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Do you believe that IT leadership is only applicable to those with formal responsibility to manage others? If so, then you've fallen prey to the three false and highly limiting beliefs about IT leadership. These three beliefs are held by IT pros on all rungs of the organizational ladder.
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A CIO turned CEO shares lessons learned as he climbed the C-Suite ladder.
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In this week's installment of CIOs on the Move, we cover executive changes at 16 organizations, including new IT leaders for Bank of America, Citigroup, GE Capital, and Marvell Semiconductors, In addition, two of the organizations in this week’s roundup are actively seeking IT leaders. Information is provided exclusively to CIO Insight by the researchers at DiscoverOrg.
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When Canadian firm Research In Motion (RIM) unleashed the first Blackberry devices on the world in 1999, it marked the first time corporate IT departments had a viable option for delivering Email to employees' mobile phones. No wonder the devices spread like a wildfire throughout corporate America, spawning a generation of professional "CrackBerry" addicts. But, as the mobile phone market shifted its emphasis to smart phones in the ensuing years, Apple -- and later Google -- put into the hands of consumers a computing device that was far more diverse than BlackBerry's. As business users have steadily acquired iPhones and Android-powered devices for personal use, they've increasingly sought to use them at work in place of their BlackBerrys. This goes a long way toward explaining recent survey findings from Enterprise Management Associates indicating that only 16% of respondents who are BlackBerry users in large enterprises are satisfied with their devices, and that more than 30% of respondents plan to switch platforms in the coming year. With that in mind, we offer you eight reasons why IT organizations should consider jettisoning the BlackBerry from their mobile strategies:
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There is tremendous need for qualified IT talent today. Specialized skills in areas such as site management, network design, storage area networks, virtualization and, of course, cloud computing, are in high demand. And, as always, people with great experience are hard to find. Here's what every CIO needs to know.
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Your IT organization doesn't have to love you. They don’t have to think you are the most brilliant leader in the world. What they must do, however, is believe is that you have a good plan.
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