IT Leadership - News, Features, and Slideshows

• CIOs boost collaboration to fight terrorism financing

  AUSTRAC chief information officer Maria Milosavljevic has spearheaded an international initiative bringing together IT leaders from financial intelligence units (FIUs) across the region to combat terrorism financing.

• Microsoft rented Elop for 14 months at $1.3M per month

  Microsoft's 14-month rent of former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop cost the firm at least $18 million, or about $1.3 million each month.

• Apple's Tim Cook breaks into top 10 CEO list

  Apple CEO Tim Cook today moved up several spots in an annual ranking of the top chief executives in the U.S., climbing eights spots and breaking into the Top 10 for the first time.

• Apple's Ahrendts sells $8.7M in stock as Watch launch nears

  Apple's head of retail and online sales, Angela Ahrendts, has sold almost 70,000 shares of company stock worth approximately $8.7 million since the first of the month, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

• Tim Cook's 2014 pay package dwarfed by new hire Ahrendts'

  Apple CEO Tim Cook's total 2014 compensation of $9.2 million, while more than double his pay package the year before, was dwarfed by the $73.4 million awarded to one of his subordinates, retail chief Angela Ahrendts, regulatory filings revealed yesterday.

• Read CW's new July digital magazine!

  <a href="http://resources.idgenterprise.com/original/AST-0146906_Computerworld_July_2015.pdf">Download</a> the Computerworld Digital Magazine!

• Premier 100 IT Leader: Faye K. Sahai

  With the title of vice president of innovation and advanced technology, it's no surprise that Faye K. Sahai had a hand in cutting-edge projects at <a href="https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org">Kaiser Permanente</a>.

• Premier 100 IT Leader: Gerry McCartney

  <a href="http://www.purdue.edu">Purdue University</a> wants its students to succeed, and it's using big data to make that happen.

• Premier 100 IT Leader: Jay Ferro

  When Jay Ferro, 46, joined the <a href="http://www.cancer.org">American Cancer Society</a> as CIO three years ago, he was given a herculean task -- to transform the nonprofit's 12 independent divisions and corporate headquarters into a single entity, beginning with IT.

• Premier 100 IT Leader: Ryan Boone

  Ryan Boone has a simple philosophy for blending IT with the business at discount retailer <a href="http://www.dollargeneral.com">Dollar General</a>: "Do the work."

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