FOR THE CTO, CIO & CISO
SELF-SERVICE BI: Demand for self-service BI tools expected to grow. Business managers want to gain insight from data independent of their IT department and seek self-service business intelligence (BI) tools, according to a new report. Less than one-quarter of the respondents actually have access to those tools now, however. Self-service BI includes the capabilities of software tools and applications that enable business users to access data, analyze it, visualize insights, and share formatted information in reports and dashboards—all without IT’s help. Read more
[CIOINSIGHT.COM]
NETWORKS: Slowdowns are the biggest issue for IT, survey shows. The single most common issue faced by the IT pros surveyed recently by Kelton Research is network slowdowns or outages, which outstripped application
performance problems, availability and even the dreaded “unanticipated change request.” Read more
[COMPUTERWORLD.COM]
BYOD: More than half of employees across the globe bring a mobile device to work. However, when you look at individual countries, the results vary wildly in terms of ownership and adoption — surprisingly, some tech-loving countries are lagging behind. Read more
[CIO.COM]
THE NEW CTO: A CTO must be willing to embrace several new roles. These are called the Futurist, the Distiller, the Change Agent, and the Architect. Read more
[WIRED.COM]
GOVERNMENT TECH NEWS
UK: British Government Proposes a ‘Google Tax’. As some in Europe call for multinational companies to pay more taxes, Britain on Wednesday proposed a new 25 percent tax on the local profits of international companies, including tech giants like Google that use complicated structures to reduce their tax burden. Find out more
[NYTIMES.COM]
OMB & TREASURY: Agencies Under the Gun to Meet Data Transparency Deadlines. The Obama administration has six months to prove its implementation of a sweeping new data transparency law is on track. The Office of Management and Budget and the Treasury Department have until May 2015 to finish hammering out common standards for agencies to identify and track federal financial data as required by the Digital Accountability and and Transparency — or DATA — Act. Find out more
[NETGOV.COM]
STATE TECH BLOGS: 50 Must-Read State and Local IT Blogs 2014. You don’t have to search far for
stellar blogs that cover state and local government IT. For the past two years, StateTech has compiled a list of the best blogs the web has to offer, and this year is no different. Read more
[STATETECHMAGAZINE.COM]
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