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The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe
Comment 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. As a CIO I want to innovate, expand the company's appetite for creative and new ways of managing traditional... [03 Mar 2008]
Research groups rewrite CIO job specs
News Research company Meta Group says increased internet use within the everyday business of many companies means the role of CIO is now subject to change and they must now form a link between the IT department and the management of the company. [26 Apr 2001]
Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Industrial-Strength IT: Moving IT Up the Value Chain
White Paper The job of Chief Information Officer (CIO) might be the toughest one in America. The presenter discusses the job of the modern CIO and offer tips for success in this new environment. Issues that a CIO faces include span of control, accountability... [14 Apr 2007]
The Naked CIO: Boardroom stereotypes
Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty So however much you know about the business you'll find it hard to shake off the techie label, says the Naked CIO. The Naked CIO: Animal farm [07 Apr 2008]
SME Philes: 6 questions CIOs should ask themselves
Comment And let's be clear, a true CIO job is really hard. The problem is that, with some notable exceptions, the CIO is expected to be, and tasked as, an IT director, or chief technology officer (CTO). As the 'real-world' CIO Jury session at silicon.com's... [10 Nov 2004]
Wanted: UK government 'CIO'
News The "most influential role in UK IT" is officially up for grabs with the government now looking for a CIO to replace current e-Envoy Andrew Pinder this summer. The role is analogous to that of a CIO of a very large and diverse conglomerate," stated... [01 Mar 2004]
HP bags Randy Mott as new CIO
News Hewlett-Packard has named former Dell CIO Randy Mott as an executive vice president and new CIO, highlighting the rivalry between the computer makers and an internal shift in HP's structure. Former CIO Gilles Bouchard is expected to stay on as... [12 Jul 2005]
Editor's Blog: Ever tried to sack a CIO?
Comment His reasoning: because the IT department is considered so obscure and so arcane by most business execs, it's hard to work out whether the CIO is actually doing a good or bad job - or indeed anything at all. [06 Mar 2008]
Want to make CIO? Then don't go into tech…
News He said professional IT "qualifications and competence" will not be enough for people looking to step up to the CIO role in the next few years as the job now entails more non-IT duties. That's according to research from analyst house Gartner which... [06 Feb 2008]
The McCue Interview: Steven Bandrowczak, CIO, Nortel
Comment Being the CIO for a tech vendor can often be something of a double-edged sword. On the other hand these vendor CIOs face many of the same challenges of their CIO peers working for non-tech companies. Steven Bandrowczak has spent time in both camps... [01 Apr 2008]
Profile: CIO from the business
Comment And from 1999 to 2001, she held the CIO job at Prudential Retail UK. Many companies would have said 'you are a CIO so you are a risk to move into an operating job like this'. In fact when Dargue joined Novar in 2001 it was as a CIO reporting to the... [18 Oct 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: CIO quotes of the year
News What does a CIO do that is going to get him sent to jail? JP Rangaswami, global CIO, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, speaking at silicon.com's CIO Forum Ian Watmore, government CIO, in the McCue Interview [21 Dec 2005]
The Executive Question: The CIO's CFO
Comment The best job going in IT at the moment," said a knowledgeable friend of mine, "is to become the CIO's CFO. It's a perennial question for those in charge, often the CIO. My third witness was Gareth Williams, formerly CIO at Marks & Spencer and then... [07 Apr 2004]
How to survive the first 100 days as CIO
News At the silicon.con CIO Forum, Network Rail information management director Catherine Doran presented some top tips for tech chiefs about to start a new job at the top level. The first three months of a new CIO's reign are often the most important. [22 Oct 2007]
CIOs fail IT projects
News Squabbles and lack of communication between CEOs and CIOs cause IT projects to fall apart and the blame falls squarely upon the shoulders of the CIO because they lack the head of a businessman. A CIO shouldn't be too concerned about technical details. [06 Sep 2001]
