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The Practical CIO

A Common Sense Guide for Successful IT Leadership

By: Jose Carlos Eiras, Tony Scott (Foreword by)

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eBook | 31 December 2009 | Edition Number 1

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The IT executive's ultimate handbook for survival in a rapidly changing economy

The Practical CIO: A Common Sense Guide for Successful IT Leadership provides needed advice for modern executives competing in a challenging global environment.

Proactively establish goals for IT
Hold all vendors accountable
Extract maximum value from existing IT investments
Manage and market the IT brand
Build relationships up, down and sideways across the enterprise and beyond its traditional boundaries
Act like a CEO

Brimming with interviews and case studies from leading global enterprises such as Microsoft, Prudential, Citigroup, Chiquita Brands, Smithfield Foods and West Marine. The Practical CIO is designed for clear-eyed IT and C-level executives with no patience for hype or overly optimistic visions of a "better tomorrow." Truly a commonsense guide for successful IT leadership, this book delivers exactly the kind of hard-nosed, actionable advice that executives urgently require.

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"High tech was once the back end of business strategy. The two are now one, says tech exec Jose Eiras, author of "The Practical CIO." To get with the program, chief information officers should: Think like a CEO. Unlike other areas of a firm, information technology operates best "when it's managed like a free-standing business" as opposed to a service center, Eiras said." (Investors.com, April 16, 2010)