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CIO Best Practices
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CIO Best Practices

Enabling Strategic Value With Information Technology

Wiley, 2010 plus...

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In this compilation, renowned names in information technology describe managerial developments in their field for chief information officers (CIOs). Insiders Robert Stephens, Bill Flemming, Michael Hugos, Randy Betancourt, Alyssa Farrell, Jonathan Hujsak, Gary Cokins and Kurt Schubert – edited by Joe Stenzel – discuss IT leadership, social networking, social connectivity, cloud computing and energy efficiency. Sound management advice and a deep understanding of IT’s strategic importance await patient readers. Due to their technical nature, getAbstract recommends these essays to IT specialists and active or aspiring CIOs eager to grasp the forces shaping IT.

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Balancing Creativity and Security

New technologies, such as mobile applications, smart screens and simplified applications, will force chief information officers (CIOs) to become more innovative, but they must balance innovation with business system security. Self-aware CIOs understand their own ability to innovate. This helps them address other issues, such as which systems to build.

Employees overwhelmed with information seldom understand how to apply it. “Information filtering” helps them focus on relevant content and make better decisions. Filtering will become more crucial over the next decade as firms ask their CIOs to develop more conditional if-then statements as the basis of more efficient, relevant filtering. As an example of filtered data in daily life, consider someone who has to get to a meeting and tries to combine a smartphone’s calendar, GPS and Google access to calculate the best route, find the closest gas station and determine when to depart. Information filtering would process these variables automatically. The data and technology already exist, but filtering the information would enable a seamless, rapid report. CIOs must promote “disciplined ...

About the Authors

Joe Stenzel edits the Journal of Strategic Performance Management and co-wrote The CFO Survival Guide. Chapters: Robert Stephens, Best Buy, “Freedom with Fences”; Bill Flemming, SAS, “Why Does IT Behave the Way It Does?”; Michael Hugos, Center for Systems Innovation, “Cloud Computing and the New Economics of Business”; Randy Betancourt and Alyssa Farrell, SAS, “Leading with Green”; Jonathan Hujsak, Balance Energy, “Sustainability, Technology and Economic Pragmatism”; Gary Cokins, the SAS Institute, “How to Measure and Manage Customer Value and Customer Profitability,” and Kurt Schubert, TechNova Consulting, “The Evolution of Networks into Networking.”


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