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News Four years ago the Highways Agency - which is responsible for maintaining the UK's motorways and some A-roads - relied on more than 100 contracts with external companies to deliver a wide range of its IT services. [24 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought?
Comment Smart CIOs will also look at how these payment models affect operational performance in your organisation and properly prepare the business for the true costs. With the advent and popularity of cloud computing, software... [19 Nov 2009]
Who do you trust when you're spending your IT budget?
News According to a survey by industry watchers Pierre Audoin Consultants and the IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA), CIOs and other business execs most trust their colleagues and peers for advice on... [28 Oct 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News Vincent is also planning to talk to the CIOs of its sister companies Tata Technologies and outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services about how they could work more closely together in future. JLR's... [26 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to silicon.com's latest exclusive CIO Jury. In contrast, several... [23 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News 2009 may not be over yet but analysts have already revealed the top 10 strategic techs that CIOs should be looking at next year. No stranger to Gartner's strategic lists, virtualisation - however, this time the analyst... [22 Oct 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News The news is not all good for CIOs, however: for more than half of tech chiefs, budgets won't grow in real terms next year while spending will only return to 2008 levels in 2012. CIOs shouldn't expect a... [20 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Research company Forrester said enterprise architects (EA) should build a list of technologies to watch, for CIOs to use to educate business peers and influence their strategy. For example, mobile apps on smartphones... [12 Oct 2009]
'New tech? Not for me': CIOs running scared in the recession
News Only one in 10 CIOs would describe themselves as "early adopters", the report by Fujitsu Technology Services found, while more than half would rather wait to adopt technology once it has been shown to... [02 Oct 2009]
VMware Virtualization: The Right Investment for a Tough Economy
White Paper Analysts and CIOs agree that virtualization is the most strategic IT investment a company can make. In fact, more than 130,000 customers across the world - including all of the Fortune 100 - are already using VMware... [02 Oct 2009]
How the fastest-growing companies see their CIOs differently
News High-growth IT heads spend 87 per cent more time on projects "enabling the business and corporate vision" than lower-growth CIOs, the survey found, while low-growth tech bosses spend 74 per cent more time on core tech... [10 Sep 2009]
Give workers a say in corporate IT
Comment There are some lessons we can learn from progressive CIOs who embraced consumerisation long before it became a prominent phenomenon. Whether it's blogging, personal networking, content sharing, conferencing or even... [09 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News If CIOs want a high calibre of candidate then they need to do some detective work about the courses offered by universities, according to Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director with publisher Hachette Filipacchi. [02 Sep 2009]
Mahindra Satyam's new CEO on the road ahead for the outsourcing giant
News But the people who questioned the wisdom of the CIOs were the chief risk and compliance officers because to them it was not about a single restatement of accounts, it was more about uncertainty of the future status of... [10 Aug 2009]
CIOs: How to innovate during a recession
Comment But for entrepreneurial CIOs, innovating in tough times can enable their organisations to punch above their weight. Entrepreneurial CIOs working closely with senior business colleagues, have real... [04 Aug 2009]
