Overview
Essential reading for IT professionals with aspirations towardthe top IT spot, and for sitting CIOs looking to refine theirmobile, social and cloud strategies and knowledge
The definitive work on how to achieve leadership success in IT,Straight to the Top, Second Edition reveals how the role ofthe CIO is changing due to major trends associated with consumerand enterprise products and technologies driving new mobilesolutions in today's organizations; cloud computing and the moveaway from controlled / internally managed data centers to pay asyou use and elastic cloud infrastructure and application services;and the impact social media is having on today's complexorganizations.
Author Gregory S. Smith expertly coaches existing and aspiringCIOs on building the requisite skills through his observations andexperience as a veteran CIO with more than twenty-five years ofexperience leading IT teams and delivering complex technicalsolutions in the information technology field.
- An invaluable guide to help information technology and businessprofessionals recognize the qualities, skills, and expertisenecessary to attain the role of a CIO or enhance the skills forsitting CIOs
- Equips IT managers, CIOs, and CTOs to strategically plan theircareer moves
- Packed with encouragement, advice, and essential skills foraspiring and sitting CIOs
- Features interviews with leading IT professionals, CIOs, andexecutive recruiting professionals
Providing an organized and comprehensive view of the CIO job andits important role in modern organizations, Straight to the Top,Second Edition equips sitting CIOs and CIO candidates with thestrategies and knowledge necessary to be successful in the newbusiness normal - a mobile, social and cloud-based world, and howto provide technology leadership as a world-class CIO.
This book title, Straight to the Top (CIO Leadership in a Mobile, Social, and Cloud-based World), ISBN: 9781118390030, by Gregory S. Smith, published by Wiley (March 25, 2013) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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