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Comment The consensus is outsourcing will not be affected by the downturn, because more executives will use it to reduce costs. What will happen to outsourcing if budgets are trimmed and belts tightened? A careful look at key aspects of existing contracts...
[10 Apr 2008]
Comment I sometimes wonder if there is any place for it in a modern organisation that prides itself on competition between executives and relies on Darwinism - the survival of the fittest - for long-term success.
[25 Mar 2008]
Comment At the top of that list sits data protection - the single most important legal issue by a wide margin, according to a recent Quocirca survey of 250 German, UK and US executives. Organisations are using identity management systems to cut the risk of...
[18 Mar 2008]
Round-Up And what was the loquacious response from the big man to the long list of errors and glitches reported by his teeth-gnashing executives? In response to the disclosure of the emails a harried-looking Microsoft PR officer offered the opinion that the...
[07 Mar 2008]
Round-Up As the news sent shockwaves across the globe, the Round-Up was delighted to note that at a press conference announcing the seismic shift, CEO Steve Ballmer and his co-joined executives decided they would eschew ties to adopt the relaxed, anti...
[29 Feb 2008]
Comment I fear that few chief executives realise the capacity of a data breach to hole their business below the waterline. It's been another week where silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign has loomed large, with two pieces of news emphasising why I'm...
[27 Feb 2008]
Comment As the mobile industry started its grand annual event, Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona last week a breakdown in the BlackBerry email service meant many thumb-weary executives had an enforced break from their mobile email habit.
[21 Feb 2008]
Comment It seems that they still hold an allure for some top executives. Despite the rhetoric, most large firms are simply poor at innovating. Microsoft is no exception and its bid for Yahoo! just emphasises its route to success, argues Martin Brampton.
[20 Feb 2008]
Comment But can a move into corporate social networking and web 2.0 really pay off, asks Mark Kobayashi-Hillary.marks the 15th year of Lotusphere, the annual gathering of Lotus users, enthusiasts and executives keen on shaping the software's direction...
[24 Jan 2008]
Round-Up The uber-social networking phenomenon - Facebook, not the CIO Jury - is being snubbed by professional executives because of the increasing number of "silly applications" and lack of business use. And so another Macworld has passed us by and Mac...
[18 Jan 2008]
Round-Up The great man is seen interacting with fellow executives as well as celebrities from music, entertainment, movies and politics. "And now, the end is here And so I face the final curtain. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates took his final bow on stage at...
[11 Jan 2008]
Comment Back-office processing activities are not a priority in the thoughts of a bank's business executives. The financial sector is 10 years behind the times in its approach to management - partly because banking systems are supposed to be too...
[02 Jan 2008]
Comment The trick is to identify the data required, ensure the technology is in place to collect it quickly and efficiently, ensure that the data can be verified and guarantee that the operational implications are conveyed simply and quickly to the senior...
[15 Oct 2007]
AS Analysis The CIO or IT director is probably one of the most maligned of the boardroom C-level executives. In the past, few figures from user organisations have secured an Agenda Setter ranking. This year we have five in the top 30.
[12 Oct 2007]
AS Profile But the trick for executives such as Premji will be to manage the fast growth of the Indian IT industry - and make sure it doesn't run out of fuel. Azim Premji took over Wipro - a $2m hydrogenated cooking fat company - in 1966 at the tender age of 21.
[12 Oct 2007]
Comment If nothing else, the introduction of tighter regulations and custodial sentences for senior executives at transgressing companies should have helped get that message up the food chain. Should IT risk management be the responsibility of the CIO or...
[10 Jul 2007]
Comment 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 leisure business - which includes both IT and business executives.
[09 Jul 2007]
Comment They could also fault Semel for any number of management screwups that convinced talented senior executives to bolt from the company. Yahoo! has had a hard time adjusting to a Google-dominated internet - but bringing back Jerry Yang is a baffling...
[19 Jun 2007]
CIO Profile In true Animal Farm style some of the pigs are named after chief executives and royalty. What they say about him: "Has come into government to help deliver massive change, in cultures that think about more than money.
[06 Jun 2007]
Comment In those cases, senior executives need to evaluate how best to inject the IT skills and competencies that address the age-old disconnect between business needs and IT capabilities, and between business aspiration and IT competence.
[04 May 2007]
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