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CIO's - a light at the end of the tunnel
Talkback Another legacy Elephant that will sit under the table until the next year, when the need for further enterprise agility will once again demand a 'not-so-agile' 6-12 month re-engineering project. Clearly legacy is still a huge problem, regardless of...
[August 28, 2007, 16:54]
CIOs plan to make the most of tight budgets in 2009
News The Corporate IT Forum asked some of its top CIO members about their priorities for 2009, with managing costs and careful budgeting — as well as cutting back on technology for technology's sake — surfacing as key issues.
[December 8, 2008, 12:30]
2003 -- a CIO's guide
News The next year will be a tough one for the chief information officer (CIO), or the IT manager as he or she used to be known. If the CIO can't justify his or her place in the business, that place will be eroded.
[January 2, 2003, 11:57]
Buy or rebuild core systems?
News I recently spent a few days reviewing the design and operational issues of an existing system with a CIO and his development manager. In this kind of scenario, a CIO has to determine the best strategy for replacing outdated applications.
[September 1, 2002, 20:42]
Britain to appoint head of e-government
News The post is effectively a chief information officer (CIO) position and will replace the role of e-envoy. Later, we deepened our role to focus on improving the take-up of those online services," said Pinder, adding that a CIO approach was now needed...
[December 15, 2003, 13:55]
Dell admits Indian mistake
News The call-centre operation for the OptiPlex desktops and Latitude laptops was moved back to the US and, in an exclusive interview with silicon.com, Dell CIO Randy Mott said the Bangalore centre was unable to deal satisfactorily with the volume of...
[April 1, 2004, 13:00]
Massachusetts picks new CIO
News The administration of Governor Mitt Romney said on Monday that it has appointed Louis Gutierrez as CIO. That decision has been contested by state politicians, leading to the resignation of Peter Quinn, the former CIO and one of the main architects...
[January 31, 2006, 16:10]
Government seeks chief information officer
News The government CIO role was created more than a year ago to improve public sector projects and change the face of public services through the use of IT. In terms of experience, the person will have been a CIO or IT director of an enterprise or...
[January 30, 2006, 16:00]
Dell preaches what it practises
News He's been with the company for three years now, and as a 22-year veteran of Wal-Mart, the last six of which he spent as CIO, Mott knows a thing or two about fast-growing companies with lots of revenue -- in Wal-Mart's case, more revenue than...
[April 16, 2003, 8:40]
Microsoft announces new IT chief
News Devenuti, a 17-year Microsoft veteran, was appointed to run the company's services unit in addition to serving as CIO, following the departure of services chief Mike Sinneck last fall. Ron Markezich, who previously managed Microsoft's call centres...
[May 10, 2004, 9:30]
Survey benchmarks UK earnings for tech workers
News However, the lowest CIO salary flagged by the research is £30,000 for a permanent CIO working in East Anglia. London is not necessarily the best place to be a CIO who charges by the hour: average contract rates in the capital are £57 per hour, but...
[August 3, 2009, 9:16]
Cost-cutting prompts closer look at Linux
News Speaking on a panel at a venture capital conference on Wednesday, the CIO of clothing retailer Gap and a tech executive from Bank of America said they are among the Linux converts. Topping Gap's list of priority technology projects is "anything...
[October 10, 2003, 15:35]
US Telecoms giant looks at throwing Windows out
News The CIO is also the company's chief technology officer and is responsible for AT&T's research and development. Any CIO would not be doing due diligence if they are not looking at their options now. AT&T expects to make a decision on the merits of...
[October 6, 2004, 9:05]
UK government IT spend to top £12bn
News The creation of a central government CIO role to oversee a common technology strategy is key to a properly 'joined-up' government, according to Gartner. Just last month e-envoy Andrew Pinder proposed the creation of a UK government CIO to merge his...
[October 20, 2003, 14:30]
Failing IT staff under pressure
News Christopher Small, director of public sector at Telewest Business, said part of the problem is that strategy decisions in many organisations are still made above the CIO or IT director's head. I do not think there has ever been a more challenging...
[February 3, 2005, 8:35]
CIOs pessimistic about their own technology
News For example, although IT issues were the number one reason given by chief executives for loss of sleep, the CIO is much more pessimistic about both the importance of their role, and the likelihood of failure.
[October 25, 2002, 8:48]
Whitehall gives nod for increased IT offshoring
News Andrew Gay, acting chief information officer (CIO) for the Ministry of Justice, said there is scope for more work to be carried out offshore in his department, giving the example of application development for a system such as the C-Nomis offender...
[June 25, 2009, 12:52]
2005: More money means more decisions
News IT leaders must change their own and the organisation's direction, and set a new course for the people who work for them," claims analyst Gartner in its latest forecast, CIO 'Must do' Resolutions for 2005.
[December 31, 2004, 11:10]
Video: "Taking a Seat at the Executive Table: The Reality of Virtualization"
White Papers Join Bob Melk, Group Publisher, IDG Enterprise, Dee Waddell, CIO of Amtrak, Alicia Barco, VP of IT at Paradigm Corporation, Bill Miller , CIO of El Paso County -- plus Robin Purohit, VP and GM of Software Products from HP Software for alternative...
[January 6, 2010, 12:30]
FISMA: Making the Grade - An Introduction to the Federal Information Security Management Act
White Papers FISMA requires both an internal evaluation under the direction of the CIO and an independent assessment under the direction of the agency Inspector General. FISMA goes further, however, requiring objective assessments of the effectiveness of...
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
