structure in comment and analysis
The McCue Interview: Robin Dargue, Group CIO, Royal Mail
Comment Dargue, just voted top CIO in the UK, has been in the CIO post six months and replaces the now retired David Burden - who has gone off to travel the world - but the structure of the role has changed slightly. [11 Jun 2008]
Centralised or decentralised IT?
Comment How can companies structure applications development to be both cost-efficient and responsive to business unit needs? From studying several leading-edge companies and helping dozens of others improve their IT organisations, the answer is a... [09 Apr 2008]
The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe
Comment So I start reviewing an organisational structure that is already ill-prepared to meet existing business requirements. With spring and recession in the air, a CEO's fancy turns to pruning costs - and for the Naked CIO's department that means job cuts. [03 Mar 2008]
Locking down financial security
Comment The administration of role-based access control and the associated provisioning of those roles is a complex process, dependent on organisational structure and employee responsibilities. One might reasonably expect the finance services sector to be... [24 Dec 2007]
What's swallowing your IT budget?
Comment The Bathwick Group said the relatively conservative use of IT by large companies could be a result of the structure of such businesses, where senior management is less likely to get briefings on the business implications of IT developments. [18 Dec 2007]
Where's the real web 2.0?
Comment These processes may have had some inefficiencies, bottlenecks and limitations, but structure and organised workflow can be useful and there is no reason to assume that the noise of the crowd is the only game in town. [18 Oct 2007]
The tech requirements of private equity funds
Comment VDRs are a place to collaborate and share information, They enable a number of Private Equity firms to work together to structure deals but do require a common platform to work with lawyers, to share documents leading up to the arrangement of the... [20 Aug 2007]
Leader: BBC iPlayer broadband row - who's really to blame
Leader Consumers have been sold a fully fledged broadband service at a set price and if that service can't handle the rich video content users want to see then it's a problem for the ISP and its pricing structure, not the BBC. [16 Aug 2007]
The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell
Comment What followed was a move from the generalists of the old IT structure, who "did a bit of everything", to specialists split across roles in business-facing relationship management, business design architecture, systems development and service... [13 Aug 2007]
Is outsourcing too risky?
Comment One way of mitigating the risk of change is to have shorter contract lengths but even then it is essential to have a clear governance structure that sets out a procedure to cope with any changes. Before an organisation decides to follow the... [23 Jul 2007]
How to insure your IT
Comment Quite often when pricing structure is put forward for those covers, clients can baulk at the premium because it can be significant to say the least," Fitzgerald says. As IT becomes essential to running organisations, policies are popping up to... [17 Jul 2007]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Wary of wikis? Cynical about Second Life?
Comment Obviously I'm not suggesting you give the office junior a fat load of bandwidth and let them play all day but consider how these digital natives are going to change they way you structure your business. [14 Jun 2007]
Opinion: Global services' level playing-field
Comment Changing corporate structures: How should a company structure itself if every service can be outsourced? Here, Kobayashi-Hillary highlights several key trends. The world became used to globalisation in manufacturing a long time ago. [02 May 2007]
Editor's blog: Rambling questions, tricky answers
Comment Amid all the common sense, it was also refreshing to hear organisations being told to break down the silos within their structure if CRM technology is to stand any chance of improving matters for customers. [07 Mar 2007]
Three golden rules of success for CIOs
Comment Implement proper processes and governance supporting deliverables in relation to projects, development, implementation and support issues that provide structure but are geared around quick, flexible delivery and not needless and often complex... [02 Nov 2006]
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