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Why Can't a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

Harvard Business Review

I''m fascinated by how deftly conversations about information growth turn immediately to hand-wringing over how to store and secure it, avoiding the issue of its creation. The time is ripe for CIOs to take a page from the CFOs'' playbook to ensure both accountability and responsibility for information creation.

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What Google Glass Reveals About Privacy Fears

Harvard Business Review

That''s because the real privacy constraint on companies has always been consumer outrage. The important take-away for product makers isn''t so much about what they do with personalized data, but how they design and test a new offering, launch it, explain it to consumers, and provide tools for information management.

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