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BPM – the CIO’s smartest idea ever
Mike Gammage of business process management specialists Nimbus describes why he thinks BPM is important for CIOs more...
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BPM allowed Irish Life Corporate Business to go digital
Transforming a traditional financial services company in Ireland could only be achieved through good use of business process management. more...
Why does everyone get BPM wrong?
Everything you have heard to date about Business Process Management is wrong. BPM is not about a technology at all! more...
Support for BPM from IT leaders
This CIO UK debate opened with the discussion on whether business process management was a window of opportunity for CIOs or just a load of hype from software vendors. more...
Top tips to prevent BPM failures
Business process management (BPM) projects are supposed to increase a business' flexibility, but often end as doomed IT projects. Why do things go wrong? more...
Top benefits and concerns of putting BPM in the cloud
Many organisations start looking to move applications into the cloud. Should firms consider using business process management software in this fashion as well? more...
5 steps to help CIOs choose the right BPM system
If your BPM project needs an application to run it, here's how to choose. more...
Business Process Management: It’s the organisation, stupid
CIOs Roger Scholes and Duncan Scott discuss the importance of a business focus over technology in BPM projects more...
Engineering an approach to BPM
Natarajan moved into IT from engineering and discussed with CIO the lessons he learnt as an engineer which he now applies to process management in the IT world. more...
BPM without busting the budget
Business process management (BPM) requires BPM tools, right? Not always. In some cases, there are other process management tools that can do the job for less. more...
BPM allows CIOs to take control of their destiny
Despite the economic situation, investments in business process management (BPM) tools remain a key priority in many firms. more...
Is BPM just hype, or a window of opportunity?
Companies have been focused on understanding and improving their business processes since the days of Adam Smith and F.W. Taylor, so are we getting nearer or is it all spin? more...
Bwin CTO says DNA analysis is formula to alignment
With Bwin transforming to become not only a destination for sports bets and gaming, but also the supplier of online services to other gaming brands, Kiessling is well positioned to debate the merits of software customisation and alignment. more...
ABB aligned its business to SAP successfully
John Ellis-Braithwaite is well placed to discuss business aligning with IT, he has just overseen the implementation of SAP across the UK and Irish division of ABB more...
Packaged or bespoke, CIOs must know the business case first
IT leaders continue to debate the idea of whether the best strategy is to refuse customisation and get the organisation to align with the IT rather than IT aligning with the business more...
Alignment is finding the best deal for the organisation
The business gains a sense of using a tool will solve the issues at the business level and when it fails to deliver, IT's value diminishes due to the failure. more...
Business must align with IT, says Vodafone Qatar CIO
Adrian Dilworth explains his views on making the business align with IT, and the benefits it brings to the organisation more...
IT-business alignment is still on the CIO agenda
The debate is switching, the business should be aligning with the IT systems available to reduce costs. Two leading CIOs share their experiences. more...
Governance is in everything CIOs do
CIOs say they are comfortable with standards and metrics more...
Now is the time to invest in IT Governance say IT leaders
Last week CIO UK and partners MWD asked if CIOs and management teams were really investing time and energy into IT Governance. more...
IT Governance: Is anyone eating their greens?
IT Governance is something that we all instinctively know is a worthwhile endeavour – but few organisations have formal programmes in place. more...
Unified comms the collaboration tech of choice for CIOs
Over the last few years, there has been a growing buzz in the area of collaboration software, with vendors of all shapes and sizes jostling for position in a bid to stake their claim in the increasingly hyped collaboration software market. more...
Economic downturn will affect IT sourcing choices
Research carried out by Macehiter Ward-Dutton in association with CIO.co.uk reveals changing attitudes to sourcing and SaaS more...
