CIO

Microsoft hires new CIO

Microsoft Subnet — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:58:12 -0500

Out with the old Scott and in with the new. Microsoft announced today that it has hired Disney's CIO, Tony Scott (pictured) for its vacant CIO post. (The CIO has been open since November when Microsoft fired Stuart Scott for mysterious reasons that indicated a sex scandal.) Tony Scott seems to have a decent pedigree. Prior to the Disney job, he was CTO at General Motors and before that, VP of operations at Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.

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If You're A CIO or Want To Be, READ THIS

Mitchell Ashley — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:19:47 -0500

I came across one of the most insightful summaries that capsules the essential ingredients CEOs look for from their CIOs. It's from Jack Groban, head of the executive search firm Jack Groban & Associates.

The post originally appeared by Thomas Wailqum on the CIO Magazine Advice & Opinion: Information Collective blog. (That was a mouthful.) Here's the part you should read. See this link for Thomas' full post.

Everything works all the time. Forget long-range IT strategies and mega-transformation projects. Credibility is directly proportionate to reliability. Ignore the basics at your peril.

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Cisco helps CIOs go green

Cisco Subnet — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:10:51 -0400

Cisco recently wrapped up a two-day CIO Summit where the buzzword was green - green computing to be precise. And CIOs have a significant role to play in helping companies conserve energy and reduce a company's environmental footprint.

Reporting from the conference, Joel Makower, executive editor of Green World Media, writes that there are a number of ways CIOs can help green up their companies, including monitoring real-time energy use and reducing travel needs.

Happily, Cisco was able to show off its solution to the travel problem: its $300,000 TelePresence system.

Makower wrote:

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The proper care and watering of your CIO

Layer 8 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:41:23 -0400

So, you have this CIO and you want to make better use of him or her. IBM released a study today of 170 CIOs that takes a look at the CIO role and how companies could better utilize them.

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