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Boardroom Despatches: Sainsbury's cautionary tale

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...

Tags: it failure, sainsbury's

[19 Jan 2005]

5 years ago… IT users need a profile boost

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. 08.12.1999:The IT user community needs to reassert itself to prevent vendors taking control of the industry, according to John Higgins...

[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...

Tags: cio, it director

[08 Dec 2004]

Boardroom Despatches: Broadband ABCs

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…

Tags: aviemore, abc, broadband, carayol

[17 Nov 2004]

SME Philes: 6 questions CIOs should ask themselves

SME Philes: 6 questions CIOs should ask themselves

Comment As the 'real-world' CIO Jury session at silicon.com's CIO Forum in September rattled along, I heard my old friend Rene Carayol talking about CIO being an acronym for 'Career Is Over'. silicon.com is proud to introduce a new column by Jonathan Steel...

Tags: small business, cto, cio, sme

[10 Nov 2004]

Analysis: Has the "CIO" reached the end of the line?

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". The role of the CIO and IT director has once again come under the spotlight...

[06 Oct 2004]

CIO Jury: Tech or exec - which makes the best CIO?

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]

CIO - tech, exec or waste of space?

CIO - tech, exec or waste of space?

News Ex-CIO and silicon.com columnist Rene Carayol provoked some debate by suggesting that boardrooms have lost faith in IT and that more business people are getting the top IT job because it is easier to teach them about technology rather than to...

[01 Oct 2004]

The Weekly Round-Up: 01.10.04

Round-Up Guest speakers such as Autonomy founder Mike Lynch and silicon.com columnist and former CIO Rene Carayol were practically falling over themselves to come up with memorable quotes. "How surprised I was, to discover to my considerable dissatisfaction...

Tags: weekly round-up, highfield, ntl, ballmer

[01 Oct 2004]

Leader: CIO Forum - in defence of the CIO

Leader: CIO Forum - in defence of the CIO

Leader Does it stand for, as Rene Carayol said, 'career is over'? As the dust settles on the silicon.com CIO Forum held at the beginning of this week it starts to get easier to draw some conclusions from the event and to see what really matters to CIOs...

Tags: cio forum, cio, it director

[30 Sep 2004]

5 years ago…Vendors blamed for project failures

5 years ago…Vendors blamed for project failures

News Some strong arguments in favour of the motion were put forward by former CIO, author and broadcaster Rene Carayol who put the blame at the door of both the IT vendors and ineffective CIOs. 29.09.1999: IT managers are becoming increasingly...

[29 Sep 2004]

CIO Forum: Where are the tech heroes?

News Rene Carayol, former CIO of IPC Media and silicon.com columnist, said: "We are looking at a talent outflux not an influx. Carayol said many youngsters "are opting for jobs in finance over IT and I can't think of a more damning indictment on the...

[28 Sep 2004]

CIO Forum: IT industry accused of 'failing' UK plc

CIO Forum: IT industry accused of 'failing' UK plc

News Author, broadcaster and former CIO Rene Carayol put forward the case for the prosecution, arguing that the boardrooms of UK businesses have lost faith in IT. Carayol argued that a large proportion of IT spend is spent putting right what should have...

Tags: cio jury

[27 Sep 2004]

Boardroom Despatches: IBM's second wind

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.

Tags: gerstner, hp, ibm

[24 Sep 2004]

silicon.com CIO Forum offer - need the ear of an IT chief?

silicon.com CIO Forum offer - need the ear of an IT chief?

News The day will be presented by silicon.com editor Tony Hallett and columnists such as Esther Dyson and Rene Carayol. Leading CIOs, IT directors and heads of IT will be gathering at the silicon.com CIO Forum on 27 September at the Park Lane Hotel...

Tags: cio forum

[25 Aug 2004]

Leader: E-procurement - remember it, it's now with us

Leader: E-procurement - remember it, it's now with us

Leader E-business experts, including our columnist Rene Carayol, have spoken out against a culture that hammers small vendors who see their margins slashed. In the late 1990s, this writer found himself penning a fair amount about e-procurement.

Tags: e-procurement, ariba, o2

[18 Aug 2004]

silicon.com CIO Forum attracting top users

silicon.com CIO Forum attracting top users

News Look out for silicon.com columnist, former CIO and business guru Rene Carayol representing the prosecution on that one, with industry body Intellect arguing for the defence. With two months left until the silicon.com CIO Forum on Monday 27...

Tags: cio forum

[29 Jul 2004]

Boardroom Despatches: Know when to quit

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.

Tags: phillip green, tom siebel, despatches, failure

[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 Ageism is an issue in IT, if only because it's seen as a profession for young people and is having to deal with an ageing working population.

Tags: ageism, it

[20 May 2004]

Boardroom Despatches: Apple's rebirth

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?

Tags: ipod, apple, itunes

[22 Apr 2004]

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