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How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment In an exclusive interview, silicon.com reporter Tim Ferguson spoke to Chui about the report he co-authored on how CIOs can overcome the significant challenges posed by the business world emerging from the global... [18 Nov 2009]
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. Jeff Mann, research vice president at the analyst house,... [17 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]
Revealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News However, CIOs have told silicon.com that they don't intend to upgrade to Windows 7 in 2010, and are instead likely to hold out until the year after. Currently, eight out of 10 new PCs run Windows XP, nearly eight years... [09 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Forrester analyst Chris Mines has come up with a list of recommendations for CIOs to be putting into action now: But many organisations have found the key is to align green goals with broader... [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. 2009 may not be over yet but... [22 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]
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 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 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 managed, while costs... [15 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying no to Macs
News While CIOs may be content to keep Macs in the departments they've always occupied, end users have other ideas, gradually introducing Apple machines into enterprises by the back door. Apple's desktop market share has been... [02 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]
Apple tablet or no Apple tablet, business is the device's natural home
News A straw poll of ten CIOs revealed a unanimous yes vote to the question 'Is there a place in business for tablet PCs? However, while all the CIOs questioned believe that tablets are suitable for business... [13 Aug 2009]
