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RSS carayol directors5 years ago… IT users need a profile boost
News Read silicon.com columnist and former CIO Rene Carayol's take on the difference between a CIO and an IT director. However, it is now up to IT directors to put themselves at the centre of business, he... [08 Dec 2004]
SME Philes: 6 questions CIOs should ask themselves
Comment As the 'real-world' CIO Jury session at silicon.com's CIO Forum in September rattled along, I heard my old friend Rene Carayol talking about CIO being an acronym for 'Career Is Over'. And a few days later, a silicon.com... [10 Nov 2004]
CIO Jury: Tech or exec - which makes the best CIO?
News The debate was sparked by silicon.com columnist and ex-CIO Rene Carayol's comments at the silicon.com CIO Forum last week that CIOs and IT directors have lost credibility in the boardroom and that CEOs... [04 Oct 2004]
CIO - tech, exec or waste of space?
News Ex-CIO and silicon.com columnist Rene Carayol provoked some debate by suggesting that boardrooms have lost faith in IT and that more business people are getting the top IT job because it is easier to teach them about... [01 Oct 2004]
Leader: CIO Forum - in defence of the CIO
Leader Does it stand for, as Rene Carayol said, 'career is over'? Second, it emerged that many of the CIOs, IT directors et al we heard from on the day need to get a little defensive in order to field some of... [30 Sep 2004]
silicon.com CIO Forum offer - need the ear of an IT chief?
News The day will be presented by silicon.com editor Tony Hallett and columnists such as Esther Dyson and Rene Carayol. Leading CIOs, IT directors and heads of IT will be gathering at the silicon.com CIO... [25 Aug 2004]
silicon.com CIO Forum attracting top users
News Look out for silicon.com columnist, former CIO and business guru Rene Carayol representing the prosecution on that one, with industry body Intellect arguing for the defence. With two months left until the silicon.com CIO... [29 Jul 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Ageism is for the also-rans
Comment He had had two CIO jobs in the past and had fallen victim to the usual restructure after the appointment of a new group CEO based in the US who had decided to get rid of the UK-based board of directors and run with two... [26 May 2004]
5 years ago... Carayol calls for IT staff to brush up on business skills
News This was the message from René Carayol, IT director at IPC Magazines, who gave a rallying speech at silicon.com's IT on Board event in London this morning. Attacking the mentality of sulky IT staff who complain that the... [11 Feb 2004]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: "I'm a celebrity CIO"
Comment What's also clear, from silicon.com columnists such as Rene Carayol and David Taylor, who were both once IT directors, to Barclaycard's Adams, who has this year been elevated to COO of Barclaycard... [06 Feb 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Process - no substitute for creativity
Comment Rene Carayol is increasingly concerned with the calibre of person getting on the bottom wrung of IT and the type of individual increasingly taking over at the top. These are the CIOs and IT directors of... [13 Jan 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: The death of the CIO
Comment That’s the way it looks if the recent history of the sector is anything to go by says Rene Carayol. The current crop of CIOs, IT directors, heads of IT - you pick the naming convention - are for the most... [22 Dec 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: Fear of failure
Comment But, again, we could learn a thing or two from what happens in the US, says Rene Carayol. He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. Rene Carayol is a former IT director and board member... [23 Sep 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: My webinar message
Comment He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. But Rene Carayol's introduction to the 'webinar' holds further lessons for those in charge of IT. Rene Carayol is a former IT director and board... [09 Jul 2003]
Change Management: Change is good. But not always
Comment Rene Carayol has been a contributor to and reader of silicon.com for the past four years. Unfortunately, many of the IT directors I met would be there as clients of the big vendors, convincing me... [14 Aug 2002]
