Why CIO Relations with the Board Still Need Work

Both Sides Now: Interview with Catherine Boivie Catherine Boivie has experienced CIO challenges from the dual perspectives of CIO practitioner, and Board director. As CIOCAN’s founding President and well-known former SVP/CIO at Pacific Blue Cross and Vancity Credit Union as well as Board director at organizations such as ICBC and MedicAlert, Boivie is an ideal …

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CIOs in Transition

Between gigs? Learn how you can take advantage of CIOCAN’s new “CIO in Transition” Program. Anyone who has reached a senior position in IT has been laid off or fired at some point in his or her career. In CIOs in Transition, we will feature regular interviews with CIOs on their transition experiences and lessons …

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What do Top Executives see as trends and priorities for CIO’s and IT?

3 February 2015 Agility and Security are Top Concerns Again in the 2014 survey, agility, or the ability to adapt quickly, was the #1 mandate, with data security rising to the top of “areas of concern”. Security breaches reported in the news tend to boost security concerns among non-IT C-suite members, while CIOs are feeling …

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CIO leadership fundamentals: Strategy comes first

In an attempt to provide more direct insights into the world of the CIO from a layman’s perspective, here is the initial blog in a series on CIO Leadership Basics.

A CIO at CES: the Weird and the Wonderful

Greetings once again from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where I am one of 160,000 attendees, 3500 vendors and 6000 media. Let me state at the start of this blog: I like technology gadgets but some of the devices I saw today makes me wonder, do we really need one of these?