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It is time to stop blaming others

Eric D. Brown

The first item in the newsletter was an article by Chris Van Liew, Chief Information Officer, Weyerhaeuser Company titled CIO Says “I’m to Blame” if Vendors Don’t Deliver. To change our vendor’s, we need to change ourselves. The New CIO CIO Leadership vendor management'

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Running a Business-Driven Digital IT Organization

Future of CIO

It is important to run a business-driven digital IT organization with interdisciplinary management practices for moving the company to a dynamic, iterative, integral, and interactive digital flow and business continuum. Information is dynamic and knowledge needs to be updated all the time. Put simply running IT as the business.

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Three Aspects of Digital IT Assessment

Future of CIO

It is also critical to have IT resources refined to the point that they are nimble, they can adapt to changing business demands in a timely fashion and it can be reapplied to altering business priorities and be effective (doing the right things) and doing more with less (IT efficiency).

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Measuring CIO Performance

A CIO's Voice

GOAL – Ensure company retention of high potential employees and recruit new, high caliber employees. Technology vendor management. GOAL – Maintain a portfolio of vendors that can provide services/products in a timely fashion. Measurement – Meet with other departments on a monthly basis.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

Keeping on top of activity in this area can help your company make the most of emerging opportunities and steer clear of issues that often arise when vendors combine. The appetite of Indian IT service companies for European acquisitions is still unsated. Equinix buys West African data center company for $320 million.