NEWS
Unfortunately, this holiday season brought an onslaught of hacking news. It makes me think the first thing on many CIO's lists this year will be to put the lockdown on their systems in a big way.
By Jim Finkle via Reuters
By Shira Ovide via WSJ
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles via WSJ
In good news, it looks like everyone, including myself, has embraced making purchases on their phones, which puts Amazon Prime ahead of the game with their yearly subscription service saving consumers on shipping costs.
By Tom Loftus via WSJ
By Ben Fox Rubin via WSJ
"The program was so popular during the holiday season, Amazon said, that the company limited new membership sign-ups during peak periods to ensure service to current members wouldn't be disrupted."
On the other hand, maybe consumers expectations were too high. The drones aren't ready just yet.
By Joel Schectman via WSJ
ARTICLES
MIND THE GAP BETWEEN BUSINESS AND IT
By Mike Pearl via WSJ
As new technologies evolve at warp speed, Mike outlines 5 ways IT can sync up with the needs of the business. This would serve as an excellent outline for a CIO defining how to align their business strategy in 2014.
2014 STATE OF THE CIO SLIDESHOW
Among other stats this eye opening slideshow divides CIOs into two categories: 'Business Peer or Game-Changer' vs 'Service Provider or Cost Center' and shows the difference in those CIO's top 3 activities.
INSPIRATION
If CIOs are only responsible of 70% of the IT budget within an organization, how do they get out more to sync with the business to play a role in deciding how the organizations total IT budget is spent?
UNLOCKING THE PASSION OF YOUR WORKERS (VIDEO)
By Deloitte CIO Journal Editor via WSJ
Passion is the one common denominator of high performing employees. Watch this 5 minute video to find out how to unlock and nurture the passion in your employees and obtain the next level of performance.
