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The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state

Comment The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader? Politicians need to inspire educational institutions to breed the next generation of inventors and innovators that will shape the UK as a leader in the IT industry. [14 Jul 2008]

My 15 minutes with Bill Gates

Comment The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader? In the early days of PC computing Joshua Greenbaum crossed swords with Bill Gates. Greenbaum thought he had the best of the encounter. Nothing could have been further from the truth. [11 Jul 2008]

Editor's Blog: silicon.com - what a difference a decade makes

Comment The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader? silicon.com is 10 years old this week, which prompted me to take a look through the archives and find out what was big a decade ago - and I don't just mean the hair. [11 Jul 2008]

The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?

Comment The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader? Confused IT skills policies in schools and colleges are part of the problem. But they're being combined with a widespread failure to tap into existing talent, says Martin Brampton. [09 Jul 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Quality by design

Comment The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader? Written on the flight back to London and dispatched via a free wi-fi service in the lounge at Heathrow later the same day. We all know it when we see it and we can get irritated when it's absent. [09 Jul 2008]

The Naked CIO: Service level disagreements

Comment The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader? Service level agreements are great at perpetuating mediocrity and blocking excellence. And that's exactly why some fresh thinking is required, says the Naked CIO. [07 Jul 2008]

Editor's Blog: The naked truth about DSL

Comment The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader? It might sound like something from the seedier side of the internet - but naked DSL might just be the next big thing in broadband. It's basically a DSL broadband service - but without a standard phone... [03 Jul 2008]

From CIO to consultant: Project manager or salesman?

Comment The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader? With his background, it all should have run smoothly but how did the project really fare? It seems like only yesterday I was publishing my New Year resolutions for all to see here on silicon.com. [02 Jul 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Is convergence a fiction?

Comment The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader? Written on the London Liverpool Street to Stansted Express and dispatched via my home LAN later the same day. For about a decade now the established industry wisdom would have us believe technology is... [02 Jul 2008]

The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader?

Comment Climbing the greasy pole as a CIO depends on certain key factors. These are important for reaching the very top and indispensable for avoiding a rapid return to earth, says the Naked CIO. I once did a talk on the key factors for success for a CIO. [30 Jun 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08

Round-Up Another question is - how Microsoft will replace its iconic, departing leader? Bill Gates is many things to many people. Brilliant technologist, ruthless businessman, chino-trousered philanthropist, founder of the most influential technology... [27 Jun 2008]

Leading a horse to water

Comment 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 comfortable with. But not every IT leader in the public sector is enthusiastic about the initiative. [23 Jun 2008]

Who voted on the CIO50?

Comment He latterly founded La Fosse Associates and has grown it in a relatively short period of time to become a recognised market leader in the recruitment of CIOs and their leadership teams. The silicon.com CIO50 2008 list was compiled using the votes... [11 Jun 2008]

Female CIOs break through glass ceiling

Comment Tania Howarth, CIO at Birds Eye Iglo, made number eight on the CIO50 list and is described by those who know her as a "visible and inspiring" leader. The lack of women in the IT profession is well documented and the traditional 'socks and sandals... [11 Jun 2008]

Tania Howarth

CIO Profile Described by those who know her as a "visible and inspiring IT leader", Howarth's other roles include CIO for Walkers Snack Foods between 1994 and 2003, systems manager at Sun Microsystems Europe in sales and marketing, and various project... [11 Jun 2008]

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