Seven Tips for Pursuing a Career Outside IT
Life in IT can be thankless, but you don't have to suffer. A 25-year IT veteran turned professional coach offers advice on how she and many other technical professionals found fulfillment and fortune outside of IT.
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Harvard Business School Executive Education Delivering Information Services, July 20-26, 2008
With advances in information technology transforming the competitive playing field, organizations rely on well-informed IT strategies. By exploring best practices and the latest research, you will learn to turn IT strategy into real shareholder value.
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5 Steps Every CIO Should Follow to Increase Operational Maturity through IT Automation
This whitepaper is directed to technology executives and team members who are looking to increase the efficiency and operational maturity of their IT operations. It will discuss in detail the following five steps, each required to fully realize the potential of your technology investments.
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Does Globalization Create More Competition for CIO Jobs?
Just as filling functional positions in IT has become more global with the prevalence of offshore outsourcing, sourcing for high-level positions in IT is also being impacted by globalization. Executive recruiters report that American companies are increasingly scouring the world for candidates when they need to hire a new CIO. Read on to find out how this trend will impact your next search for a new job.
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Effective Networking Is Easier Than You Think
Networking is not a contest for the largest Rolodex. It's more akin to friends helping friends make new friends, writes CIO Job Search author Mark Cummuta.
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Making the case for Real-Time Web Code Inspection
By the end of 2007, more than 10,000 websites in the United States were infected with a crimeware toolkit that turned those web pages into Trojan Horses sending data from victims to the Trojan's “master”, a cybercriminal. Businesses cannot possibly keep up. Attempts to detect malicious code through signatures, or to categorize known malicious sites, are “too little, too late.” Download this white paper from Finjan to see why you need to turn to real-time inspection technologies that analyze each piece of web content regardless of its URL, context, and appearance to protect your customers, partners and employee data.
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Demand for Executives Is Slowing
As the economy cools, so too does growth in the number of open positions for executives, according to the results of a new survey from ExecuNet. Consequently, executives seeking new positions will need to change their job search tactics. Read the story to understand the degree to which growth is slowing and how it will impact your job search.
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Advice For Making Tough Decisions
Tough times demand that IT managers make tough choices. Bruce Stewart, CEO of Accendor Research, lists the hard decisions IT managers have to make during a downturn.
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How EDS Became an IT Leadership Talent Pool
Over the past two months, three companies have found their new CIOs at EDS. The IT services provider has become a fertile ground for sourcing CIOs because its IT leaders combine industry and technical expertise with a receptivity to calls from recruiters.
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Are Career Paths the Best for Professional Advancement?
There is no defined path to any professional career any longer. Life events, accomplishments, job experimentation and new interests fuel career development changes.
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CIO 100 Awards: Deadline Extended to February 28, 2008!
Are you an innovator? The CIO 100 Award honors companies for using IT in innovative ways to create business value. Here's your chance to tell your peers about the technology innovations that have enabled or led the way to greater success for your organization. If you haven't entered, there's still time! The deadline has been extended to Feb. 28, 2008. Download the online application here
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New Job Listings
>> CIO
Healthcare technology startup
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
>> Director of Information Technology
Horizon Management
Hammond, IN
>> Director of Application Development
Scholarship America
St. Peter, Minn.
For more job listings, visit CIO Wanted
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