Book description
Essential reading for IT professionals with aspirations toward the
top IT spot, and forsitting CIOs looking to refine their mobile,
social and cloud strategies and knowledge
The definitive work on how to achieve leadership success in IT,
Straight to the Top,SecondEdition reveals how the role of the
CIO is changing due to major trends associated withconsumer and
enterprise products and technologies driving new mobile solutions in
today'sorganizations; cloud computing and the move away from
controlled / internally managed datacenters to pay as you use and
elastic cloud infrastructure and application services; and theimpact
social media is having on today's complex organizations.
Author Gregory S. Smith expertly coaches existing and aspiring CIOs
on building therequisite skills through his observations and
experience as a veteran CIO with more thantwenty-five years of
experience leading IT teams and delivering complex technical solutions
inthe information technology field.
- An invaluable guide to help information technology and business
professionals recognize thequalities, skills, and expertise
necessary to attain the role of a CIO or enhance the
skillsforsitting CIOs
- Equips IT managers, CIOs, and CTOs to strategically plan their
career moves
- Packed with encouragement, advice, and essential skills for
aspiring and sitting CIOs
- Features interviews with leading IT professionals, CIOs, and
executive recruitingprofessionals
Providing an organized and comprehensive view of the CIO job and its
important role inmodern organizations, Straight to the Top, Second
Edition equips sitting CIOs and CIOcandidates with the strategies
and knowledge necessary to be successful in the new businessnormal - a
mobile, social and cloud-based world, and how to provide technology
leadership as aworld-class CIO.
