News
IT Spending Expected to Rebound in 2014: IDC
By Nathan Eddy via eWeek
"Spending on servers, storage and enterprise networks with an increase by just 1 percent in 2013, before improving to 4 percent growth next year." There is a lot of interesting speculation about what will happen with both hardware and software spending in 2014.
20 Articles the WSJ Wrote about Twitter This Week
Heaps upon heaps of articles about Twitter's IPO. It debuted at $26 on Wednesday, on Thursday it had an opening price of $45.10 but closed at $44.90. So now maybe we can stop with the tweets about fans limiting their buy to 140 shares (please).
Adobe Security Breach Far Bigger than Adobe has so far Disclosed
By Jim Finkle via Reuters
"Adobe said last week that attackers had stolen data on more than 38 million customer accounts, on top of the theft of information on nearly 3 million accounts that it disclosed nearly a month earlier... the number of records stolen appears to be the largest taken in any publicly disclosed cyber attack to date."
Articles
CIOs get the CEOs They Deserve
When hiring a new CIO, both the company and the CIO need to get it right. From the company's perspective, "Getting the CIO you deserve starts much earlier with the decision to recruit a new CIO and the drafting of the job description and the required experience and skills." "Most organizations don't go beyond the technical requirements of the role." He adds that as a potential CIO, "If you act and sound like a techie, then you will be treated like one."
CIO Priority: Providing Data at the Right Time to the Right People
By Cliff Saran for ComputerWeekly
How do your priorities determine whether you are considered a high performer or a follower.
Five Ways to Become a Best-in-Class CIO
By Samuel Greengard for CIO Insight Blogs
Five ways! Quick read with some good ideas.
Inspiration
Once Easily Replaced, Programmers are Now Prized
By Joel Schectman via Wall Street Journal
Rejoice! And forward this article to your team.
