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CIO Diary, Avis Europe: Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2010, Cannes - day one
09 Nov 2010 -
CIO Diary, Abbey Protection Group: Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2010, Cannes - day one
09 Nov 2010 -
Hitting a brick wall
08 Nov 2010
This is a guest post by Adam Gerrard, group chief information officer (CIO) at car rental firm Avis Europe. Gerrard is currently attending the sessions at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Cannes. The ...
This is a guest post by Toby Clarke, chief information officer at insurance firm Abbey Protection Group. Clarke is currently attending the sessions at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Cannes. The ...
We talk a fair bit about how IT executives need to be more involved with the overall strategy of the organisation they are working for, but what happens if the business doesn't 'get' IT? The ...
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The new CIO: Becoming the catalysts for business change
29 Oct 2010 -
Spending Review: Focus on quick IT savings raises concerns
18 Oct 2010 -
Spending Review: "Winter of discontent" ahead for UK IT
14 Oct 2010 -
The new CIO: "Who do I trust?"
29 Sep 2010 -
The CIO as Chief Intelligence Officer
- Telecity Group 28 Sep 2010 -
'Grey beards' preferred in senior IT recruitment
17 Sep 2010 -
The next few weeks in central government IT
16 Sep 2010
This is a guest post by Neil Farmer, a director of Informal Networks Limited. The company specialises in 'switching on' organisational intelligence.
"I'm scared that we will focus on quick wins and cuts and never get round to the transformation that is desperately needed in government procurement."
I am talking to a few people about their predictions for the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) and will be posting different perspectives from industry players here ahead of the ...
This is a guest post by Neil Farmer, a director of Informal Networks Limited. The company specialises in 'switching on' organisational intelligence."During their first few weeks, a newly appointed ...
The CIO as Chief Intelligence Officer has a complete awareness of trends, competition and markets and communicates these to the enterprise.
Yesterday I had a chat with Jason Addicott, an associate director for the IT division of recruitment firm Robert Walters, about the trends they've observed in the senior IT ranks over the past few ...
Deputy government CIO Bill McCluggage today outlined what the next few weeks will hold for public sector IT.As well as waiting for the comprehensive spending review, IT staff can expect to hear ...
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Knowing "the business" - the perennial debate
14 Sep 2010 -
The CIO as Chief Implementation Officer
- Telecity Group 12 Sep 2010 -
Is HMV's strategy out of tune?
10 Sep 2010 -
IT Capability Reviews: diving below the surface
02 Sep 2010 -
The CIO as Chief Instigation Officer
- Telecity Group 25 Aug 2010
"Knowing the business" seems to be the main attribute of great IT leaders and something that the vast majority of the managers I talk to as essential to succeed. But how do you get to know the ...
The great CIO as Chief Implementation Officer is the spade wielding, no nonsense and completely focused delivery tool that turns the great ideas of the Intsigator into operational fact and excellence.
Yesterday, retailer HMV Group said sales in UK and Ireland fell by almost 15%, once again demonstrating how companies from the sector are struggling to catch up with the changing customer demands...
So far this year, thirteen new CIOs have been appointed in FTSE 100 companies. By the time you read this, the number will probably be higher.Those CIOs with good listening skills and a sensitive ...
In the quest for IT to be recognised as a completely integrated business function the CIO is increasingly being advised to dress, talk and walk the walk of business whilst at the same time driving ...