Today, everybody in business knows the crucial role of a good CIO. The CIO has to both understand technology, and think like a CEO. Last year’s book, “The Practical CIO,” by Jose Eiras, provided multiple suggestions, including not just focusing on the tech products, but showing what those products can do. And “spread out”
For the past two years, the U.S. DOT's research efforts have been on a new program called IntelliDrive(SM). IntelliDrive(SM) is planned to use an inter-networked, wireless communications mesh of two main parts -- the existing cellular system, plus a new 5.9 GHz bandwidth allocation. The program hopes to improve vehicle safety by allowing short range