CIOs
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News The group is open to all silicon.com readers, from CIOs and IT directors to other business leaders - including CEOs, finance directors, HR, sales and marketing chiefs who want to help their organisation reach its goals... [06 Nov 2009]
Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News But there are significant rewards for CIOs willing to tough it out, Cheesbrough said, with TMG finding a spike in staff satisfaction and productivity six months after users completed their move to the new system. [04 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News But many organisations have found the key is to align green goals with broader cost-cutting initiatives - which are definitely in vogue with CIOs and CFOs. Forrester analyst Chris Mines has come up with a list of... [29 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News It's a question many CIOs are wrestling with: can open source help make your IT budget stretch a little further in these tough economic times? While some CIOs are enthusiastic about the potential savings... [28 Oct 2009]
Who do you trust when you're spending your IT budget?
News When it comes to deciding how to spend a hard-won portion of the IT budget, who do CIOs trust for advice? According to a survey by industry watchers Pierre Audoin Consultants and the IT Services Marketing Association... [28 Oct 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News Vincent is also planning to talk to the CIOs of its sister companies Tata Technologies and outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services about how they could work more closely together in future. Following its sale by... [26 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to silicon.com's latest exclusive CIO Jury. In contrast, several... [23 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News 2009 may not be over yet but analysts have already revealed the top 10 strategic techs that CIOs should be looking at next year. No stranger to Gartner's strategic lists, virtualisation - however, this time the analyst... [22 Oct 2009]
How can today's CIO make the biggest impact on their organization? Learn more here
White Paper We listened to more than 2500 CIOs worldwide, including 158 CIOs from midsize firms. Those discussions showed us the demands on CIOs are changing, and in reaction, how today's... [21 Oct 2009]
Panic slowly. Integrated disaster response and built-in business continuity
White Paper IBM's point of view paper helps CIOs and IT professionals assess their company's own preparedness, examine new approaches and technologies, and explore the business justification for investing in disaster preparedness... [21 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News But for some CIOs on older OSes, the cost impetus to adopt Windows 7 is already stacking up, thanks to the aging nature of Windows XP. For CIOs looking to build a case for the adoption of Windows 7 in... [21 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment CIOs must set clear objectives on issues such as whether to focus on green within the IT department, the business, or both, and then make sure that IT and business partners understand the trade-offs. Having done all... [21 Oct 2009]
Cost saving drives unified communications projects
News When CIOs get past these initial hurdles they also need to be aware of the potential pitfalls lying in wait for implementers. For example it might mean bringing together instant messaging, presence information, video... [20 Oct 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News The news is not all good for CIOs, however: for more than half of tech chiefs, budgets won't grow in real terms next year while spending will only return to 2008 levels in 2012. CIOs shouldn't expect a... [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News Wondering how to make that tech budget stretch a little further? Perhaps you might like to take a long hard look at your server estate. IT departments around the world are wasting money supporting millions of servers that are not doing... [19 Oct 2009]
