is right for your company.
http://www.cio.com/archive/060103/outsourcing.html

* In a special report called "The Ultimate Cost of Offshore
Outsourcing," we looked at the politics (see the story
"Backlash"), the people (see "The Radicalization of Mike
Emmons") and the money (see "The Hidden Costs of Offshore
Outsourcing")
http://www.cio.com/archive/090103/index.html

5. Resourcefulness: The CIO 100
Resourcefulness is not just about cutting costs. As 100
companies showed us, true resourcefulness lies in
extracting value from all aspects of IT. This issue contains
topic coverage, company profiles and a complete list of the
100 honorees.
http://www.cio.com/archive/081503/index.html

** The 2004 CIO 100 will honor companies for agility. Watch
for an application online in early January.
http://www.cio.com/awards/cio100/application.html

6. Technology: Its Impact on Everything
We invited leading thinkers from many walks of life to
share their thoughts about how technology is affecting
health care, financial markets, war, exploration, kids,
education, employment trends, civil liberties, religion,
sports and more. To find out what Ray Kurzweil, Queen Noor,
Newt Gingrich and many others had to say, go to:
http://www.cio.com/archive/092203/index.html

**To read the most recent issue of CIO (Dec. 1) online,
go to:
http://www.cio.com/archive/120103/index.html

Stay Tuned: CIO's year-end issue will be online soon.
When you need a break from merry-making, check back to read
about what the future holds for IT, and how you can keep up.
http://www.cio.com

Thank you for reading CIO Insider. Your next issue will
arrive on the solstice (12/22). Meantime, you can e-mail
me at skendall at cio.com.

Sandy Kendall
Web Editor
CIO.com
skendall at cio.com

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