NEWS
State of Hawaii Dials into Digital
By Samuel Greengard via CIO Insight
The Aloha state's CIO Sonny Bhagowlia, is embracing a vision called, "New Day in Hawaii. The main goal of the project is to grow a sustainable economy, invest in the workforce, and tranform the government. This Q & A with Mr. Bhagowlia outlines how Hawaii will attempt to leapfrog into the 21st century and introduce a digital government.
CIO Action Plan: 10 Takeaways from the Wall Street Journal CIO Conference
By Chris Preimesberger via eWeek
The Wall Street Journal held its second CIO Network conference February 5 and 6 in San Diego. There were around 120 CIOs in attendance for a one day meeting that included several open sessions. There were many key take aways that Mr. Preimesberger has put in an easy-to-read 12 page slideshow.
ARTICLES
The New CIO Mandate
By Dion Hinchcliffe via ZDNet
Most corporate leaders are well aware of the paradigm shift that is currently occurring in the enterprise. Many are not sure how to navigate the new and ever-changing territories. Mr. Hinchliffe outlines the five elements of the new CIO mandate based on the discussions that he has had with CIOs in the past year.
Not all IT Pros Want to be CIO. So What?
By Art Langer via WSJ CIO Journal
Dr. Art Langer, who sits on three faculties at Columbia University and oversees the executive masters program in IT management is not surprised that no more than 50% of the IT professionals interviewed by ComputerWorld apsire to be CIO. While he is thankful for this, citing the pyramid career structure of IT, and not enough room for everyone at the top, he also suggests that there is a generation gap change that needs to be addressed.
Big Data Innovation: Fail Faster. Execute Smarter.
By Randy Bean via WSJ CIO Journal
As Randy watched the Australian Open Men's Tennis final last month, he noticed a tattoo on the forearm of the eventual champion, Stanislas Wawrinka, "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." He observes that, "this quote from the 20th century Irish novelist, poet and avant-guard playwright, Samuel Beckett, offers an apt metaphor for the distruption and resulting innovation that Big Data is bringing to traditional data and analytics approaches."
INSPIRATION
What CIOs and other executives can learn from Peyton Manning and Shaun White
By Joel Dobbs via CIO Enterprise Forum
Craig Winn said, "You are never closer to your greatest failure than at the moment of your greatest success." Mr. Hibbs outlines the 5 things that can go wrong when you are at your peak performance.
