business unit in comment and analysis
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment There is also a strong green IT element to the move with a quarter of the number of servers and fewer data centres supporting that business unit now. That state-of-the art tech vision is evident at the recent move of around 2,500 staff from TfL's... [29 Jul 2008]
Take stock for tough times
Comment The Naked CIO: Business misintelligence Reducing range complexity can improve all other parts of the business - from forecasting through to supply chain - and can unlock working capital. With no investment in additional stock it is often possible... [24 Jul 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment This means even though he is a technologist and a public servant, he sees his task in terms of business need. Much of what he is involved in is high level and he couches the issues in terms a business leader, rather than an IT employee, would be... [23 Jun 2008]
David Lister
CIO Profile He says: "I get bored with business-as-usual activities. The role carries the title chief architect for RBS' group manufacturing unit, which provides centralised back-office services including IT for the banking group's many brands such as... [11 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A petabyte before I die...
Comment 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 priorities ¦ Recession fears hit IT... [14 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up She added the 'data guardians' brought in to shake-up data security at the HMRC did not have power to operate outside of the existing HMRC chain of command and that business unit directors and the HMRC chairman retained ultimate responsibility for... [02 May 2008]
Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket
Comment More on the iPhone ¦ Apple iPhone 'ready for business' ¦ Doctor iPhone will see you now… ¦ Video: Apple iPhone is a serious business at last ¦ iPhone making business users smile ¦ iPhone on the Edge 'disappoints' Apple co... [23 Apr 2008]
Centralised or decentralised IT?
Comment By demand, we mean people who work with business unit and functional managers to understand and shape their system's requirements. How can companies structure applications development to be both cost-efficient and responsive to business unit needs? [09 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: An everyday tale of e-crime
Comment At the business end of things I've heard similar stories. What it is calling for is a dedicated cyber-crime police unit to lead investigation in this area. Except that - while it had his address on it - it was in someone else's name. [13 Mar 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment It's very conceivable that if you have your own business unit budget, you can start deploying projects bypassing your IT department completely by deploying them to the cloud. Last December I wrote about the economic impact of this convergence and... [19 Feb 2008]
Minority Report: Buy the iPhone philosophy...
Comment New customers are the be-all and end-all of the mobile business and evidence of the iPhone's US success is plain to see: AT&T signed up more than a million new customers to its network in just 74 days thanks to the iPhone. [05 Oct 2007]
Leader: Time to rethink cyber crime priorities
Leader We're often warned of the menace of cyber crime to UK business - and hear plenty of ideas for what needs to be done to fight back. And last month, user group The Corporate IT Forum talked of the need for a single reporting body for e-crime, warning... [24 Aug 2007]
Q&A: Ashwin Goyall, Oracle VP of industry strategy for financial services
Comment Oracle created a global financial services business unit in June to bring together a number of assets and acquisitions under one umbrella. The formation of the global business unit is taking this approach to the next step. [23 Jul 2007]
The McCue Interview: Richard Snooks, CIO, Capital & Regional
Comment As part of this the IT department is also set to be rebranded as a 'business solutions' unit. That next phase includes a newly created IT strategy board chaired by PY Gerbeau - of Euro Disney and Millennium Dome fame who is now head of the Xscape... [09 Jul 2007]
The CIOs transforming government IT
Comment Suffolk points to successes such as a Transport for London shared service centre that has cut one-third off the group's HR spend in its first year of operation and the NHS Shared Business Service. The CIO Council is charged with creating and... [27 Jun 2007]
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