Today, we talk about how to keep the CIO position relevant in your organization as information and technology becomes more of a commodity, and for those organizations without a CIO, why that is and how to change it.nbsp; As always, I want to hear your comments and any thoughts you have on how to make technology a true part of the executive table, so please email me at spencer@itpodcast.org or post your comments right here. If you want to add this link to your Google homepage, please click here: On our "In the News" Segment, I reference the following articles: Universal Music Group Sues and Looses Google has to turn over 12TB of data to Viacom Microsoft Critical Patches for Server and SQL New 2009 Joint Commission Standards The next show will be released July 19, 2008.

On today's show, we focus on a lot of interesting tech articles that have come out this week, spending a little more time on two of them.nbsp; The first is a discussion about telecommuting and how things differ a bit in different environments, the second is a quick discussion about golf and your career (and having a little fun at the same time). As always, I want to hear your comments so please feel free to email me at spencer@itpodcast.orgnbsp;or post them here on the site. If you want to add this link to your Google homepage, please click here: During our "In the News" segment on today's podcast, here are the links to the articles I referenced. Internet Service Provider Spatnbsp;between Cogent and TeliaSonera $499 1.5m Cat6 RJ45 Cable??? Information about Associated Press going after Blogs nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; San Francisco Chronicle Article nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;MSNBC Article nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Actual court decision documents Glassdoor.com Website Oracle Increasesnbsp;Pricesnbsp; IT Workers Willing to Take 10% Pay Cut to Telecommute CIO Magazine Article written by John Halamka about Telecommuting Can Playing Golf Help Your Career? I hope you enjoy this week's show, the next podcast will be released right around July 5th...perhaps a day or two early since I will probably be camping the mountains over the weekend.By the way opening bumper music on the podcast was my 8 year old son playing his harmonica. Thank you for listening.

In today's show, we are going to talk about how to take one of many time management tools and modifying it slightly to use it as a management tool for your team.nbsp; Attached to this post is a Micros

Sorry for being a week late on releasing the latest show, but I had to play catchup after our trip to Kauai. Today's show starts out with some awesome music from an artist I just heard of and purchas

Because I was unable to get the interview with executives from Meditech this last week, we will fall back to our typical format with news and information, followed by some questions about leadership a