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    Technology That Every CIO Needs To Know About: How CIOs Can Stay On Top Of the Changes in the Technology That Powers the Company
    Technology That Every CIO Needs To Know About: How CIOs Can Stay On Top Of the Changes in the Technology That Powers the Company
    Technology That Every CIO Needs To Know About: How CIOs Can Stay On Top Of the Changes in the Technology That Powers the Company
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    Technology That Every CIO Needs To Know About: How CIOs Can Stay On Top Of the Changes in the Technology That Powers the Company

    By Jim Anderson

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    As the CIO of your company, it's your job to stay on top of all of the different forms of technology that the company uses to accomplish its business goals. This task is made even harder by all of the changes that are always occurring in the various technology fields.

    As the CIO you need to be understand how to pick the correct type of database to be used on projects. You need to watch the rollout of other large-scale IT projects and learn from them: what went right and what went wrong.

    What You'll Find Inside:

    * The 7 Stages of Big Data Analytics That Every CIO Needs to Know About
    * CIOs Need To Plan For the End of a Cloud Relationship
    * Why CIOs Need To Get Good At Reusing Technology
    * When It Comes To Data Mining – Is The CIO In Charge?

    The IT world that we live in these days seems to be awash in big data. As the CIO you are going to be called on to make important decisions about how your firm handles its own big data issues. You'll need to pick the right solutions and ensure that you are not being locked into proprietary vendor solutions.

    It seems as though every firm is in the process of moving more and more of their computing into "the cloud". As the CIO it's going to be your responsibility to make sure that you have a plan for how you want to handle your cloud vendor at the start of the relationship as well as at the end of it.

    The value of the IT department to the rest of the company becomes apparent when other departments need your help in sifting through vast quantities of data. Make sure that you have a plan for how you are going to do this. Also make sure that you have a help desk that is going to be ready to provide your customers with the support that they'll need.

    This book has been written in order to provide you with a great starting point for ensuring that you've done everything that you can to stay on top of the latest technology that is being used by your company. Follow the suggestions in this book and you'll know what technologies to use and when to use them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJim Anderson
    Release dateOct 15, 2014
    ISBN9781502760746
    Technology That Every CIO Needs To Know About: How CIOs Can Stay On Top Of the Changes in the Technology That Powers the Company
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    Jim Anderson

    J Jim Anderson is Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. His work focuses on: theories and methods of second language learning and bilingualism, including Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL); multilingualism and new literacies; and language policy. Underlying this is a commitment to an integrated and inclusive approach to language and literacy education incorporating the areas of foreign and community/heritage language learning as well as English as an Additional Language and English mother tongue. Jim is co-director with Dr Vicky Macleroy of the Critical Connections: Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project launched in 2012.

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      Technology That Every CIO Needs To Know About - Jim Anderson

      As the CIO of your company, it's your job to stay on top of all of the different forms of technology that the company uses to accomplish its business goals. This task is made even harder by all of the changes that are always occurring in the various technology fields.

      As the CIO you need to understand how to pick the correct type of database to be used on projects. You need to watch the rollout of other large-scale IT projects and learn from them: what went right and what went wrong.

      The IT world that we live in these days seems to be awash in big data. As the CIO you are going to be called on to make important decisions about how your firm handles its own big data issues. You'll need to pick the right solutions and ensure that you are not being locked into proprietary vendor solutions.

      It seems as though every firm is in the process of moving more and more of their computing into the cloud. As the CIO it's going to be your responsibility to make sure that you have a plan for how you want to handle your cloud vendor at the start of the relationship as well as at the end of it.

      The value of the IT department to the rest of the company becomes apparent when other departments need your help in sifting through vast quantities of data. Make sure that you have a plan for how you are going to do this. Also make sure that you have a help desk that is going to be ready to provide your customers with the support that they'll need.

      This book has been written in order to provide you with a great starting point for ensuring that you've done everything that you can to stay on top of the latest technology that is being used by your company. Follow the suggestions in this book and you'll know what technologies to use and when to use them.

      For more information on what it takes to be a great CIO, check out my blog, The Accidental Successful CIO, at:

      www.TheAccidentalSuccessfulCIO.com

      Good luck!

      Dr. Jim Anderson

      About The Author

      I must confess that I never set out to be a CIO. When I went to school, I studied Computer Science and thought that I'd get a nice job programming and that would be that. Well, at least part of that plan worked out!

      My first job was working for Boeing on their F/A-18 fighter jet program. I spent my days programming fighter jet software in assembly language and I loved it. The U.S. government decided to save some money and went looking for other countries to sell this plane to. This put me into an unfamiliar role: I started to meet with foreign military officials and I ended up having to manage groups of engineers who were working on international

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