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RSS cio 50Information Security: Vulnerability Scanning Requirements for GISRA
White Paper In the summer of 1999, the NASA CIO identified approximately 50 of the most serious vulnerabilities whose presence on a computer could be verified by network scanning tools. The CIO purchased and deployed to all Centers a standard suite of network... [03 Jul 2008]
Drive Down Your Mainframe Costs by 50%
White Paper Join financial services market leader Transamerica Life Canada CIO, Naj Hirani, and Sun Microsystems for a one-hour Net Talk to find out how Transamerica dramatically reduced its mainframe costs by more than 50% in just 10 weeks by rehosting... [03 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO See what this CIO really thinks… The Naked CIO: Business misintelligence The Naked CIO: Price of panic The Naked CIO: The skills drain needs fixing The Naked CIO: Madness in the method [26 Jun 2008]
London Stock Exchange to ramp up electronic trading
News In a statement, LSE CIO David Lester said: "Since its launch, TradElect has delivered a stepchange in the trading capabilities to the London market and has set new benchmarks in terms of system capacity and performance. [20 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Flying high with the UK's best CIOs
Comment The list really is driven by silicon.com's CIO community. And then we unveiled the list at what is now the UK's premier CIO event. Having covered the industry for more than a decade I would say that this year's CIO50 was the most successful CIO... [19 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Martin Taylor, group CIO, LCH.Clearnet
Comment Martin Taylor is a true CIO big hitter who has moved effortlessly across industry sectors turning around and revitalising failing IT functions. Taylor joined as an interim CIO in the summer of 2006 with the organisation's IT strategy in a mess - a... [17 Jun 2008]
Video: The secret of good leadership
Video At this year's exclusive silicon.com CIO 50 event, the UK's leading CIOs revealed their top tips for leadership success. What are the secrets to good leadership? Find out from the people at the top. [13 Jun 2008]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News Royal Mail's Robin Dargue has been voted the UK's top CIO as he embarks on a mammoth technology-based £2bn transformation programme aimed at making the 360-year-old organisation leaner and able to compete better in the deregulated postal market. [11 Jun 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment And not every CIO has a degree. Unilever CIO Neil Cameron, number three on the CIO50 2008 list, admits quite happily to being a failed art college dropout. She eventually made the step to CIO after 11 years in consulting with PA Consulting. [11 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment At the CIO level that gender imbalance is even more pronounced when combined with the senior management glass ceiling that also continues to keep women executives across all management professions out of the boardroom. [11 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment Patrolling the mean streets of London on a Friday evening isn't where you would usually find a CIO but then not many CIOs get to experience front line service in the way the Metropolitan Police Service's director of information management Ailsa... [02 Jun 2008]
Vista basks in public sector praise
Case Study PCs used by visitors will be upgraded to Vista and for Newham's acting CIO Geoff Connell, the upgrade is driven in part by the public's expectations. Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, launched in January 2007, has had a mixed reaction... [30 May 2008]
Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News By knowing this, the CIO was able to work out an accurate budget for replacing hardware. Viruses, dodgy printers, unsupported open source software and iTunes are all among the 10 most common tech problems that can cost money or lead to security... [29 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Warped perceptions
Comment Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ¦ Cost-cutting tops CIO... [28 May 2008]
Is SOA testing tough enough?
Comment The Naked CIO: Unequal opportunities The Naked CIO: Is open source dead? The Naked CIO: Cut the bull The Naked CIO: The true cost of IT The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects The Naked CIO: Boardroom stereotypes [20 May 2008]
