{"product_id":"9781430235552","title":"CIOs at Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e    In \u003cem\u003eCIOs at Work\u003c\/em\u003e, noted author \u003cstrong\u003eEd Yourdon\u003c\/strong\u003e interviews many of the world's most influential chief information officers. You will gain insights from the first CIO of the USA, take a peek into the future with the CIO at Google, learn the unique role IT plays in testing Microsoft applications, and much more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Yourdon focuses on how his interviewees tackle the day-to-day work of managing information in their organizations while revealing much more: How they got there, how they manage and allocate resources, and how they interact with business units and assure that their companies take advantage of technologies and automation to make employees even more productive. Surveying a variety of unique corporations, you'll get a great sense of what can be done and what is being done now in organizations around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \"Simply put, \u003cstrong\u003eEd Yourdon's\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eCIOs at Work\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating read. The author has managed to illuminate the real challenges confronting the Chief Information Officer. The technical expertise of his extraordinary interviewees and their personal insights into the changing role of technology in business are in no short supply. But, what really stands out— beyond the banter about \"clouds,\" \"agile development,\"—is the human dimension. More than anything else, the CIO is wrestling with profound issues: the proliferation of choices, the speed of change, the shorter attention spans of consumers, the \"everyone's an expert\" mindset, and the growing expectation for limitless and low cost computing resources that are as open and accessible as they are safe, secure and accurate. At last, the CIO has a human face, but also an enormous burden that can only be appreciated by reading Yourdon's probative interviews.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eJon Toigo, Managing Principle, Toigo Partners International\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Featured CIOs:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Ben Fried, \u003cstrong\u003eGoogle \u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTony Scott, \u003cstrong\u003eMicrosoft \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Monte Ford, \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Airlines\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Mittu Sridhara, \u003cstrong\u003eLadbrokes\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Steve Rubinow, \u003cstrong\u003eNYSE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Lew Temares (retired), \u003cstrong\u003eUniversity of Miami \u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eMark Mooney, \u003cstrong\u003eMcGraw-Hill\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Dan Wakeman, \u003cstrong\u003eEducational Testing Services\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Lynne Ellen, \u003cstrong\u003eDetroit Energy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Becky Blalock, \u003cstrong\u003eSouthern Company\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Ken Bohlen, \u003cstrong\u003eArizona Public Services\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Roger Gurnani, \u003cstrong\u003eVerizon\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Ashish Gupta, \u003cstrong\u003eBritish Telecom\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Joan Miller, \u003cstrong\u003eU.K. Parliament\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Vivek Kundra, (first CIO),\u003cstrong\u003e U.S. Government\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Paul Strassmann, (retired), \u003cstrong\u003eKraft Foods \u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eOther books in the Apress At Work Series:\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eCTOs at Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Donaldson, Seigel, \u0026amp; Donaldson, 978-1-4302-3593-4 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eCoders at Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Seibel, 978-1-4302-1948-4 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eVenture Capitalists at Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Shah \u0026amp; Shah, 978-1-4302-3837-9 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eFounders at Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Livingston,  978-1-4302-1078-8 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eEuropean Founders at Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Santos, 978-1-4302-3906-2 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eWomen Leaders at Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Ghaffari, 978-1-4302-3729-7 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eAdvertisers at Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Tuten, 978-1-4302-3828-7 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eGamers at Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Ramsay. 978-1-4302-3351-0        \u003c\/p\u003e    What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow many chief information officers from the world's leading corporations do their jobs and the skills they consider most essential for doing their jobs effectively \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eWhat technologies these CIOs think will be most important in the future \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eInteresting applications of technology used to increase productivity or profitability in today's leading organizations \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eThe technology and business-related challenges and opportunities that CIOs anticipate in the years ahead \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  Who this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     Anyone interested in how organizations are moving to use technology to make their companies more productive will learn a great deal from this book. \u003cem\u003eCIOs at Work\u003c\/em\u003e is especially useful to managers and IT personnel charged with increasing productivity and using automation to do so. Indeed, it's not just for aspiring CIOs, but also for project managers, management professionals, application developers, IT personnel and businesspeople who want to better understand the strategies their senior IT executives are following to make their organizations as productive and competitive as possible.         \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of Contents\u003col\u003e   \u003cli\u003eBen Fried, Google \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eTony Scott, Microsoft \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eMonte Ford, American Airlines \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eMittu Sridhara, Ladbrokes \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eSteve Rubinow, NYSE \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eLew Temares (retired), University of Miami \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eMark Mooney, McGraw-Hill \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eDan Wakeman, Educational Testing Services \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eLynne Ellen, Detroit Energy \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eBecky Blalock, Southern Company \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eKen Bohlen, Arizona Public Services \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eRoger Gurnani, Verizon \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eAshish Gupta, British Telecom \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eJoan Miller, U.K. Parliament \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eVivek Kundra (first CIO), U.S. Government \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003ePaul Strassmann (retired), Kraft Foods \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182252474608,"sku":"9781430235552","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430235552_p0.jpg?v=1763751867","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430235552","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}