Tech Newsletters: Skills You Need to Be a Successful IT Executive

Big Data ROI Will Take Time, Clear Goals and Talent

Apple, Microsoft and Samsung 'Mini Stores' Make Best Buy Better

CIO Insider

July 23, 2013

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Skills You Need to Be a Successful IT Executive

The skills that helped you become an IT pro and climb the ladder aren't the same skills you need to succeed in the c-suite. Learn the skills necessary to break through to the top.

Issue highlights

1. Big Data ROI Will Take Time, Clear Goals and Talent

2. Apple, Microsoft and Samsung 'Mini Stores' Make Best Buy Better

3. Software Employment Grows 45% in 10 Years, as Angst in Engineering Grows

4. INSIDER Do's and Don'ts of Summer Resume Writing

5. INSIDER 7 Things You Need to Know About Hardware Disposal

WHITE PAPER: CDW

Face Time Anytime

Real-time communications facilitates team collaboration from nearly anywhere in the world. With facts and figures you can use to justify an investment, this paper highlights how your organization can reduce carrier services, lower maintenance costs, centralize trunking, reduce servers by running UC on VMs, and enhance productivity. Read Now

Big Data ROI Will Take Time, Clear Goals and Talent

The big data market is expected, by one estimate, to grow more than 30 percent annually until the end of the decade. But more than half of big data projects fail--and even those that do succeed can fall apart if the findings aren't applied to operational efficiencies. Ron Bodkin, CEO of Think Big Analytics, offers advice to help you prevent your business from becoming just another statistic. READ MORE

Apple, Microsoft and Samsung 'Mini Stores' Make Best Buy Better

Amazon and other online sellers continue to steal customers from traditional electronics retailers, but Best Buy is fighting back with better service and product specialists from Samsung, Apple and Microsoft. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Coverity

Development Testing for Competitive Advantage

Regardless of what industry they are in, more and more companies are finding themselves in the software business as they seek competitive advantage by developing and delivering increasingly complex applications to their customers. Read Now!

Software Employment Grows 45% in 10 Years, as Angst in Engineering Grows

Software development employment has increased over the past 10 years, but not all IT areas have done as well. The number of jobs for engineers fell over the same period. READ MORE

INSIDER

Do's and Don'ts of Summer Resume Writing

The summer months can take on different meanings for job seekers. Some people may put their career aspirations on hold as they try to enjoy the longer daylight hours and (hopefully) vacation time. Others might take advantage of the emptier offices and distracted peers to ignite or jumpstart a job search. Either way, summer is not a bad time to spruce up your resume, especially with recent reports sending mostly positive signals about the hiring outlook. READ MORE

INSIDER

7 Things You Need to Know About Hardware Disposal

From the first day that you plug in a new piece of IT hardware, the clock starts ticking toward the day when it will be pulled out of service. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Red Hat

A single vendor cloud strategy might not be the best course

A recent IDG Quick Poll of U.S. CIOs found IT leaders seek alternative providers of virtualization technology as well as technology to manage a heterogeneous virtual environment. Learn More

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