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Why CEOs should become more technical

If you are sick to death of hearing about how CIOs must become more like business leaders and less like technology experts, have I got an article for you.

Why the CIO job is not going extinct (regardless of what CFOs say)

Is the CIO going the way of the dinosaur because of the meteoric impact of cloud computing? Although a lot of chief finance officers seem to think so, mass extinction isn't likely, says Tony Kontzer

How the CIO of Mansfield Oil became CEO

What does it take to transition from leading a company's IT operations to leading the whole company? For Doug Haugh, who became president of Mansfield Oil in 2011 after serving as its CIO, part of

The benefits of being CIO at a small biz

Being CIO at a large enterprise means heading up a large staff, a large budget and large opportunities. But it also means having to deal with a large bureaucracy. Being CIO at a small or mid-size

How CIO success is measured today

At one time, CIOs were expected to ensure that the email worked, the network was connected and applications functioned, writes John D. Halamka, who is both CIO at CareGroup Healthcare System and CIO

City of Boston tackles BYOD trend, smartphone apps

The public sector is struggling with the same things the private sector is when it comes to the bring-your-own device trend and how to leverage smartphone technology for both internal and

When collaboration with rivals makes sense for IT

In a tough economy where Darwinian competition seems to be the name of the game, is collaboration with rivals wise? In the health care business in Wisconsin, some providers are finding it to be so.

Motorola cozies up to enterprises with new CIO-focused group

Motorola Mobility Holdings has created a new business division aimed at addressing concerns of CIOs and moving in on Research In Motion's ( NASDAQ: RIMM ) space. The move is part of a string of changes

What's in, what's out for CIOs in 2011

Analysts at Forrester Research say that cost-reduction is no longer the foremost task on the CIO's agenda, and next year the job will be more about portfolio and project management. Next year, the

A novel look at the CIO's need to lead

Over the Thanksgiving weekend I read "Haunting the CEO: A tale of true leadership in an era of IT failure," which the author, John D. Hughes, sent me a month or so ago. It's a short novel, easy to