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Platform arrivals

Profits abound for vendors able to secure integrated business-assured platforms

The curious incident of Hillingdon and Google

Why doesn't everyone just move to SaaS, asks Sherlock Sykes

The LaaS frontier

Labour-as-a-Service, the latest on-demand-delivered IT resource

The constantly evolving IT industry can learn a lot from more mature fields

Food for thought

Consulting's bum deal

Expertise industry is in danger of becoming a glorified recruiter

Cutting through the cloud

There is a great appetite for change in how IT is delivered, but how should you chart a course towards the cloud’s promised land

Rethinking globalisation

Our perceptions of key industry phrases often differ sharply with the reality of modern IT

An era of transformation

A new year offers the perfect opportunity to take a good look at your business and its technology

The death of The Deal

The growth of cloud services could free CIOs from lengthy and costly vendor negotiations for good

Open SME! G-Cloud app store must encourage smaller suppliers

Sharing the bounty

The integration game

The cloud is the answer, but many customers are unwilling to ask the question

SMEs must go global for outsourcing

Small technology companies can enjoy the benefits of ‘brain extension’ as both clients and suppliers

Talking testing

Testing professionals are too concerned with technical design and execution processes, neglecting the strategic frameworks that will win the approval of the board

Co-surfing the transformation wave

Both vendors and enterprises face significant investment to survive the transformation to virtualisation. Why not work together?

Bringing testing on board

Beat the last-minute QA chaos

Time for action

Technology leaders have reported back on the G-Cloud initiative

Learning your Seven Rs

Legacy sprawl and defensive IT departments are blocking transformational change in the enterprise

Leading the leaders

Richard Sykes’ tour of Silicon Valley took him to three startups who hope to become market leaders

The CIO is dead. Long live the Master Operational Strategist

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Tesco CEO promotion not the real CIO deal

Has Tesco’s Philip Clarke broken the glass ceiling for CIOs, or was his IT role merely incidental to his undoubted business prowess, wonders Richard Sykes





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The consumerisation of technology

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Aligning CFO and CIO priorities

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CFO Expectations of IT