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White Paper Successfully implementing those idiosyncrasies will be the CIO's dominant operational challenge and the organization's ultimate source of value differentiation. Organizations are going to have to expend more time, thought and ingenuity determining... [09 Jul 2008]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile Richard Steel has been with Newham Borough Council since 1989, undertaking a variety of tech management roles before assuming the CIO role. He's involved in a number of other groups, including the Public Sector Infrastructure Group, Government... [11 Jun 2008]
Stock Exchange offers low latency feeds
News In a statement, LSE CIO David Lester said: "The introduction 12 months ago of TradElect has facilitated record volume growth in our markets. Savvis' service will connect investors to the exchange's Infolect and TradElect electronic trading... [10 Jun 2008]
Microsoft plans to go it alone online
News 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 ... [07 May 2008]
Centralised or decentralised IT?
Comment The Naked CIO: Innovation - same old story Exclusive column: The Naked CIO See what this CIO really thinks… The Naked CIO: Boadroom stereotypes The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty The Naked CIO: Cut the bull [09 Apr 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment Laurie Heltsley, P&G Director of Strategic Projects, is responsible for various media-related initiatives across the organisation and reports direct to the CIO office. The Naked CIO HD video and spatial audio developed direct with Cisco is... [19 Feb 2008]
CIO Connect sold in management buyout
News A management-led buyout team has bought IT management networking organisation CIO Connect from the National Computing Centre (NCC). The buyout was led by CIO Connect CEO Nick Kirkland and supported by investment from Shackleton Ventures. [19 Feb 2008]
ACP - The Truth About Power Consumption Starts Here
White Paper As the world shifted from propriety expensive mainframe technologies to lower cost industry-standard servers, the demands of power on the data center grew and the relationship between energy costs and consumption became clearer, registering a... [14 Feb 2008]
The Naked CIO: Time to wage war on home users
Comment Our embattled hero - newly appointed CIO at a largish firm - discovers there's a big difference between home workers and home users… Why do we provide PCs and internet connectivity for staff who from time to time want to connect to the office from... [04 Feb 2008]
CIOs vital in mergers and acquisitions
News The majority of CIOs have been involved in up to three M&As and also believe that IT divisions should be involved in the process from the outset, research by CIO Connect has found. The CIO's role in the M&A process is also changing, with companies... [10 Jan 2008]
CIOs forced to shoulder disaster recovery role
News Also speaking at the SunGard-sponsored roundtable, Richard Nichols, associate director at IT executive club CIO Connect, said there's a default position where people assume it's the CIO's responsibility. [07 Nov 2007]
BlackBerrys and PDAs bad for work/life balance
News All of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel agreed BlackBerrys and smart phones have improved their productivity but warned it can have a negative impact on work/life balance without judicious use of the off-switch. [18 Jul 2007]
Photos: Technology at the heart of Terminal 5
Photo Paul Coby, British Airways (BA) CIO, said: "Technology is at the heart of everything [T5] does. Above - two workers connect one of the customer bag drop points to the state-of-the-art baggage handling system. [17 Jul 2007]
Techies lack communication and leadership skills
News The survey of 135 members of CIO Connect cited selling the benefits of a proposed change programme and communicating the nature of project changes to stakeholders as two of the key challenges for IT departments. [27 Jun 2007]
Remote and mobile working tech "essential"
News Ten of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said their IT infrastructure now enables a significant proportion of their employees to either work from home or remotely. If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small... [18 May 2007]
