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Will there be a Cloud backlash?
Bernard Golden is CEO of consulting firm HyperStratus ponders whether the cloud moment has already blown over. more...
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Defining the business case for cloud computing
This CIO Debate kicked off with two webinars hosted by our partners MWD Advisors. The webinars are still available and well worth viewing. But for the time pressed CIOs MWD have pulled out the most important slides from the webinar for you to view here. more...
Cloud Computing is the new SOA
Just very recently, I read a tweet from ‘thought leader' Peter Hinssen, saying "Cloud Computing will remove the CIO from the board table". more...
Evaluating Cloud Services: Five Tips
Forrester's Paul Roehrig has some advice for IT leaders investigating cloud service providers. Here's his take on how to get started on separating the marketing noise from the must-haves. more...
What CIOs need to consider in defining their cloud computing strategy
Economic, architectural and strategic considerations of cloud computing more...
Making the business case for cloud based computing
We’re heading into the clouds more...
Why BPM should be on the CIO’s agenda in 2010
Bringing order to chaos? more...
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...
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...
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