IT spending: CIOs explain their budget increases
I have had fun the past few months traveling the country and sharing my "2011: A Return to a Growth Agenda" stump speech with CIOs and senior IT executives. I've also had the opportunity to talk with...
View ArticleIT Certification: It's time for a state-run program
Several weeks ago, as the Stuxnet worm was making its way through global business headlines, I was speaking with a CIO about a touchy topic: the need for broad-based, state-administered technology...
View ArticleThe dawning of the age of mobility
John Gantz, a senior vice president with IDC, a global IT research company (and a sister company to CIO's publisher), has a theory about predicting change in the information technology business.
View ArticleEnterprise mobile: 7 things CIOs need to do now
I recently met with rock star CIOs at a conference focused on enterprise mobility. Here's a snapshot of what I learned:
View ArticleTime is money: What CIOs should know about how they spend their time
"How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever."
View ArticlePublisher's Letter: How CIOs can help build IT talent for the future
Many in the US are concerned about the talent gap between American students and similarly-aged students overseas when it comes to math and science skills. This is a real problem for our economy and...
View ArticleTime to pay it forward for better educated IT workers
CIO's Publisher Emeritus Gary Beach knows American students lag behind other countries in STEM and thinks McKinsey's 'Closing the Talent Gap' report may be on to something. Is it time we incentivize...
View ArticleWhy CIOs should reconsider BYOD
CIO magazine publisher emeritus Gary Beach sees reasons that a popular BYOD policy will be unsustainable for companies. Some IT execs are already switching to providing company-provided consumer...
View ArticleAre CIOs Losing Control of Tech Spending?
Gary Beach cites research showing that a lot of corporate spending for technology (like robotics and embedded chips) is outside the CIO's purview. CIOs need to step up and become "chief digitization...
View ArticleCIOs Must Help Plug the Talent Gap
CIOs have trouble filling technical positions because of deficiencies in America's schools. It's time to get involved, says Gary J. Beach, author of a just-released book on this topic.
View ArticleIs the Technology Skills Gap Fact or Fiction?
In Part 1 of his three-part series, CIO.com publisher emeritus Gary Beach examines a question that's stumping job seekers, employers and economists -- does a skills gap exist in the United States in...
View ArticleIT Skills Gap Is Really an Education Gap
In Part 2 of CIO.com's three-part series on the technology skills gap in America, Gary Beach suggests that the issue is really an education gap. When it comes to math and science education, is the...
View ArticleHow to Close the Technology Skills Gap
The first two articles in this series on the technology skills gap focused on numbers. Lots of numbers. Numbers of Americans unemployed and underemployed. Numbers of open jobs that firms cannot fill...
View ArticleH1B Visa Controversy Obscures Bigger Issues
Editor's Note: President Obama's executive order on immigration announced last night included several implications for H1B visas. Commentator Gary J. Beach, former publisher of CIO.com and CIO magazine...
View ArticleIT spending: CIOs explain their budget increases
I have had fun the past few months traveling the country and sharing my "2011: A Return to a Growth Agenda" stump speech with CIOs and senior IT executives. I've also had the opportunity to talk with...
View ArticleIT Certification: It's time for a state-run program
Several weeks ago, as the Stuxnet worm was making its way through global business headlines, I was speaking with a CIO about a touchy topic: the need for broad-based, state-administered technology...
View ArticleThe dawning of the age of mobility
John Gantz, a senior vice president with IDC, a global IT research company (and a sister company to CIO's publisher), has a theory about predicting change in the information technology business.
View ArticleEnterprise mobile: 7 things CIOs need to do now
I recently met with rock star CIOs at a conference focused on enterprise mobility. Here's a snapshot of what I learned:
View Article