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Take stock for tough times
Comment Through initiatives such as category management, design for manufacture, administration reduction and product flow re-engineering, there are very real gross margin benefits to be realised. History suggests those retailers that continue to focus on... [24 Jul 2008]
Time to green-light sustainable IT
Comment Management may find it is pushing against an open door when it comes to implementing sustainability initiatives. This approach can drive other initiatives, such as establishing better controls over data storage and driving up server utilisation... [17 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state
Comment We are losing jobs and devaluing talent because of growing offshore initiatives by companies the government is implicitly encouraging through its silence and inaction. Failure to foster innovation and talent is what's really coming home to roost... [14 Jul 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment Not all of them are fans, so he is going to need all his charm to push through the initiatives conceived in the Gershon and Varney reports. Government CIO John Suffolk is number five in this year's silicon.com CIO50 list. [23 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: The V-word
Comment The amount of time I can spare for vendors depends on my focus and workload - and on whether my current initiatives are relevant to the pitch. Why can't suppliers see that harassment might not be the best basis for a relationship, asks the Naked CIO. [09 Jun 2008]
'Green' technology can't save us from ourselves
Comment Meanwhile, energy company E.ON UK - which has been ramping up videoconferencing to cut travel as part of a series of initiatives directly aimed at shrinking its carbon footprint - found its air miles actually increased last year despite these... [28 Apr 2008]
Naked CIO: The true cost of IT
Comment Business cases, cost justifications, project management methodologies are all ways to try and put more emphasis on the cost-value relationship of initiatives - but they don't work in many cases. These types of initiatives may be lost under cost... [21 Apr 2008]
Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities
Comment Tech budgets will remain flat or fall in 2008 for most organisations as they focus on cost cutting and efficiency initiatives, according to silicon.com's exclusive CIO Agenda 2008 survey. Specific initiatives and technologies listed as priorities... [18 Apr 2008]
Centralised or decentralised IT?
Comment It also sets technical strategy: defining the technical architecture so that different applications initiatives across functions or business units can share information. That's the stark choice CIOs have struggled with for years. [09 Apr 2008]
The McCue Interview: Steven Bandrowczak, CIO, Nortel
Comment When I came we had a lot of projects not necessarily 100 per cent aligned to key initiatives. Being the CIO for a tech vendor can often be something of a double-edged sword. Sure, you get access to cutting-edge tech and some of the smartest... [01 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. Experts are forecasting an important role in the enterprise for new media data... [19 Feb 2008]
How to give tech to those on less than $1 a day
Comment New initiatives from an unexpected source let students and educators define their own needs, says Clive Longbottom. How do you give underprivileged children around the world access to technology? According to some, the use of open source software... [07 Feb 2008]
Locking down financial security
Comment Access and identity management leaped to the top of the five most important security initiatives for financial services firms this year. One might reasonably expect the finance services sector to be well in credit when it comes to electronic security. [24 Dec 2007]
Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit
Comment As head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology unit Ashley Highfield, one of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters, is responsible for dragging the Beeb into the digital age through initiatives such as the iPlayer. [30 Oct 2007]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile He continues to drive forward the BBC's digital strategy through initiatives such as free on-demand TV programmes, available over the internet, and user-generated content. Ashley Highfield remains a top 10 Agenda Setter for the fourth year in a row. [12 Oct 2007]
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