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Editor's Blog: Flying high with the UK's best CIOs
Comment It was an evening of fascinating conversation that gave me and the rest of the silicon.com team a real insight into the big issues facing our readers - and will help inform how we continue to provide the very best content for you. [19 Jun 2008]
Who voted on the CIO50?
Comment He is an authority on CIO career development and performance and has helped scores of CIOs achieve better insight into their personal strengths and drives. The silicon.com CIO50 2008 list was compiled using the votes of 25 CIOs and an expert... [11 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment Part of her role - in addition to the fairly standard set of CIO responsibilities in terms of the IT systems, voice comms and systems development - includes the application of technology into policing, and where better to get that insight than at... [02 Jun 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Print issues in black and white
Comment There are several reasons why organisations have so little insight and control. Who controls printing and imaging? Responsibility is often scattered - so control and costs go out the window. One answer is managed print services, argues Louella... [22 Apr 2008]
What price compliance?
Comment This assessment will provide insight into overlaps between regulations, such as the requirement included in many regulations for maintaining email records for long periods of time, and where common business processes can be implemented to achieve... [07 Jan 2008]
How to baseline power consumption
Comment Systems from suppliers such as 1E, ScriptLogic and Verdiem can report on PC energy usage as well as helping to govern it, but they don't provide enough insight for Kumar. But how easy is it to come up with a baseline and why aren't suppliers ready... [14 Dec 2007]
How closely are you monitoring?
Comment Deeper insight You can't expect to have efficient systems unless you monitor them. But the trick is knowing what to monitor and then how to monitor it, says Stewart Baines. It's 8pm on a Sunday night and for some unknown reason traffic in your... [10 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.11.07
Round-Up He may as well have stood up with a flourish and declared the sky blue for all the insight he brought to the debate. Life is full of little ironies and it's the teeny tiny ones that truly delight the Round-Up. [30 Nov 2007]
Tech can make or break a merger
Comment Of course, the CIO's insight can have a substantial influence on the entire merger agenda. Even though merger activity is intensifying in every sector, many deals still fail to take account of the IT issues. [25 Sep 2007]
Interview: Tesco CIO Colin Cobain
Comment In this exclusive interview with silicon.com, Tesco group IT director Colin Cobain - just crowned CIO of the year at the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2007 - talks about the supermarket giant's move to standard global systems, green... [25 Sep 2007]
BI for all
Comment There are a number of factors driving the need for more advanced business intelligence solutions which can offer faster and more accessible insight into business operations. These factors are made more complex by the shorter decision cycles that... [18 Jul 2007]
Brampton Factor: Ageism myths
Comment Knowing how problems were solved when the only thing available was a puny computer running machine code can still give insight into contemporary issues. And the solutions require the overcoming of deep-rooted ideals. [22 May 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Where are all the QRs?
Comment In a recent post on Chipchase's blog, he gives insight into another clever mobile initiative he witnessed on a recent trip to the country. No? Neither have many other people in the UK, apparently. Jo Best explains all about the many uses of this... [06 Feb 2007]
Leader: The cure for info overload?
Leader Given the need for today's IT chiefs to prove their business acumen, BI tools can help IT win over the board by allowing them to provide insight into how IT systems impact business processes. Are you suffering from information overload? [29 Nov 2006]
View From Stanford: Creating IT 'tribes'
Comment From his vantage point at Silicon Valley's leading university, William Clebsch, executive director of IT services at Stanford, offers some insight. On a recent trip to Silicon Valley, silicon.com analysis and reports editor Sylvia Carr spoke to the... [23 Nov 2006]
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