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The Naked CIO: Why boards get IT spend so wrong
Comment So tell me this: how do I stimulate innovation yet convince our board that spending on critical services and infrastructure is as essential to growth and customer service as speculative new ventures? See what this CIO... [11 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Going public about privacy
Comment See what this CIO really thinks… My company uses professional services to clean and enhance customer data, identifying attributes such as income, propensity to purchase certain products, specific... [21 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state
Comment See what this CIO really thinks… The governance overhead has no inherent business value and draws resources and spending away from areas that could deliver much greater end value to the organisation.... [14 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment See what this CIO really thinks… Concerns focus on the impact of copyright levies on manufacturer profit margins and consumer spending. But can a resolution be found that suits everyone, asks lawyer... [18 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum
Comment See what this CIO really thinks… In fact, even now I can remember the hot flush of rage I felt when I couldn't get a game to work after spending hours every night for a week inputting a program. Here at... [22 Apr 2008]
Why IT must escape the belt-tightening
Comment Perhaps we need a new name for the IT budget, because it's almost impossible to believe so many organisations can have such a dislocated view of the business and IT that they believe stopping spending money on it will... [18 Apr 2008]
How will your deal weather a downturn?
Comment See what this CIO really thinks… So businesses are battening down the hatches and examining processes to see where they can cut spending to protect margins. A careful look at key aspects of existing... [10 Apr 2008]
Retail leaders will open up in tough times
Comment See what this CIO really thinks… The danger is that a downturn will bite into IT spending even though technology could be retailers' saviour, says Julian Goldsmith. An icy wind is blowing through the... [13 Mar 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?
Comment The market clearly thinks spending the profits on buying Yahoo! Microsoft is no exception and its bid for Yahoo! just emphasises its route to success, argues Martin Brampton. Innovative" is one of those... [20 Feb 2008]
From CIO to consultant: One year on
Comment During the year, as I established myself, this shifted rapidly to the point before Christmas where I was spending 100 per cent of my time on client projects. So he thinks it's the right time to resolve... [14 Jan 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Simplify the basics
Comment First, a couple of figures, averages of those that are doing the rounds from ourselves and our colleagues in the analyst community: around 70 per cent of corporate spending on IT is used on maintaining existing IT assets... [11 Feb 2005]
Is There a Future for Electronic Cash in the United States?
White Paper To put it mildly, the first week of November 1998 seemed to bring grim news for anyone who thinks that smart cards are likely to be important in the near future. Average spending was about $5 or $10 per... [25 Feb 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.01.04
Round-Up However, there may be times when Berners-Lee looks at his invention and thinks 'what have I done.oh the horror' (though possibly not in the same way as Oppenheimer or Pete Waterman). The highlight of the Round-Up's... [09 Jan 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Mobile ringtones, power blackouts and corporate governance
Comment UK mobile operator O2 thinks so. Needless to say, this is aimed at the younger, readily spending audience with the music genres to match. Mobile phones, once the business tool of only yuppies, are now... [01 Dec 2003]
Mobile email to become mainstream
News According to the latest figures, around 40 per cent of all workers are spending the equivalent to a day out of the office every week, and already 29 per cent of them can access mobile email and seven per cent corporate... [19 Sep 2003]
