In this week's edition of news for CIOs and IT pros, we bring you news and research from around the web, and a peek into the day-to-day struggles of the CIO.
Technology news bites for CIOs
- IT organizations that are restructuring around the concept of bimodal IT are struggling to determine where security should fit – on the operations side, or innovation? Several CIOs and IT leaders weigh in on where they stand in this article, which brings to light arguments from all side of the issue.
- James Pearce, Facebook's head of open source, urged CIOs to embrace open source code, saying that it's the key to accelerating the speed at which engineers can move and improving both collaboration and communication in IT.
- New research from IDC published on Monday suggests explosive growth on the horizon for the wearables market, CIO Magazine reports.
- Research from Genpact this week indicates that executives are feeling less than confident in their efforts to improve the business with digital tech and analytics. While interest remains strong, a lack of an aligned digital strategy for business operations is holding some organizations back.
- The DZone provides a list of nine companies you might not expect to be leveraging DevOps. [Reminder: Friends of The Enterprisers Project can receive 20 percent off registration for the upcoming DevOps Enterprise Summit using the code found in this article.]
CIOs in the news
- Matt Kapko details a day in the life of a social IT leader. David Chou, University of Mississippi Medical Center CIO who uses Twitter as his daily news feed, offers up three social media tips for IT pros.
- The former White House CIO, Vivek Kundra, spoke this week about the evolution and future of connected governments and smart cities. StateScoop has more in this Q&A.
- Jamie Miller, CIO of General Electric Co. for two years, was promoted to CEO of GE Transportation, Wall Street Journal reports.
- Billy Mitchell at FedScoop provides a glimpse into Labor Department CIO Dawn Leaf's struggle to raise funds for legacy system upgrades, a challenge many CIOs can relate to.
- Peter High caught up with Puneet Bhasin, who was promoted above the CIO role at Waste Management Inc. without a successor named, about the long predicted demise of the CIO role.
- Finally, IT pros may be glad the summer is coming to an end. CIO Insight reported on a recent survey of 240 U.S. IT professionals, which showed why vacation season is especially hard on the tech department.
