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TECHNOLOGY > Infrastructure
Recent Articles
Virgin Rail, platforms for IT change
The rail industry never stands still, and Virgin Rail’s IT chief Francis Jellings knows that goes for the IT infrastructure as much as the rolling stock
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CIOs are forced to go green
Under pressure: 10 sources pushing CIOs to go green
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Virtualisation software will help optimise IT for business needs
Virtually aligned
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Is IT achieving green?
As more and more organisations assess their impact on the planet and opt to go ‘green’, concerns are being raised as to the actual progress being made, if at all? Elana Varon takes a closer look.
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How to become green heroes
David Tebbutt recommends telecommuting, IP networks and virtualisation as powerful ways to save the business money
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Rolling with the changes: Pirelli CIO Dario Scagliotti
New projects provide multiple system integration problems which are a challenge to any business. CIO talks to the technology leader at one company making tracks in cost-effective manufacturing and logistics
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Overhaul at the British Council
The face of Britain abroad, formally known as the British Council, has re-engineered its IT department to be a consultancy to its users rather than a backroom
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In-depth investigation
Computer forensics has helped bust scams across the country – but could this re-emerging discipline help your organisation? Ambrose McNevin takes a look at the evidence
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Crude certainties: the CIO's role in cutting pollution
There’s no escaping rising oil prices and the need to cut carbon emissions. It is the CIO who can provide major answers at most organisations, writes Kim Thomas
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An improvised path to CEO
An unplanned but ultimately rewarding journey has led former CIO Adrian Bagg to the top role at leading disability charity the Papworth Trust
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Latest Concern Articles
People Leadership > Forging a Business Partner
CIOs reshape their IT culture to create an organization capable of partnering strategically with the rest of the business
Infrastructure Refresh > Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud
Sumner Lemon
Business Alignment > The future state of the CRM market
SaaS payment will push it to the fore of CRM adoption in current market
Managing Budgets > Business intelligence oils the wheels of oil sector profit
BI tools are essential the multiple facets of the oil industry and its recent profits
Security > Know thy customer
Emerging markets are pioneering BI usage in traditional sectors like the oil industry
Managing Customers > Provident Financial IT director Penny Jones on climbing obstacles
Provident Financial IT director Penny Jones has a wealth of experience in business technology, but worries over the place of women, young recruits and the effects of outsourcing
Compliance > Essential reading, books every CIO should have
Fact and fiction mesh for success
Resource Management > Google: We are deadly serious about the enterprise
Search giant marks 10 years with renewed commitment to IT directors
Managing Change > Cracking IT vendor relations
It’s not easy to bend your supplier to your own will to get the products you need, but there are ways of making them talk
Latest News
Royal College of Physicians virtualises servers with VMware
The Royal College of Physicians has completed a server virtualisation project aimed at improving member services and simplifying its control over systems.
IT directors to challenge vendors' green claims
IT suppliers are going to be put on the spot at a special event organised by the green charity Global Action Plan .
Oracle enters hardware market for first time
Oracle is set to take the plunge into the hardware market. CEO Larry Ellison has announced two high-end servers, developed in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard that have been designed to tackle data warehousing applications.
Shell restructures IT architects for standardisation
Royal Dutch Shell has said hiring IT architects gave it “direction” and made sure its many technology teams collaborated effectively.
NHS to make patient data available to private companies
The records of millions of NHS patients could be accessed by private firms under proposed plans from the government.
Articles In Other Technology Areas
Databases > Richard Sykes: It’s the humans, stupid!
Technology doesn’t just develop itself, and talent management skills are vital when it comes to innovative projects
Security > What CEOs want from their next IT leaders
A panel at the CIO Leadership event in Boston pooled thoughts on what CEOs want from their next IT leaders.
Business Applications > Gavin Michael: the Lloyds TSB Global villager
Commuting between Australia and the UK is just another challenge for Gavin Michael, the CIO of retail banking at Lloyds TSB
Internet/eCommerce > Why CIOs think developers are clueless
What do CIOs and IT directors want from their developers? A little bit of understanding and sympathy for the aims of the organisation that employs them, according to research carried out by CIO.com
Mobile IT > Can Web 2.0 save BI?
Business Intelligence 2.0, a world in which one of BI's original big promises is finally being met.
Communications > Groupe Danone North America CIO Jeff Hutchinson on videoconferencing
Jeff Hutchinson, North America CIO at food product giant Groupe Danone, explains how the firm’s innovation team develops solutions like videoconferencing
Outsourcing > Managing career-threatening risks
Today’s comprehensive rules and regulations mean that any CIO can fall foul of the regulators. So what are the experts’ guidelines on managing career-threatening risks?
SOA > Andy Hayler: The innovation game
Identifying five recent enterprise software innovations is almost as difficult as naming five famous Belgians, says Andy Hayler
