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5 key mistakes IT leaders make at board meetings

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s not uncommon for CIOs, CISOs, and sometimes their direct reports to be called on to participate in board meetings or to present IT strategies and plans to their boards of directors. Best practices for board meetings abound. But when I think about my own board presentations and meetings, it’s the simple mistakes I remember most.

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Finding Common Ground with Your CEO

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The chief technology officer (CTO) and chief executive officer must work together for the good of the company. The CTO is responsible for focusing on technological matters, such as computers, websites and social networking.

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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

CIO Business Intelligence

And, on the flip side, it’s just as important to be mindful of team chemistry and take action when there’s a problem, says Srini Kadiyala, CTO of OvalEdge. Make meetings matter Meetings should be consistent and brief — and foster understanding and consensus, advises Mike Fitzgerald, partner in Infosys Consulting’s CIO Advisory practice.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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The rise of the chief transformation officer

CIO Business Intelligence

Yet unlike his peers, Wiedenbeck’s dual roles — the top technology executive as well as the transformation lead at Ameritas — are often at odds. As chief technology officer, Wiedenbeck is driving automation and IT modernization to reduce complexity and technical debt. Sometimes the strategies are at odds.

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Transforming IT for digital success

CIO Business Intelligence

Yet many IT departments are struggling to reshape themselves to better meet the mandates of today. One way they’re doing that is by reimagining the IT function, say management consultants, executive advisors, and CIOs themselves. Consider the findings of a report from professional services firm Accenture.

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CDH Users: If you have done impactful things with data please share how what and why

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Operating Hadoop as a controlled, mission-critical environment that meets stringent mandates for security and regulatory compliance. Merv Adrian is a Research Vice President following RDBMS, NoSQL, Hadoop and other big data technologies as digital business transforms assumptions about how to activate and leverage unused information assets.