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Archive for March, 2009

We found this great article from www.thebusinessofit.com and wanted to share it with you!   The good folks over at the Gartner Group have revealed the top 10 technologies that they believe will change the world over the next four years:   Multicore and hybrid processors Virtualization and fabric computing Social networks and social software Cloud computing and cloud/Web [...]

Top 10 Technical Resume Mistakes   This is a short post just to highlight the Top 10 on JDR’s list of resume mistakes.  The resume will not get you a job…however, it is a powerful tool that should be carefully put together   Top 10 Technical Resume mistakes:   1.     lacks clearly demonstrated experience with required skills 2.     objective does not match [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership Making Transformation Happen   Because we are in the business of providing products and services that make incredible service experiences happen, we are in a fortunate position to assist our forward-thinking customers in achieving their CIO-sponsored, IT-powered business and cultural transformations. Likewise, as with our customers, [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership CIO Strategies Influence Our Business and Our Customers The Alcatel-Lucent family of companies possesses a unique set of strengths where strategic CIO leadership may contribute to business transformations in multiple ways:   CIO Leadership internally – (AT CLIENT COMPANY) within, and across our greater family of [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership Strategic CIO-Sponsored Investments Make Service Transformations Possible   Elevating the new CIO from what has typically been an IT operations management function into a business-enabling role can inspire the creative, collaborative cultures that make incredible service experiences happen. In today’s highly competitive business climate, where all [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership Productivity + Creativity + Collaboration = Transformation   A CIO who can introduce technology services that enable people to be more creative will be more strategic than one who does not. When it comes to connecting the dots to transformation, many, if not most CIOs spend [...]

CIO Perspective: Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership Transforming Business Culture into Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation There is an emergence of Boardroom-level recognition of having a technology-grounded, business-savvy CIO leader as a competitive advantage – to facilitate innovation of new products and services that are attractive to customers. To inspire higher levels of innovation [...]

CIO Perspective:  Business Transformation, and the Role of Strategic CIO Leadership   The spectrum of influence that a CIO has on business is evolving. Many CIOs today are “mostly operational” – functioning as top-level managers of day-to-day, cost-centered IT assets as well as overseeing the technical staff that keeps a business running. By contrast, more progressive executive [...]

Is there a silver lining after being laid off?  Well, not that you can usually see when it is happening to you! There is this indescribable feeling to walk into work only to find out that your position is not needed any more.  Let me tell you my story.  Early in my career, I took advantage of [...]

Remember from Part 1, that an ideal job- IJ, is a position working for a company that you believe in.  In order to really believe in a company, you must believe in their products, the people they employ and also, their ethics…among other things. If you show up each day and do just enough to get [...]