| | | INSIDER Alert | | Your guide to the top content posted this week for Insider members | | | | Computerworld No one embarks on an IT reorganization for the fun of it, unless you're a sadist.Because they represent change, both for an IT department's staffers and the business units with whom they work, reorganizations are never easy. But they're often unavoidable, triggered by new technologies like the cloud or mobility, a change in management, a disruption in the industry or simply the need to serve the business better.And they can be frequent: A 2013 Forrester Research study of IT executives found that approximately half of respondents indicated that there was at least a 50% chance of a reorganization within the next 18 months.Tom Murphy knows a thing or two about frequent reorgs. As CIO of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines he set out to wrangle a dysfunctional IT organization into submission, only to have his progress interrupted by the shockwave of 9/11. He followed that with a stint as CIO at pharmaceutical company AmerisourceBergen that involved a huge SAP installation and an associated reorganization.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) | | Network World BlackBerry has officially announced pricing and availability details for its new Passport smartphone, which was previously unveiled and detailed through a variety of blog posts on the company's Inside BlackBerry blog. (Specific pricing and availability information can be found at the end of this post.)+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD First look: BlackBerry Passport +I was fortunate enough to spend some time with the Passport before the announcement. The device is unlike any smartphone I've seen before. It's big. It's square. It has actual buttons — a lot of them. It's kind of awkward. It's definitely not for everybody.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE | | Network World Dave Barnes began his tenure at UPS as a part-time package handler in 1977. Today he’s CIO and global business service officer at the $55 billion shipping and logistics company. He’s not the only CIO with impressive corporate longevity. Deb Butler started at Norfolk Southern in 1978 in an accounting role, and today she leads the railway’s strategic planning and IT initiatives. Filippo Passerini joined Procter & Gamble in 1981 as a systems analyst in Italy and rose through the ranks to his current position: CIO and president of the company’s global business services organization. Each of these veteran IT leaders is included in our analysis of CIO compensation. There are also several recently hired tech chiefs, including Sears CIO Jeff Balagna, who joined the retailer in 2013; JCPenney CIO Scott Laverty, who was hired in 2012; and AutoZone CIO Ron Griffin, another 2012 hire.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE | | Network World Between Google Glass and the Apple iWatch, interest in wearables has never been higher. Analysts are predicting that wearable computers will generate more than $10 billion in revenue in 2020, and IMS Research sees wearable sales reaching 170 million devices in 2016. Deloitte Consulting predicts that 10 million devices will be sold this year alone, representing a $3 billion market largely driven by consumers. However, Bill Briggs, CTO at Deloitte Consulting, says that over the long term, the market for wearables in the enterprise could surpass the consumer market. "In the workplace, utility trumps fashion, and a single use-case that demonstrates measurable impact and true business value can justify investment. Wearables allow technology to augment workers in places where it wasn’t previously feasible—where hands-free, heads-up awareness is absolutely essential—whether it's for safety, logistics or etiquette."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE | | Network World With the economy improving, IT jobs are becoming more plentiful. And that means tech professionals – even those who are happily employed – are looking around to see what’s available out there in the job market.According to a recent survey from TEKsystems, eight out of 10 IT pros say they are interested in new job opportunities. And 75% of respondents said they use social media to look for jobs and check out potential new employers.Economic factors are a big reason for the surge in social job-hunting, explains C. J. Reuter, director of client success at Work4, which sells social and mobile recruiting solutions. In the past, people were skeptical about merging their personal and professional worlds on social media.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE | | | |
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