NEWS
In the HR Department...
Many of new CIOs, COOs and CEOs named this week:
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs HealthCare.gov, has named Tim Love as COO and Dave Nelson as CIO
- GetInsured, a health insurance software company "with a rare record of success," amid the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act said it has hired its first CIO, Allwyn "Olly" Lobo.
- GoDaddy hired Arne Josefsberg, a long-time Microsoft executive and recent CTO of ServiceNow as its new CIO. He will oversee the infrastructure for GoDaddy's international expansion
- Under Armour hires Chris Gates, a GE veteran, as its CIO.
- Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer is parting ways with her top executive, Henrique de Castro, the COO Ms. Mayer poached from Google in 2012 is departing this week after one year. One of the highest-paid execs in Silicon Valley, Mr. de Castro exits after about a year on the job with severance package that could be worth $42 million.
Talk About Your Shadow IT
By Rachael King via WSJ
"When is an investment in supercomputers not an IT investment? When the Department of Energy says it is an investment in facilities." The DOE spent the $368 million on IT circumventing the Federal IT dashboard, a website designed to promote transparency in government IT spending.
ARTICLES
Gartner: CIOs Deprioritize Security
By Michael Hickins via WSJ
Gartner surveyed more than 2,300 CIOs and found that security ranks #8 on the list of strategic priorities. 10 years ago it ranked as the top priority. This article speculates that these surprising results might be the result of the rise of the chief information security officer role.
Building the Right Business Relationships
By Marc J. Schiller via CIO Insight
"Building good relationships with business counterparts is a topic that nearly all IT leaders struggle with on a regular basis. Some IT leaders misunderstand this important task and think it means they should spend more time going out for beers with their work colleagues. This is not the case. Developing a social relationship with your colleagues is not the same as developing a business relationship."
INSPIRATION
Shadow a Peer CIO in Another Industry, Gartner Recommends
By Divina Parades via CIO UK
Gartner analysts are listing this as, "one of the CIO New Year's Resolutions for 2014". If you are looking to take the concept further, choose a CEO, COO or CFO.
