| | | INSIDER Alert | | Your guide to the top content posted this week for Insider members | | | | Computerworld When Simon Szykman became CIO of the U.S. Department of Commerce in May 2010, he inherited a federated IT organization that needed to improve its efficiency and effectiveness on multiple fronts. So Szykman applied his strategic vision and consensus-building skills to make progress in both areas. Now he’s looking for new challenges; he announced early this year that, after serving four years as Commerce CIO, he will leave the public sector to work in private industry. What was your biggest achievement during your tenure at the Commerce Department? Commerce is a federated agency with a number of independent decision-making organizations with regard to IT spending and spending in general. Since I’ve been here, there have been dramatic changes in how IT is managed departmentwide and a realization that the decentralized approach wasn’t going to be the most efficient or effective in terms of cost or quality of services.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) | | Network World Three CIOs offer advice for how to strike a balance between onshore and offshore IT resources to meet business needs.Tim Arthur, CIO & Global Director of MIS, AlltechLook for knowledge, commitment, agility.Outsourcing can add layers, and layers can add complexity. And we're all about clarity. We've been growing 30 percent a year, both organically and through acquisitions. As a result, we have an agile environment in IT. When we do outsource, it's based on skills and, more importantly, on knowledge, rather than on adding physical bodies. For example, security and Citrix support--they're here and fit right in to our tight-knit team.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE | | Network World Wi-Fi networks can be very tricky to properly design and configure, especially in the small, crowded 2.4 GHz frequency band. In addition to interference from neighboring wireless networks, capacity issues arise when there are a high number of users on the network or a high density in a certain area. In the early days of Wi-Fi, there weren’t that many Wi-Fi users or devices in the world. Today, the situation is much different. Private offices and buildings that have a wireless network may provide access to one, two, or even more Wi-Fi devices per worker and then maybe provide access for guests as well. More and more people are looking for Wi-Fi connectivity, especially at public venues -- on their laptops, smartphones and tablets -- to help conserve cellular data usage.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) READ MORE | | 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 | | | |
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