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What It’s Like To….Be Treated Like A Rock Star

Joe Eckroth, CIO of Mattel, got a culture shock when he visited China.

What It’s Like To….Take A Real Vacation

Before becoming Vice President of Information Services at Boston's Northeastern University in 1998, Bob Weir worked for 21 years at IBM, where he never got a real vacation.

What It’s Like To….Move To A New Industry

Formerly at Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, ABN Amro Bank and Merrill Lynch, Tsvi Gal is now CIO of Warner Music Group (and his two teenage daughters couldn't be happier).

What It’s Like To….Live In A Two-CIO Family

Lars Rabbe is CIO of Yahoo; Cecilia Claudio is CIO of Align Technology. They've been married 21 years. Claudio recently returned to the states after a 13-month stint as CIO of Zurich Financial Services in Switzerland.

What It’s Like To….Be The Fall Guy

What is it like to be in charge of security at a health-care organization? One employee reveals the truth about his job in information security.

What It’s Like To….Build The World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer

Deputy Associate Director of Computation at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Michel McCoy does extraordinary work.

What It’s Like To….Not Get The Job

Former CIO of J.D. Edwards, now President and CEO of Hyperspace Communications, Mark Endry reveals the secret to a sucessful merger.

What It’s Like To….Get The Job

Former Bank One CIO, now corporate CIO for JPMorgan Chase, Austin Adams knows how to get the job.

What It’s Like To….Walk Into An IT Disaster

CIO of Follett Higher Education Group, Mike Anderson describes the steps taken to overcome IT mayhem.

What It’s Like To….Be The First CIO Of The U.S. Senate

J. Greg Hanson serves his country as Assistant Sergeant at Arms and CIO for the U.S. Senate.

What It’s Like To….Testify Before Congress

CIO for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Kim Nelson informs legislators about important environmental issues by testifying before Congress.

What It’s Like To….Pull The Plug On A Multimillion-Dollar Project

Former CIO (at Dell, Pepsi and elsewhere) and now a frequent contributor to CIO, Jerry Gregoire reveals how he put the stops on a Multimillion-Dollar project.

What It’s Like To….Save Four Lives

CIO and CFO of iBeam Solutions, Paul Bursey recounts how his efforts saved four children's lives.

What It’s Like To….Lose Your Job

Former CIO for advertising agency Leo Burnett, Ron Orrick is now an IT consultant for Eastbay, a sneaker and athletic apparel catalog.

What It’s Like To….Be An Early Adopter

CIO of Lockheed Martin, Joe Cleveland was one of the earliest enterprise adopters of the RIM Blackberry.

What It’s Like To….Bond On Mt. Fuji

Russ Finney, Vice President and CIO of Tokyo Electron America, didn't move mountains to acheive success but he did climb one.

What It’s Like To….Be The Last Man Standing

Former Director of IT Enterprise Operations at Washington Group International, Gary Bronson is now director of computer operations at Albertsons.

What It’s Like To…Work for a 24/7 Entrepreneur

Luther Garcia, global head of e-commerce for London-based online travel site LastMinute.com, is always working.

What It’s Like To…Move a Company to Open Source

A manufacturing company IT director describes how to make the switch to open source.

What It’s Like To..Walk in Your Customers’ Shoes

Janice Newell, Vice President and CIO for Group Health Cooperative, reveals how having surgery contributed to the implementation of a new clinical system.

What It’s Like To…Bear Witness to IT History

Former CIO for Scott Paper, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and (briefly) the FBI, Darwin A. John is considered one of the first people ever to be called a CIO.

What It’s Like To…Be a CIO

No one ever said being a CIO was easy. And over the past few years, it rarely has been. But at least it hasn't been dull.

What It’s Like To…Survive Charley

What It’s Like To…Achieve 100% Uptime

What It’s Like To…Stories We Couldn’t Get

Keric Nomination Derailed

CEOs’ Top Concerns for 2005

The Gathering Storm

Homeland Security News Roundup

How to Be a Hero to Your CFO

A DVR For Your Life

John Chambers: Cisco’s Man Is Everywhere

Gutierrez Nominated to Head Commerce Department

CEOs Need E-Mail Security

Managing by Inclusion

Celebrating 10 Years of the W3C

Madeleine Albright Talks About Global Concerns for CIOs

Do HR Innovations Help?

Getting Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Right

Tag ,You’re Late

Why Wal-Mart's suppliers won't make the Jan. 1 deadline for RFID tagging

In Search Of A Standard

Wal-Mart suppliers are still waiting for the next generation of standardized tags.

Fraud Squad: E-mail Scams

IT Moves into Mainstream Media

The Inner Cost of Outsourcing

When contemplating outsourcing, CIOs should first think about their people.

Blog Resources: Safe and … Secure?

Wall Street: IT Growth in Low Gear

Searching Beyond the Internet

e-Voting for the Candidate of Your Choice

Where Does IT Go in a Supply Chain Overhaul?

Talking Tombstones Bring Words from Beyond the Grave