CIO Wisdom II
More Best Practices
Published on 10. November 2005
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-0-13-185589-2 (ISBN)
Description
World-class IT leadership solutions from working CIOs: detailed, realistic, proven Every year, IT leadership becomes more challenging. Don't go it alone. Get practical help from the people who know what you're up against, and know what works: your most successful peers. In CIO Wisdom II, more than a dozen of today's leading CIOs share specific, realistic, up-to-the-minute techniques for maximizing agility, cost-effectiveness, and business value. You'll find solutions for managing both the internal and external forces impacting IT, and for dealing with more than 20 of your toughest issues -- business, technical, and human. You'll find specific, realistic approaches to everything from architecture to outsourcing, new technology selection to governance. CIO Wisdom II: it's more valuable than your last consultant -- and a whole lot more cost-effective.*
Anticipating the next transformation in your role as CIO -- and getting ahead of the curve * Delivering real-time, mission-critical business intelligence: lessons from the military * Integrating the enterprise: New best practices and cost-effective technical options * Quantifying and maximizing software return on investment * Mastering five crucial lessons for successful IT outsourcing * Managing outsourced environments for maximum responsiveness, flexibility, and efficiency * Leveraging the value of open source -- and minimizing its risks * Using IT to improve business processes -- and improving your own internal processes, including procurement * Systematically securing your IT facilities * Achieving compliance -- and leveraging those investments for competitive advantage * Previewing tomorrow's key trends in information management A(c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
Anticipating the next transformation in your role as CIO -- and getting ahead of the curve * Delivering real-time, mission-critical business intelligence: lessons from the military * Integrating the enterprise: New best practices and cost-effective technical options * Quantifying and maximizing software return on investment * Mastering five crucial lessons for successful IT outsourcing * Managing outsourced environments for maximum responsiveness, flexibility, and efficiency * Leveraging the value of open source -- and minimizing its risks * Using IT to improve business processes -- and improving your own internal processes, including procurement * Systematically securing your IT facilities * Achieving compliance -- and leveraging those investments for competitive advantage * Previewing tomorrow's key trends in information management A(c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 175 mm
Width: 242 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
789 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-185589-2 (9780131855892)
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Persons
Dr. Phil Laplante is Associate Professor of Software Engineering at Penn State University and the founder and director of the CIO Institute, a three-year old community of practice for CIOs in the Greater Philadelphia Metro Area. He is also the Chief Technology Officer of the Eastern Technology Council, a business development organization for the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. Prior to coming to Penn State he was a senior academic administrator at several other Colleges and Universities.
In addition to his academic career, Dr. Laplante spent almost eight years as a software engineer, project manager, and director of a software consulting firm. He has authored or edited 20 books and more than 140 other papers, articles and is a highly sought after mentor and coach for CEOs and CIOs.
Dr. Laplante received his B.S., M.Eng., and Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science, respectively, from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Colorado.
As the CEO of UpStreme, Mr. Costello currently provides technical and business consulting to corporate CxOOs, boards of directors, venture capital firms, angels, and investment bankers in the evaluation, planning, and implementation of technologies to meet strategic and tactical business needs. Mr. Costello has advised both private and public sector organizations ranging from The U.S. Department of State and established top Fortune 500 organizations to early-stage/pre-funded startups.
Mr. CostelloOs 20 year career has spanned the universe of computing challenges and solutions. He has formerly held positions with such firms as Cambridge Technology Partners as Director of IT Strategy & Planning, CoreTech Consulting Group as Director of Management Services, U.S. Healthcare as Director of Development, AssetTRADE as both COO and CTO, the QVC Television Network, Shared Medical Systems, and GMIS.
Mr. Costello earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, where he is currently a member of the Eberly College of Business Advisory Council.
In addition to his academic career, Dr. Laplante spent almost eight years as a software engineer, project manager, and director of a software consulting firm. He has authored or edited 20 books and more than 140 other papers, articles and is a highly sought after mentor and coach for CEOs and CIOs.
Dr. Laplante received his B.S., M.Eng., and Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science, respectively, from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Colorado.
As the CEO of UpStreme, Mr. Costello currently provides technical and business consulting to corporate CxOOs, boards of directors, venture capital firms, angels, and investment bankers in the evaluation, planning, and implementation of technologies to meet strategic and tactical business needs. Mr. Costello has advised both private and public sector organizations ranging from The U.S. Department of State and established top Fortune 500 organizations to early-stage/pre-funded startups.
Mr. CostelloOs 20 year career has spanned the universe of computing challenges and solutions. He has formerly held positions with such firms as Cambridge Technology Partners as Director of IT Strategy & Planning, CoreTech Consulting Group as Director of Management Services, U.S. Healthcare as Director of Development, AssetTRADE as both COO and CTO, the QVC Television Network, Shared Medical Systems, and GMIS.
Mr. Costello earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, where he is currently a member of the Eberly College of Business Advisory Council.
Content
Preface.
I. WHAT MAKES A CIO TICK?
1. The Changing Role of the CIO.
2. Scope of the CIO.
3. It's All About Marketing.
4. Creating a Community of Practice for CIOs.
II. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY.
5. Securing the IT Facility.
6. Running Business Critical Applications Over the Internet: "The Middle Mile".
7. Information Management: What's Next?
8. Enterprise Integration: Methods and Technologies.
9. Towards Collaborative Supply Chains Using RFID.
10. Real-Time, Mission-Critical Business Intelligence: Lessons from the Military and Intelligence Community.
III. INTERNAL FORCES.
11. Software Return on Investment (ROI).
12. Starting with the Users.
13. Business Process Improvement.
IV. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE.
14. The Five WS of IT Outsourcing.
15. Outsourced Environments.
16. Enterprise Information Architecture.
17. Adaptive and Aware: Strategy, Architecture, and IT.
V. EXTERNAL FORCES.
18. Open Source-Time for a Plan.
19. IT Governance: Towards a Unified Framework Linked to and Driven by Corporate Governance.
20. E-Government.
21. Compliance.
22. Navigating the IT Procurement and Outsourcing Process.
Index.
I. WHAT MAKES A CIO TICK?
1. The Changing Role of the CIO.
2. Scope of the CIO.
3. It's All About Marketing.
4. Creating a Community of Practice for CIOs.
II. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY.
5. Securing the IT Facility.
6. Running Business Critical Applications Over the Internet: "The Middle Mile".
7. Information Management: What's Next?
8. Enterprise Integration: Methods and Technologies.
9. Towards Collaborative Supply Chains Using RFID.
10. Real-Time, Mission-Critical Business Intelligence: Lessons from the Military and Intelligence Community.
III. INTERNAL FORCES.
11. Software Return on Investment (ROI).
12. Starting with the Users.
13. Business Process Improvement.
IV. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE.
14. The Five WS of IT Outsourcing.
15. Outsourced Environments.
16. Enterprise Information Architecture.
17. Adaptive and Aware: Strategy, Architecture, and IT.
V. EXTERNAL FORCES.
18. Open Source-Time for a Plan.
19. IT Governance: Towards a Unified Framework Linked to and Driven by Corporate Governance.
20. E-Government.
21. Compliance.
22. Navigating the IT Procurement and Outsourcing Process.
Index.