industry cio
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News At the same Google Atmosphere event, Jeremy Vincent, CIO of car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, said cloud computing had the potential to end a perpetual battle against system complexity faced by IT directors. [19 Nov 2009]
Dartmouth College: Realizing a Campus-Wide Video and Voice Network
White Paper Over the past five years at Dartmouth College, Brad Noblet, CIO of Dartmouth College developed the industry's first totally converged wireless IP network. This paper is intended to provide some insight... [12 Nov 2009]
Telecom Expense Management: 5 Best Practices for Reducing Telecom Cost
White Paper Intended audience: Telecom VPs, Managers & Directors, IT Finance Managers, IT Managers, IT Procurement VPs CIO According to leading industry analysts, many companies can lower their telecommunications... [12 Nov 2009]
The Case for Thermoelectrics in the Data Center: A New Approach and Use of an Old Science
White Paper Plus, with a dubious global economic climate, the CEO/CIO are challenged more than ever in finding ways to reduce every dollar of operational cost for the enterprise and remain competitive. Over the past several years'... [11 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up According to silicon.com's CIO Jury: never. That's the sobering conclusion of the jury, which voted 10 to two against when asked whether the UK could create a global software business to rival the technology... [06 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News According to the TechMarketView report, there are around 40,000 UK nationals now working in the US software industry, and Alastair Behenna, CIO at Harvey Nash, suggested that given the global nature of... [03 Nov 2009]
Barclays CIO finds a new home with SAP
News Don Trotta has left his role as CIO with Barclays and taken a new position with SAP. Trotta is not the only CIO to take leave of Barclays in recent months. The CIO of its global retail... [22 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Companies should create their own "technology watch lists" so they know when cutting-edge technology is ready for widespread adoption - and also to keep the CIO from being ambushed by other execs. Such a list should also... [12 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment The Naked CIO has some suggestions. After reading a recent CIO Jury on whether universities are preparing youth properly for IT challenges, I began to think about why higher education is not effective. [12 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News According to a silicon.com CIO Jury last month, the answer is not very. But how good are the UK's universities at turning out the skilled professionals that the tech industry needs? Peter Cochrane... [06 Oct 2009]
White House looks to the cloud for IT cost-cutting
News Speaking at Nasa's Ames Research Center in California, federal CIO Vivek Kundra unveiled the administration's first formal efforts to roll out a broad system designed to take advantage of existing infrastructure and, in... [17 Sep 2009]
Dell's secret to riding out the recession
Comment Dell CIO Robin Johnson is tasked with steering the company through the credit crunch. The Dell CIO is seeing it play out right now - with revenues dropping $3.7bn year on year during the last financial... [04 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News IT graduates are leaving UK universities without the business and technical competencies that employers need, according to silicon.com's CIO Jury. This CIO Jury was: Alastair Behenna,... [02 Sep 2009]
How IT Governance Drives Improved Performance
White Paper As a result, the business-oriented CIO is taking charge. IT-enabled products and services have become a competitive differentiator in almost every industry. This research project was funded by the... [15 Aug 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Jos Creese, who sits on the government's CIO Council - a group of CIOs from across central and local government that discuss IT issues affecting the public sector - told silicon.com there are plans to strengthen guidance... [03 Aug 2009]