rene carayol in it boardroom despatches

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... [19 Jan 2005]

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... [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... [17 Nov 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... [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... [28 Jul 2004]

Ageism in IT coverage - all in one place

Comment Boardroom Despatches: Ageism is for the also-rans Two examples given by commentator Rene Carayol highlight how the best companies will be those with open minds Ageism is... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [23 Sep 2003]

Boardroom Despatches: Leadership

Comment Rene Carayol names the three men UK Plc should be learning from above all others. He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. Rene Carayol... [27 Aug 2003]

Boardroom Despatches: My webinar message

Comment He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. But Rene Carayol's introduction to the 'webinar' holds further lessons for those in charge of... [09 Jul 2003]

Boardroom Despatches: Tell me something good about Oracle/PeopleSoft/JD Edwards

Comment They may have hogged the headlines over the past week but Rene Carayol argues customers need a lot more than vendors trying to take each other out. He can be contacted at... [11 Jun 2003]

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