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    Robert A. James replied to the topic CTO/CIO relationships in the forum CTO Forum – Chief Technology Officers 9 years, 5 months ago

    I enjoyed your post, Andy. Because my organization is on the smaller size, I end up serving as both the CIO and CTO. I do believe there is overlap between these two roles and in smaller organizations there has to be. As the organization gets bigger and the amount of time needed to dedicate to these two roles gets greater, then that would be the…[Read more]

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    Robert A. James replied to the topic Kindle, Nook, and ipad 2.0 Debate in the forum Miscellaneous 9 years, 12 months ago

    There is a free application for the iPad called OverDrive. You register your local library with the application (not all library systems are set up for this yet) and then you check out books that download to the iPad for the prescribed length of time. I had to sign up for a library card with the next county over from me since my county library…[Read more]

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    Robert A. James replied to the topic IT Structure for Muncipalities in the forum Budget / Performance 10 years ago

    We generally manage services in house. We buy off-the-shelf software versus in house development. We have two departmental apps that are hosted offsite with an eye toward more of this in the future as it makes sense.

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    Robert A. James replied to the topic IT Structure for Muncipalities in the forum Budget / Performance 10 years ago

    Our IT shop also includes GIS responsibilities so when asked this question I say we have 4.5 IT personnel and 1.5 GIS personnel. We support approximately 293 employees. I hope this helps for your comparison.

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    Robert A. James joined the group Group logo of CTO Forum - Chief Technology OfficersCTO Forum – Chief Technology Officers 21 years, 3 months ago

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