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CIOs at Asos and the British Library reveal how their web strategies underpin the entire organisation
OPINION
13/02/2008
How to become green heroes
David Tebbutt recommends telecommuting, IP networks and virtualisation as powerful ways to save the business money
13/02/2008
FAST solutions to lost causes
Nick Patience examines how Microsoft’s acquisition of FAST could help CIOs get to grips with the useful storage of elusive information
How CIOs can lead true innovation
Simon La Fosse explains how technology leaders are uniquely placed to relieve CEOs from clichéd thinking and help bring about true innovation
25/01/2008
Benchmarks to be legal building blocks
Performance ratings are a likely foundation for legislators in their fight against climate change
25/01/2008
The importance of life-cycle management
Acquiring the right applications is one thing, but CIOs need to focus just as much on life-cycle management
Becoming the person you want to be
Brinley Platts reveals the route to becoming more effective in your career and personal life – as well as the winner of last month’s festive sports quiz
01/01/2008
How technology can drive business performance
IT may never matter to some businesses, but to others it’s the lifeblood of a thriving organisation. How we move forward is the real question
01/11/2007
Leading transformation through dynamics
It’s dynamics – not strategy – that can really change how people work for the better. And CIOs are the key people to lead the transformation, says Gartner’s Andrew Rowsell-Jones
01/11/2007
Creating an IT strategy that makes a difference
In the second of a series of articles by senior Gartner analysts, Dave Aron explores creating an IT strategy that makes a difference
01/11/2007
The benefits of free software
CIOs have steered well clear of free tools up until now but there’s no reason why they can’t be used for specific projects
21/10/2007
Virtualisation: no longer an if but a question of when
If you’re thinking of adopting virtualisation throughout your enterprise, you’re not alone. According to IDC, more than 50 per cent of physical servers will be virtualised by 2011. Such is the growth in the technology in fact, that the physical server is expected to slow to a crawl within a few years.
25/09/2007
Why CIOs need to have a mobility strategy
Mobility will be a critical business enabler in the future, and if you don’t have a mobile strategy then you need to start thinking, says Johna Till Johnson, President, Nemertes Research
24/09/2007
Get a grip on your career
You are used to managing projects and achieving goals. So why aren’t you applying these skills to your own career, asks Simon La Fosse, MD, La Fosse Associates
21/09/2007
Q&A: Web 2.0: Should CIOs be excited or scared of social computing?
Is there something new going on with Web 2.0? Have we been here before? Web 2.0 frenzy is producing startups like rabbits; it’s persuaded the VCs to open their wallets again. But Web 2.0 is nothing like Web 1.0. Is it?
10/09/2007
Government's local freedom fighter
Sunderland City Council’s CIO Steve Williams has worked on both sides of the public and private divide. He explains to Ambrose McNevin why the IT challenges are universal.
22/08/2007
The next bit of Dave's next thing
Dave Duffield might be one of the pioneers of the applications software market, but he’s not averse to clambering on a successful bandwagon.
16/08/2007
Salesforce.com heads back to black
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, is on typically ebullient form, fuelled by the return to the black in the second quarter of the SaaS market leader. For the quarter ended July 31, the company earned $3.7 million (£1.86m), up from a loss of $145,000 (£73,066) in the same period last year with revenue up $176.6m (£89m) from $118.1m (£59.5m).
24/07/2007
Moving beyond consultation
It is an interesting indicator of the changing state of our political culture that even the most secretive and centralising of governments now feel obliged to insist they consult closely with the public on key issues. At the same time, stakeholders regularly complain about the lack of consultation. They say decision-making is too closed, top-down and unresponsive.
13/07/2007
Ahead of the curve
Most people don’t realise that business clichés don’t just happen; they’re purposefully invented by people such as Vern Hackular, senior vice-president of development for Dissembling Associates, widely regarded as the world’s largest developer of babble. Danbom interviewed Hackular in the firm’s New York office.
12/07/2007
