it department in comment and analysis
Naked CIO: Stand up and be recognised
Comment From personal experience the positive aspects of the wins were a lift in employee moral and recognition of the IT department within the organisation Don't be afraid of seeking out awards for your and... [13 Oct 2008]
The McCue Interview: Nigel Underwood, CIO, DHL
Comment For the IT department, that equates to an annual budget of around €700m and 2,500 tech staff globally, along with some third-party resources from Capgemini and IBM. Bracknell isn't the most glamorous of... [08 Oct 2008]
Sverre Jarp
AS Profile Jarp has been in the Cern IT department since 1974, working his way up through a series of roles to become CTO in 2002. Sverre Jarp's place on the Agenda Setters list was sealed by his involvement with... [07 Oct 2008]
Don Grice
AS Profile IBM lifer Don Grice is chief engineer of Big Blue's $100m Roadrunner supercomputer at the US Department of Energy's Los Alamos national laboratory. Named after New Mexico's state bird, Roadrunner is twice as fast as the... [07 Oct 2008]
CIO career plan: How to get to the top
Comment If you are doing something deep in the bowels of the IS department, you are way off. For a mid-to-senior level executive in their mid-30s, who has climbed up through the IT department... [24 Sep 2008]
Naked CIO: Meet the IT guy
Comment He is never motivated to do more than is required yet is always the one person within the department to complain first that he is not paid enough. But what can be done to stop him bringing down the whole... [15 Sep 2008]
Editor's blog: Introducing the CIO Series
Comment We're launching a series of exclusive CIO events - called the CIO Series - aimed at equipping tech chiefs with the tools they need to be effective leaders, from marketing the IT department and succession... [08 Sep 2008]
Green IT - how CIOs can help
Comment So what can CIOs and the IT department do to support sustainability? And what role should the IT department play in this arena? Quocirca's Simon Perry explains. In a... [04 Sep 2008]
Does Obama want the US to be the new India?
Comment Good BPO candidates are key back-office processes such as items processing, call centres and even entire HR departments, such as the Bank of America's deal with Exult to run its human resources department.silicon.com... [02 Sep 2008]
Inbox: Data breaches, tech wages, ePassport woes
Comment Perhaps care of data would improve if directors of companies involved in breaches and politicians had to divulge the same information about themselves whenever a loss of data was discovered in their company or government... [28 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Best backgrounds for CIOs?
Comment IT occupies an unusual position in the organisation because it is the only department that can see, manage and evolve relationships between different business units at a low level. But... [18 Aug 2008]
Are your systems falling down on resiliency?
Comment Few outside the IT department realise just how much effort goes into making sure systems don't fail. It is more likely that organisations have little idea of the effort required by their... [12 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to declare war on the business
Comment So why has the IT department defined itself as the opposite of the business it is meant to be part of? It is that the IT department... [07 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Tech's weasel words
Comment A department that once was the epitome of straight-talking no longer seems capable of giving a simple answer. And a little more honesty wouldn't go amiss either, says the Naked CIO. As a CIO I probably have as many pet... [04 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Service level disagreements
Comment Finally, if you really want to breed customer service in your department, assess whether you can manage the service yourself. Service level agreements are great at perpetuating mediocrity and blocking excellence. [07 Jul 2008]
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