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13/02/2008

How to become green heroes

David Tebbutt recommends telecommuting, IP networks and virtualisation as powerful ways to save the business money

13/02/2008

FAST solutions to lost causes

Nick Patience examines how Microsoft’s acquisition of FAST could help CIOs get to grips with the useful storage of elusive information

How CIOs can lead true innovation

Simon La Fosse explains how technology leaders are uniquely placed to relieve CEOs from clichéd thinking and help bring about true innovation

25/01/2008

Benchmarks to be legal building blocks

Performance ratings are a likely foundation for legislators in their fight against climate change

25/01/2008

The importance of life-cycle management

Acquiring the right applications is one thing, but CIOs need to focus just as much on life-cycle management

Becoming the person you want to be

Brinley Platts reveals the route to becoming more effective in your career and personal life – as well as the winner of last month’s festive sports quiz

01/01/2008

How technology can drive business performance

IT may never matter to some businesses, but to others it’s the lifeblood of a thriving organisation. How we move forward is the real question

01/11/2007

Leading transformation through dynamics

It’s dynamics – not strategy – that can really change how people work for the better. And CIOs are the key people to lead the transformation, says Gartner’s Andrew Rowsell-Jones

01/11/2007

The benefits of free software

CIOs have steered well clear of free tools up until now but there’s no reason why they can’t be used for specific projects

25/09/2007

Why CIOs need to have a mobility strategy

Mobility will be a critical business enabler in the future, and if you don’t have a mobile strategy then you need to start thinking, says Johna Till Johnson, President, Nemertes Research

24/09/2007

Get a grip on your career

You are used to managing projects and achieving goals. So why aren’t you applying these skills to your own career, asks Simon La Fosse, MD, La Fosse Associates

22/08/2007

The next bit of Dave's next thing

Dave Duffield might be one of the pioneers of the applications software market, but he’s not averse to clambering on a successful bandwagon.

12/07/2007

Swapping sides

What prompts someone from the IT supplier side to jump ship to become an internal IT leader? For Derek Colvin, who had a high level post at software giant Microsoft’s MSN and Xbox divisions, the lure must be pretty strong.

07/05/2007

Fighting talk

The battle royal between Oracle and... well, whoever it is this week, has long been one of the guaranteed entertaining aspects of the software industry. We have been through a number of contenders who have stepped up to the mark, only to be swatted away – Ingres, Informix, PeopleSoft and Siebel to name a few. But SAP has always proved a tougher nut to crack. For starters, it’s not so easy to rattle the corporate cage over in Walldorf.

02/05/2007

Preferential treatment

Many IT managers are uncomfortable with emotion. This isn’t a criticism or an attempt to negatively stereotype. It’s simply based on the skills and preferences generally required for people who work in IT departments.

28/03/2007

Happy talking

There are three main causes of workplace unhappiness. The trick is not to ignore them

22/03/2007

Going through the motions

Companies have embraced the name of service management rather than the spirit of it

18/03/2007

NHS unworkable

One of the NPfIT’s prime contractors has broken silence about the ill-fated project’s progress and future

15/03/2007

Conventional wisdom

Conferences need to be dragged into the modern age and made fun

19/12/2006

Email confidential

The bottom of emails promise dire consequences for those rash enough to break their confidentiality.

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