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You Got a Problem with That, Buddy? 21 June, 2007 12:00:00
Few of us enjoy confrontation, but it’s still a critical part of our jobsThe CIO position, more than most others, is rife with confrontation. It is the hub of change in most companies. You're going to propose a drastic reduction in the systems enhancement budget for each of their departments in order to fund some new development activity. You know they will hate this proposal. - +
Comfort Is for Home, Not Work 31 May, 2007 15:44:03
When our actual work turns from daily recurrences to years-encrusted routine, we can find ourselves wrapped in a warm blanket of familiarity, all snug in what has most likely become a stagnated careerOur plates were well picked over, but the waitress was hesitant to interrupt us to clear the table. My dinner conversation with Susan, a potential employee, was easily into its third hour. Susan's a smart, experienced technician — exactly what we needed for our start-up. I'd answered every question that she'd thrown at me, but she just wasn't ready to change jobs. Her current one was very comfortable, she said. - +
An Architecture for the Future 07 May, 2007 13:36:15
You can’t build a robust, agile enterprise architecture on the fly. You gotta make plansToday, organizations need to learn to make workflow changes on the fly.
Otherwise, consumers and trading partners alike are ready to move on. - +
The Road Less Travelled 07 February, 2007 15:39:05
It’s a sign of good IT leadership when a CIO takes a different path from his competitorsAt times, a leader must be a bit of a contrarian. - +
Ticktock, Ticktock 11 December, 2006 12:46:12
The first indicator that the time is right to introduce a new technology is when you see clear evidence that it can deliver significant returnsThe best leaders know not only what to do, but when to do it. That includes choosing the right time and place to introduce new technology - +
How to Get Inspired 06 November, 2006 12:35:07
Getting inspiration, then crafting it into a stage production, is what a performing artist does. Getting inspiration and crafting it into an IT system is what a CIO does. Perhaps no one would call us artists, but in order to foster innovation, we CIOs need to learn from artistsLeading innovation requires creativity. That means you have to think like an artist - +
Show Them the Money 09 October, 2006 13:15:57
Using IT to make money means getting close to your sales force and helping them sell more of your company's products. It's that simple. But it takes commitment to shift from a money-saving to a moneymaking frame of mindIt's time to position your IT organization as a profit centre. Here's how - +
The Case for Advocacy 09 October, 2006 12:17:21
If you as CIO launch an initiative inside your company, perhaps a new systems architecture or a revised help desk process, but you fail to support it with communications to employees, then that initiative - no matter how important - is dead on arrivalGood leaders advocate for their own initiatives. And sometimes help others advocate for them - +
Getting in Sync 05 September, 2006 09:00:00
Given IT's impact, it would be natural to conclude that IT departments and the CIOs who run them are heroes. You would be wrong. Despite the dramatic and revolutionary changes implemented by IT, the IT department is still treated like a necessary evil in many companiesYour reputation for performance depends on your ability to align with end users - +
Why Leaders Fail 04 August, 2006 13:03:28
Experience has taught me to look at the factors shaping a situation before I leap in, particularly whether the strategy being employed is right for the goal I am trying to accomplish. For in the service of flawed strategy, even great leadership will failIf you're heading in the wrong direction, every step you take will be wrong - +
Toxic! 01 May, 2006 11:49:08
Toxic leaders share some common traits. They often have a rigid commitment to an idealized goal. They view challenges to their vision as akin to treason. Either you're with such a leader, unquestioningly, 100 percent, or you're the enemySome leaders are so bad, they can poison a company. Here's how to spot them, and what you can do about them - +
Move It or Lose 05 April, 2006 16:52:15
In the very competitive and fluid global economy in which we all operate, a key aspect of CIO leadership lies in ensuring the agile and innovative use of IT. There's no magic to thisThree quick steps to building systems so your mid-size company can compete with the big boys - +
Shopping for a Future 08 March, 2006 13:27:35
Change in the CIO role is already upon us, and I would argue that it's a natural evolution. Although technology will always have an integral role in business — we've become dependent on it — we'll see a segmentation of CIO dutiesCIOs soon will be able to pick their career paths according to their strengths as leaders and whether they want to focus on technology or business - +
Lonely at the Top 07 November, 2005 17:29:19
When you become the boss, your former peers will fall into one of four categories: leavers, testers, passive resisters and boostersCongratulations! You're the new boss. And your former colleagues don't like it - +
Insider's Guide to Executive Coaching 08 September, 2005 11:10:58
Truth be told, I was asked to be a coach before I knew what one was. Fortunately my ignorance wasn't career-limiting, because no one else knew eitherSix ground rules for successful coaching engagements.
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Phishing botnet expands by hacking legit sites 15 May, 2008 08:10:59
Plants SQL injection attack tool on bots, hacks business, education sitesA botnet is now using a SQL-injection attack tool designed to hack legitimate Web sites, a move meant to add more hijacked PCs to its collection, according to a security researcher. - +
Which IT security skills are most important? 14 May, 2008 09:21:43
There are two types of security skills that might be needed in a company: tactical security operations and strategic risk management.I often hear from IT executives that it is hard to recruit and retain "good security people." Many lament the shortage of skills in this area and cannot reconcile the skills offered with the positions that need to be filled. Is there really a shortage of good security people? Or just a mismatch in the skills and the jobs? - +
Icy encryption tool protects laptops from "cold boot" attack, vendor says 14 May, 2008 08:36:43
Vulnerable encryption keys erased by HyBlue's IceLockThe vendor HyBlue says it can prevent the "cold boot" encryption hack discovered by Princeton researchers with a laptop security product announced Tuesday. - +
Great Wall of Australia: Industry cops sanitised Internet 14 May, 2008 16:45:04
Content filtering gets budget go-aheadCommunications Minister Stephen Conroy has pushed ahead with the controversial [[artid:420013177|national content filtering scheme|ISP filtering]] with a $125.8 million budget allocation announced today. - +
Hacker writes rootkit for Cisco's routers 15 May, 2008 07:07:51
A hacker has written rootkit software that works on Cisco's routers.A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed increasing scrutiny on the routers that carry the majority of the Internet's traffic.
F-Secure Represented On The International Advisory Board IMPACT 16 May, 2008 13:42:00
Quantum announces General Availability of Industry's First Solution Designed to Match De-Duplication Functionality to Specific B 16 May, 2008 10:44:00
Hansen Technologies Extends Contract With Tokyo Electric Power Company 16 May, 2008 09:44:00
More Than 140 Higher Education Institutions Worldwide Use RightNow on Demand CRM 15 May, 2008 18:06:00
DST International Names Rob Gould as Director of Business Development and Strategy for Australia 15 May, 2008 15:40:00
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