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Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment As Nick Kirkland, chief executive of IT leaders' forum CIO Connect, says: "Most CIOs I know are considering [UCC] projects rather than doing them. Gartner thinks by 2013 current distinctions among the... [17 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Research by Gartner earlier this year predicted one in five businesses will be using virtualisation by year's end - up from 12 per cent in 2008.silicon.com's CIO Agenda research also found many heads of IT are eyeing the... [11 Nov 2009]
Inbox: Social networking can help you secure a job
Comment The Naked CIO gets some mixed reactions to his views on the redundancy of social networks; open source advocates hit back at CIOs claiming it costs too much to migrate; and readers weigh in on whether netbooks are fit... [11 Nov 2009]
Windows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
News Steve Jobs' agenda-setting wasn't the only popular Apple article on silicon.com last month: an article entitled why CIOs are saying no to Macs, which polled the CIO Jury on the Mac vs PC debate also proved a hit with... [09 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]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News No stranger to Gartner's strategic lists, virtualisation - however, this time the analyst identifies live migration as a key technology for CIOs to have their eye on. As virtualisation advances and the... [22 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet A silicon.com CIO Jury found a cautious approach among CIOs, with just one of the IT chiefs polled saying they plan to adopt the operating system in 2010, with 2011 cited as a likely rollout date by a number of tech bosses. [20 Oct 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News According to Gartner, it's an issue that CFOs need to be on top of - and as such, CIOs need to make sure they're explaining the matter in a way the CFO can grasp. The news is not all good for... [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News Gartner analyst Rakesh Kumar told silicon.com that because project managers buy more new hardware and new software for each project, consolidation is not happening - and that IT departments need to be going back and... [19 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: The five things you need to be thinking about now
News Budget considerations should also be front of mind for CIOs - according to Gartner figures, moving from XP to Windows 7 could cost between $1,035 to $1,930 per user depending on how the rollout is... [15 Oct 2009]
Macs more likely to be used on your network but you didn't pay for them
Comment But in this exclusive article, in response to the CIO Jury findings, Michael Silver, research VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner argues that just because CIOs aren't buying Macs, that doesn't mean... [21 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News Read an exclusive article, in response to the CIO Jury findings, from Michael Silver, research VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner who argues that just because CIOs aren't buying Macs, that doesn't... [21 Sep 2009]
Software as a service leaves users feeling 'underwhelmed'
News However, low customer satisfaction could mean that the move towards SaaS - which has led CIOs to predict all software will be hosted by 2013 - could be hobbled by customers finding the hype not matching up to the reality. [08 Jul 2009]
CIOs: Go large for services
Comment So, where Harrison and Lindberg solved a large complex problem by going small, CIOs and IT executives should consider going large to solve problems in their services approach. When it comes to managing services, thinking... [24 Jun 2009]
Beat the recession with BI
Comment CIOs are being asked to justify investments in IT for their ability to add to the company's bottom line and help drive increasingly tight margins. CIOs are increasingly being required to invest in... [10 Jun 2009]
