Becoming the CIO – The Convergence of I.T. Strategy and Business Value Propositions

Since I’m new to the CIO space on the internet,  I am looking to find great CIO blogs to read. As I search for these blogs, I might as well share the blogs that I find with my readers in hopes that they will find them useful.

After scouring for hours in searches and links. Here are the top resources/blogs that I have found:

1. Geek Doctor – http://geekdoctor.blogspot.com/ – This blog is written by John D. Halamka, MD, MS, is Chief Information Officer of the CareGroup Health System.

2. Candid CIO - http://candidcio.com/ – This is the Blog of Will Weider, CIO of Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System. We have 14.5 hospitals and 400 employed physician across northern Wisconsin. This is the place where I share what I have learned through my mistakes and other crazy things in the life of a healthcare CIO

3. Harold’s Blog from University of Calgary – http://www.ucalgary.ca/blogs/harold – Harold Esche blogs about the accomplishments, challenges and his vision as chief information officer of UCIT.

4. CIO blog – http://www.cioblog.co.uk/ - Thoughts and Comments on the Management of Technology from a UK CIO (Chief Information Officer)

5. The accidental successful CIO – http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/ – In this blog,  Dr. Anderson offers his insights on how to get business and the IT groups to work together for the betterment of the firm.

6. The Nutty CIO – http://www.thenuttycio.com/blog/ – The nutty CIO blog is a tongue in cheek look at everything ICT and Technology related, with hopefully a smattering of good old common sense and possibly an idea or two of how to tackle the same old problems, smarter not necessarily harder.

7. CIO at Harvey Mudd -http://cioatharveymudd.blogspot.com/ – Joseph Vaughan is CIO and Vice President for Computing and Information Services at Harvey Mudd College

8. The Effective CIO - http://effectivecio.com/ – I want to talk about being a CIO, about solving problems, about helping people, about making a difference.  I also like to share lots of things that I think are worth noting, even if they don’t directly pertain to being a CIO or using computers.

9. Beyond Blinking Lights and Acronyms – http://mikeschaffner.typepad.com/michael_schaffner/ – Mike Schaffner on Managing Information Technology and Your IT Career

10. CIO Guy -  http://www.cioguy.com/ – General thoughts and postings about issues that I encounter in my role as a CIO. Topics may include healthcare administration, physician relationships, technology, and improving community health.