Anyone authoring a perspective on the topic of Meg Whitman’s appointment as CEO of HP is faced with a dilemma: observe the obvious wins and losses of her career and repeat what has been said hundreds (if not thousands) of times, speculate wildly about what she will mean to HP’s direction, value and viability, or [...]
by Michael Voellinger, EVP, The CIO Global Forum This morning, Amazon launched a refreshed portfolio of Kindle products. The Kindle Fire – Amazon’s long awaited Android-based tablet, will feature a 7-inch IPS panel, WiFi, a dual-core CPU and a chassis that weighs 14.6 ounces. The device will have access to the Android Appstore, Kindle books, [...]
Mark your calendars now for both the educational sessions and regional thought leadership dinners for 2012. Details and the agenda for each event will be published roughly 90 days prior to each date. CIO Global Forum Sessions October 12-13 2011, Fall Session, Washington D.C. April 25-26 2012, Spring Session, Napa California October 3-4 2012, Fall [...]
Isaac Sacolick, CIO at McGraw-Hill Construction and veteran participant of the CIO Global Forum, has authored a fantastic series of blog entries on shifting from projects to programs. “Projects kill product development organizations. By definition, a project assumes a beginning and an end. The beginning requires deigning, justifying, and planning the project. The end assumes [...]
From TechCrunch: Last week, Google posted an awesome teaser video for Google Wallet featuring George Costanza. The implication: Google Wallet would finally be launching soon. Now we think we know when: tomorrow. Read the article here: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/18/google-wallet-launch/
Nielsen’s new Social Media Report looks at trends and consumption patterns across social media platforms in the U.S. and other major markets, exploring the rising influence of social media on consumer behavior. Read more here: http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-shines-in-nielsen-social-media-report-2011-09 and here: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
On this 10th anniversary of September 11 2001 please join us in remembering all of those who died, those who did everything possible to save lives, and all of the families who continue to grieve for lost loved ones. From the Bixby letter by President Abraham Lincoln: I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage [...]
From ITNews Ambitious executives with an eye on the CEO’s job are looking to a stint in IT as a means to acquire strategic technical skills and a competitive edge. As businesses become more dependent on technology, executives who once concentrated on learning sales, marketing and financial skills as tickets to ascension now see the [...]
by Michael Voellinger, EVP, CIO Global Forum We have all heard the phrase speed kills, and slow and steady wins the race. But in the industry of the internet, neither statement holds true. Ask Carol Bartz, now former CEO of Yahoo. Taking the reigns of the wandering search and advertising giant in 2009, Bartz quickly [...]
The whipsaw sequence of recent events in the technology industry highlighted what many are calling the rise of mobility and the marginalization of the PC. Meteoric spikes in the sale of smartphones and tablets are merely hastening the diminished status of the traditional desktop PC, whose sales have flattened the past few years with little [...]
