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<item><title>IT Leaders: Building the Next-Generation Bosses</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:55:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Organizational politics, patience and pragmatism all play key roles in helping CIOs to develop next-generation IT executives.<br/>   -  Leading in tough times is hard enough. Whats especially daunting for CIOs: keeping leadership development programs funded and viable when budgets are being slashed and organizational focus is moving elsewhere. 
Leadership development programs tend to fall within most organizations training budgets ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Former Medco CIO: Building IT Leaders</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Former Medco Health Solutions CIO Mark Halloran explains how he led training programs to develop talented IT leaders.<br/>   -  Before leaving in November 2009, I had been with Medco Health for 17 years in a number of roles, including the past six years as CIO. The company has an IT staff of roughly 1,200 people, split between locations in the United States and offshore.
During my tenure as CIO, we devised a number of progr...]]></description>
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<item><title>Broadridge CIO: Providing Leadership Opportunities</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Broadridge Financial Solutions CIO Mark Schlesinger explains his leadership development philosophy.<br/>   -  One of the biggest challenges we face in a tough economy is keeping associates engagement level up. Budgets are tight. Each year we do more for less. People are stretched and stressed. Were trying to work harder and smarter with our 250 global IT associates.
Broadridge has an annual process in whic...]]></description>
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<item><title>IT Certifications Still Offer an Edge</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:22:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[The quarterly Foote Partners IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index examines in depth how certain skills and certification can affect the pay of IT professionals. Unsurprisingly, the index found that most skills and certifications decreased in value last year.
 
But as a percentage of the  base salary  for IT professionals, most types of certifications gave recipients an edge in remuneration. Typically, IT certification holders made 7.46 percent more than average IT workers in the fourth quarter of 2009. 

CIO Insight examines how much extra certain types of IT certifications have garnered professionals over the last three years. The percentages are all measured as additional value on top of the base IT salary, as determined by Foote Partners.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>IT Trends: 7 Growing Priorities for 2010 </title>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:06:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Among the various prognostications of what technologies will be hottest in 2010, one trend is common: that consumer-focused tools will continue to permeate the enterprise. 

Witness the latest survey from CompTIA. The IT industry association polled more than 300 IT and business pros in December to get their take on what IT trends will be most prevalent this year. 

Heres what they said.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>IT Spending: Better Times Ahead </title>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:49:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Forrester Research recently updated its predictions for IT spending in 2010. So far, the outlook looks bright - particularly compared to last year, which saw an 8.9% drop in global IT spending. Forrester reports an expected 8.1% increase in spending globally and 6.5% rise within the U.S.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Five CIOs Set Their Priorities for 2010</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:44:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[We spoke to five IT leaders to determine their focus and goals for the coming year: Russ Finney, vice president and CIO, Tokyo Electron US Holdings, a provider of semiconductor production equipment; Roy Mentkow, director of technology, City of Roanoke, VA; Matthew Metcalfe, director of information systems, Northwest Exterminating, a family-owned and operated pest control business in Marietta, GA;  Dennis L'Heureux, senior vice president and CIO, Rockford Health System, the largest health system serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin; and Tom Keen, CTO, BlueStar Energy Services, a retail electricity provider operating in Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Ten Top Tech Stories of 2009</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:57:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Eric Lundquist breaks down the year's biggest news and trends.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Avaya CIO: Transforming the Enterprise</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:33:07 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Avaya CIO Lorie Buckingham on how IT leaders can transform their corporate technology operation.<br/>   -  
Theres a clear upside to a major IT transformation: Youre essentially changing everything about the way technology benefits the business. But in the process, theres an equally clear downside: Youre trying to mess with everyones business while theyre trying to conduct business. 
I joined Avaya in ...]]></description>
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<item><title>CVS CIO: Building A New Business Model</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:33:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[CVS Caremark CIO Stuart McGuigan describes how IT can be a driving force behind a new business model.<br/>   -  Just over two years ago, two industry leaders, CVS and Caremark, merged to create a unique business in health care. 
As innovators breaking new ground and defining a new business model, we recognize that this is one of the most dynamic periods ever for our company. The need for agility is at its hi...]]></description>
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<item><title>Cisco CIO: Communicating IT`s Value</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:33:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby on how IT leaders can communicate most effectively with the business.<br/>   -  Ciscos CEO, John Chambers, often says something about my role thats rather entertaining: “Your job is to think of what I think of before I think of it, and have it ready to go when I think of it.” 
My conversations with Chambers and other executives revolve around a crucial element: value. My CEO m...]]></description>
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<item><title>MMC CIO: Shaping the CIO Role</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:32:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Marsh   McLennan CIO Bill Krivoshik explains how new CIOs can set the expectations and strategic priorities in their roles.<br/>   -  As Marsh  amp; McLennans (MMC) first-ever enterprise CIO, Ive had the unique opportunity to work with our CEO, Brian Duperreault, and his leadership team to define the role. While weve had CIOs in each of our five operating companies and built a shared-services organization, weve never had anyone to...]]></description>
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<item><title>The CIO Strategy for 2010</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:32:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Four top-flight CIOs explain their top strategic priorities for 2010.<br/>   -  Dont worry 2009 is just about over. Thats the good news. 
The bad news is that CIOs from organizations large and small have been telling CIO Insight that they expect 2010 to be much of the same another year of cost cutting, productivity boosting and endless demands on IT. And a number of recent stu...]]></description>
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<item><title>4 Tips for Evaluating New Technologies</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:32:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[CIOs and industry experts offer pointers for effective evaluation of new and emerging IT tools.<br/>   -  Still, IT executives can take steps to help ensure that theyre making the right decisions on investments. Here are some tips from CIOs and IT industry experts:

See Also: Emerging Technology Thinking Out of the Box
• Establish an emerging technology evaluation process that helps CIOs adopt only t...]]></description>
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<item><title>Emerging Technology: Thinking Out of the Box</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:32:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[CIOs need to build a strong business case for any new IT investment. But in this economy, it requires even more business-savvy.<br/>   -  In this economic environment, buying technology because its new or because of its “cool factor” just doesnt fly. 
With IT budgets remaining tight, businesses demand to know why funds are being invested in particular places and, what return they should expect from those investments. 
Business-savvy...]]></description>
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