IT Leadership

8 Leadership Lessons From Steve Ballmer

No one will forget Steve Ballmer's tenure at Microsoft. As he steps down from the board to bring his unique energy to owning the L.A. Clippers, here's a look at eight leadership lessons you can learn from the colorful former CEO.

The C in CIO Isn’t for Celebrity

The best IT leaders have a powerful but rarely discussed trait: humility.

Digital transformation needs a modern, mission-critical infrastructure

Government CIOs Urged to Hire IT Workers With Soft Skills

As the federal IT operation shifts to a service-oriented model, CIOs need to staff up with managers with diverse backgrounds and the ability to work collaboratively with a diverse array of customers and providers.

Aviva goes ‘digital first’ with CDO Andrew Brem appointment

Aviva goes ‘digital first’ with CDO Andrew Brem appointment

Decoding the Orwellian ‘doublethink’ around Munich’s open source switch

Mobile Apps Require Customer-First Thinking

CIOs need to focus on the u2018mobile momentsu2019 when consumers or employees want to get something done immediately. (Plus, CIOs discuss mobility opportunities and challenges in a CIO.com video.)

New Hospital CEOs Tend to Be Outsiders, Were Rarely CIOs

Look at the hospital C-suite moves made so far in 2014 and you'll see that facilities tend to hire outside candidates for CEO and promote the COO if they do look internally. They all but ignore the CIO when filling the corner office -- but that

Munich could ditch Linux and go back to Microsoft

Workers Going Rogue With BYOD (and BYOA)

More than half of employees admit to going rogue to do their jobs. In other words, it really doesn't matter if IT formally rejects BYOD -- or Bring Your Own Apps -- because it's happening anyway.