CTO
Best practices, tips, hints, how tos, and more about communicating and building a relationship with the chief technical office.
J.C Penney Slashes CIO Role
Vital Allies: CFOs and Tech Chiefs Form a Bond to Scope Out Customer Needs
Tue, January 10, 2012 - TradeCard's finance chief and CTO represent a new breed of C-suiters, bridging the finance-tech gap at the software-as-a-service firm.
10 Hot IT Jobs for Managers and Executives in 2012
Tue, December 13, 2011 - The overall market for management and executive-level IT jobs in 2012 may not be much better than it was in 2011, but certain IT leadership jobs are expected to be in high demand. Here's a list of the 10 hottest IT leadership jobs for 2012.
CIOs, CTOs Shed Yet More Techie Cred
Mon, November 07, 2011 - functions to outsourcing companies, and adopt cloud-based applications, CIOs and CTOs are spending way more time on business issues than on day-to-day technical operations.
IBM Opens Up Smartphone, Tablet Support for Its Workers
Mon, October 31, 2011 - IBM has embraced -- nearly -- the growing "bring your own device" trend of allowing employees to buy and use their own smartphones and tablets for work tasks, said IBM's CTO for mobility, Bill Bodin.
Sophos Appoints Vulnerability Expert Gerhard Eschelbeck As CTO
Tue, October 18, 2011 - Sophos has appointed the highly-regarded Gerhard Eschelbeck as its new chief technology officer, almost six years after the Austrian crossed the Atlantic to join US-based Webroot in the same role.
Cisco CTO Warrior: We Needed Better Accountability
Wed, July 13, 2011 - Cisco's massive user show, Cisco Live, is going on this week in Las Vegas. Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's senior vice president of engineering and CTO sat down with Cisco Subnet editor and blogger Julie Bort. They discussed Cisco's progress since Warrior took the helm as CTO, the reorganization of Cisco's engineering groups, Catalyst vs. Nexus, the so-called Cisco "tax" (its prices vs. the competition), network virtualization, Cisco's toe dipping into the brave new world of open source and the future careers of the Cisco CCIE faithful. What follows is an edited transcript of the interview.
Twitter to Leave Empty CTO Post Unfilled
Mon, May 23, 2011 - Twitter CTO Greg Pass has left the company last week and there's no move afoot to replace him.
Canonical CTO Matt Zimmerman Gets Seven-Year Itch
Mon, May 09, 2011 - Matt Zimmerman is stepping down from his role as Canonical CTO after seven years.
Intel Developing Security 'Game-Changer'
Wed, January 26, 2011 - Intel CTO Justin Rattner said on Tuesday that the company's scientists are working on technology that will stop all zero-day attacks.
Polycom's CTO Says Openness is Key
Wed, September 22, 2010 - Joseph Burton, Polycom's new chief strategy and technology officer, comes to the company from one of the key jobs in the enterprise voice and video business, having been vice president and chief technology officer for unified communications at Cisco Systems. Though Polycom is smaller than Cisco, with revenue just under US$1 billion last year, it has a long history in enterprises as a maker of desk phones, conference phones and videoconferencing systems, as well as the infrastructure behind them.
Polycom Lures CTO From Cisco in Exec Shakeup
Mon, September 20, 2010 - Five months after taking control of unified communications equipment maker Polycom Inc., CEO and president Andy Miller has overhauled the company's executive.
Amazon CTO Counters Skepticism on Cloud Security
Wed, July 28, 2010 - Amazon's cloud computing division is planning to "raise the bar" on security, and claims it can provide better security than most enterprises achieve on their own.
Yahoo Appoints New Chief Technology Officer
Thu, June 03, 2010 - Former Yahoo chief architect Raymie Stata takes on new role as company CTO.
W3C Pulls Former Novell CTO for CEO Spot
Mon, March 08, 2010 - Filling a position left open since 2008, former Novell CTO Jeffrey Jaffe has taken on the role of chief executive officer for the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).


