Profile of Chris Murphy

Editor, InformationWeek Blog Posts: 17

Chris Murphy is editor of InformationWeek and co-chair of the InformationWeek Conference. He has been covering technology leadership and CIO strategy issues for InformationWeek since 1999. Before that, he was editor of the Budapest Business Journal, a business newspaper in Hungary; and a daily newspaper reporter in Michigan, where he covered everything from crime to the car industry. Murphy studied economics and journalism at Michigan State University, has an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia, and has passed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams.

Internet of Things: Who Gets the Data?

5/14/2014
Connected machines will spark new negotiations along the supply chain.

Bank Of America's 'Why Stop There?' Cloud Strategy

2/4/2014
Getting IT pros to give up old habits is one of the hardest things about building a new, private cloud architecture.

For Vanguard CIO, Running IT Comes Second

8/6/2012
Vanguard is bringing a true techie back in to lead IT, but his job will be about a lot more than technology.

5 Critical Tactics In The Wells Fargo-Wachovia Integration

6/8/2012
Few IT shops will ever work on a project as big as this historic banking acquisition. But some tactics Wells Fargo used make sense for smaller scale mergers and consolidation projects.

Inside Vanguard's IT Innovation Strategy

9/16/2010
Getting employees to volunteer to work on projects is a key piece in driving its emerging tech innovation.

Wells Fargo Tech Exec Discusses Wachovia Integration

8/13/2009
Much of the IT integration work still lies ahead in the closely watched acquisition.

Federal Reserve Chairman Nominee Bullish On IT

10/24/2005
Outgoing chairman Alan Greenspan was an outspoken advocate of IT. In a time when mainstream business leaders are skeptical of the value of IT, Ben Bernanke, named as Greenspan's possible successor, sees IT as a valuable investment when done right.

New York Stock Exchange Merging With All-Electronic Upstart Archipelago

4/20/2005
The electronic exchange offers a "high-speed, low-cost" technology platform that will help NYSE reach into new markets and compete globally, NYSE's CEO says.

Blend It In - But Not Too Much

2/27/2005
ING COO Catherine Smith hopes a little business discipline will improve the IT organization's efficiency.

Long Live Long Term

11/29/2004
In the long term, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes' warning may have been directed at overly theoretical economists, but his words hardly offer a pep talk for thinking beyond the next fiscal quarter.

A Team That’s Built for Speed

10/22/2004
When talking these days about the time it takes to get information about a security - when millisecond measurements are standard and the word "microseconds" even occasionally pops up - Archipelago CIO Steven Rubinow is serious when he says he looks first to the laws of physics.

Where Tech Is the Business

10/21/2004
Wall Street & Technology editors teamed with TowerGroup analysts to highlight IT leaders who are making the biggest differences for their companies. The common thread: They've made technology an indispensible part of their businesses.

Workstations of the Future Need to Be Flexible

10/21/2004
Panelists at last Wednesday's Wall Street & Technology Wealth Management conference agreed fully on one point: Get next-generation workstations for investment advisers right -- or the future of your business is at risk.

Preparing for the Future

10/21/2004
There are a lot of differences among the six people who make up this year's CIO Elite.

New Faces at WS&T

9/21/2004
Maria Santos is the newest addition to the Wall Street & Technology editorial team. Maria, who joined us in July, covers compliance and investment management

Sun’s Schwartz: Linux honeymoon is over on Wall Street

9/17/2004
Jonathan Schwartz looks to Wall Street as one of the few industries with the means - money and will - to regularly redefine the computer industry.

When E-Mail Isn’t Enough To Justify Mobile Sales Tool

9/16/2004
Evergreen Investments Needed CRM Connection To Justify Widespread BlackBerry Use