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Boardroom Despatches: Sainsbury's cautionary tale
Comment In the first of a new series for 2005 aimed at those at the top of IT or business - or quite possibly both - Rene Carayol revisits the retail sector. He takes a close look at J Sainsbury plc and a recent poor run all too closely aligned with... [19 Jan 2005]
5 years ago… IT users need a profile boost
News Read silicon.com columnist and former CIO Rene Carayol's take on the difference between a CIO and an IT director. The purchasing side of the industry, particularly the CIOs and IT directors have got to get their act together, and they've got to be... [08 Dec 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: How the CIO differs from the traditional IT director
Comment Why is Rene Carayol fit to provide that reasoning? A trite statement from Rene" was the feedback from another. Boy did I feel the wrath of some of the CIOs and other IT heads in attendance - and even afterwards, from those who weren't at the event... [08 Dec 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Broadband ABCs
Comment In the first of two columns this week that draw on this month's ABC broadband conference for inspiration, Rene Carayol explains how he rediscovered his faith, in no small part due to a technology leader we know well… [17 Nov 2004]
Analysis: Has the "CIO" reached the end of the line?
Comment Former CIO and silicon.com columnist Rene Carayol, claims it is "easier to teach a business person about technology than it is to teach a technologist about business". This essentially asserts the theory that IT people continue to fall short of the... [06 Oct 2004]
CIO Jury: Tech or exec - which makes the best CIO?
News The debate was sparked by silicon.com columnist and ex-CIO Rene Carayol's comments at the silicon.com CIO Forum last week that CIOs and IT directors have lost credibility in the boardroom and that CEOs would rather put a business person in charge... [04 Oct 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: IBM's second wind
Comment But Rene Carayol says IBM now leads the tech pack - again. Much of the progress that came from the 1990s recovery at IBM under Lou Gerstner could have been for nothing if the company's 2002 purchase of PwC had flopped. [24 Sep 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Know when to quit
Comment But, argues columnist Rene Carayol, such a hard-headed approach can often be the undoing of such leaders - and their organisations. We're used to the idea of a crusading business leader whose strength is tied to never giving up. [28 Jul 2004]
Ageism in IT coverage - all in one place
Comment Two examples given by commentator Rene Carayol highlight how the best companies will be those with open minds Boardroom Despatches: Ageism is for the also-rans Ageism is an issue in IT, if only because it's seen as a profession for young people and... [20 May 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Apple's rebirth
Comment The lesson to take from Apple is all about an organisation and leader that can learn from its past, says Rene Carayol. Forget the success of iTunes or even the iPod. Are Apple - and its charismatic leader Steve Jobs - the ultimate reformed act? [22 Apr 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Eager suppliers, supine buyers
Comment Continuing a recent silicon.com theme of large organisations being brave enough to use smaller suppliers, Rene Carayol this month explains why seemingly playing safe with IT procurement is ultimately dangerous for all of us. [10 Mar 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Process - no substitute for creativity
Comment Rene Carayol is increasingly concerned with the calibre of person getting on the bottom wrung of IT and the type of individual increasingly taking over at the top. Is throwing away the manual the answer? [13 Jan 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: The death of the CIO
Comment That’s the way it looks if the recent history of the sector is anything to go by says Rene Carayol. The top echelon of IT is going to be dominated increasingly by those whose background isn’t in the profession. [22 Dec 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: Inside Intel
Comment How wrong they are, writes Rene Carayol. Some people think Craig Barrett is the pen pusher guiding the inevitable success of a tech stalwart. Recently I had the pleasure of hosting an evening where the top brass from the UK retail sector met one of... [21 Nov 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: Fear of failure
Comment But, again, we could learn a thing or two from what happens in the US, says Rene Carayol. He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. Rene Carayol is a former IT director and board member of IPC Media. He hadn't done a bad job. [23 Sep 2003]
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