Bryan Cruickshank

Data analytics creates more effective HR functions

CIOs are no stranger to the HR department. In the past three years alone, some 70 per cent of HR functions say they have increased their use of mobile or web platforms and nearly half say they now use cloud services within their core operations. read more

Surviving the information stampede

The problem facing CIOs is not how to gather data, but how to turn existing data into meaningful business decisions read more

Key activities that will help define your approach to tapping into mobile markets

Mobile computing is here to stay, but Bryan Cruickshank and David Sayer at KPMG in the UK think CIOs need a little help in creating channels to that market for their businesses read more

Making the most of IT to gain competitive advantage at the edge of the business

Because it resides on the edge of business activity, CIOs often look potential for improvement in procurement systsm, say Bryan Cruickshank and Richard Nixon of KPMG UK read more

KPMG's guide to harnessing social media for your business

Many companies are starting to take social media seriously as a business tool, say Bryan Cruickshank and Mark Guinibert at KPMG, who list some of the things you have to watch out for, if you are going to so the same read more

How IT will influence the business strategy

Too often, CIOs are only seen by their peers as an operational cog. Bryan Cruickshank and Lisa Heneghan suggest that to get your feet under the table, you have to speak the lingo read more

There is a difference of opinion about whether the CIO of COO should champion cloud projects

there is every indication that the era of cloud is only just getting started, says KPMG's Bryan Kruickshank meaning there is much more change on the way read more

Who can you trust with the corporate Crown Jewels?

Is it feasable to outsource your security requirements? KPMG's Bryan Cruikshank gives some guidelines read more

Some advice on keeping the sharks at bay

A handful of useful tips from KPMG's Bryan Cruikshank on how to react to today's more sophisticated cyber-attackers read more

Some tips on how to take some of your most productive technology assets back in-house

Having already achieved efficiency though the creation of shared service centres and cost-efficient outsourcing agreements, many IT leaders are starting to discover the next wave of competitive advantage read more

Feel like control of user devices is slipping through your fingers, check out some useful advice here

The roadmap for providing your users with capable end-devices linked to corporate systems has become a freeway. Here's some advice on how to direct this trend from the central reservation read more

Effective responses to the modern hacker

Conventional security protocols are in need of review, as organisations embrace new approaches, such as cloud computing and mobile data read more