Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
There’s no doubt that executives with a technical orientation—those logical, analytical left brain folks—bring many positive attributes to the table, but they can also pose a unique challenge for a CIO. A technology orientated management team will naturally want to challenge the CIO’s ideas. Although this can be healthy, executives that second guess everything a…
The role of the CXO, particularly the CIO is primarily one of leadership, but it’s the one thing we generally never get trained for. Ironically, it has become the “definition” of the CIO in recent time as the job becomes increasingly complex and specialized. More Dan Gingras on CIO Update Is the CIO Obsolete? The…
Even though gas prices have fallen dramatically in the past few weeks, it seems almost a certainty—right up there with death and taxes—that this welcome trend will change. Although not tied as tightly to the price of crude, as oil prices change so do things like the costs of electricity, which companies use with abandon….
Everyone involved with software development, deployment, or procurement understands that security is important. As such, it is an area that CIOs consistently identify as a top priority for new IT investment. Most IT executives now recognize that software security is not just about security features, but also depends on security assurance. System security can be…