Technology That Every Cio Needs to Know About: How Cios Can Stay on Top of the Changes in the Technology That Powers the Company

Publisher Marketing: As the CIO of your company, it's your job to stay on top of all of the different forms of technology that the company uses to accomplish its business goals. This task is made even harder by all of the changes that are always occurring in the various technology fields. As the CIO you need to be understand how to pick the correct type of database to be used on projects. You need to watch the rollout of other large-scale IT projects and learn from them: what went right and what went wrong. What You'll Find Inside: The 7 Stages of Big Data Analytics That Every CIO Needs to Know About CIOs Need To Plan For the End of a Cloud Relationship Why CIOs Need To Get Good At Reusing Technology When It Comes To Data Mining - Is The CIO In Charge? The IT world that we live in these days seems to be awash in big data. As the CIO you are going to be called on to make important decisions about how your firm handles its own big data issues. You'll need to pick the right solutions and ensure that you are not being locked into proprietary vendor solutions. It seems as though every firm is in the process of moving more and more of their computing into "the cloud." As the CIO it's going to be your responsibility to make sure that you have a plan for how you want to handle your cloud vendor at the start of the relationship as well as at the end of it. The value of the IT department to the rest of the company becomes apparent when other departments need your help in sifting through vast quantities of data. Make sure that you have a plan for how you are going to do this. Also make sure that you have a help desk that is going to be ready to provide your customers with the support that they'll need. This book has been written in order to provide you with a great starting point for ensuring that you've done everything that you can to stay on top of the latest technology that is being used by your company. Follow the suggestions in this book and you'll know what technologies to use and when to use them. For more information on what it takes to be a great CIO, check out my blog, The Accidental Successful CIO, at: www. TheAccidentalSuccessfulCIO.com Contributor Bio:  Anderson, Jim Jim has spent the past twenty years in pro-life ministry efforts including the founding of Lifeline Ministries. Jim has traveled to multiple nations (making over 25 trips to Russia alone), and taught in churches and conferences, Bible Schools, leadership training schools, and discipleship schools with a particular concentrated emphasis on sexuality using insights gleaned from interacting and counseling with the young adult population. He has been married to Lisa for 34 years and has 8 children.