Insight

2013 edition of the CIO100 reveals more than half report directly to the CEO, while nearly 80% sit on a leadership board

The latest CIO100 revealed fascinating insights about the state of CIO reporting lines and board level influence in the UK after it was unveiled online, in the magazine and at an exclusive London event on May 23.

Michelle McKenna-Doyle bringing analytics to the gridiron to improve player safety.

Michelle McKenna-Doyle, CIO for the National Football League, is driving innovation with analytics, using sensors to track players on the field and monitoring player health and safety with lab analysis of helmets.

Collaboration and data sharing across different departments can benefit all parties involved, and can often lead to efficiency improvements or even increases in revenue

Local governments must address the needs of diverse and often growing constituencies with limited and often dwindling resources — following that age-old mandate of doing more with less.

The digital transformation of retail starts here, according to Encore Tickets CIO Chily Fachler

Ironically for a sector that is so good at looking outward, the IT departments of the retail sector can be very introverted. Too often the question is “what systems worked best for us as a company?” Or “how we could best do our jobs and achieve productivity and efficiency?” This introverted view doesn’t put the customer first.

Graeme Hackland sayd the IT department needs to focus on protecting the data, rather than controlling the apps

Having an application strategy that allows employees to find and develop their own solutions is key to maintaining control of an enterprise IT environment, according to Graeme Hackland CIO at Lotus F1.

From buzzword to the norm, Encore Tickets CIO Chily Fachler writes about his journey into multichannel retail

Multichannel is no longer the buzzword having been around since 2005. The emergence of the multichannel buzzword used synonymously with internet or digital selling served to focus CIO minds on the new channels available, but multiple channel is not a new thing. Savvy consumer organisations have been reaching their customers in stores, at home, via the post and telephone long before the internet was even invented.

Reducing cost and increasing efficiency key considerations over the coming year, according to IT executives responding to a CIO UK survey supported by Intel

With a focus over the next year on cutting costs and increasing efficiency, CIOs expect the cloud to overtake mobile developments as the second largest driver of transformation at their organisations behind data analytics, according to CIO UK’s CIO Priorities survey. But with clear mobile strategies which are in the deployment and pilot stages, the UK’s business technology leaders are anything but ignoring the current mobility explosion.

Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital are leading the acquisition

BMC's announcement that it will be acquired by a private investment consortium could prove to be a wise decision, since it will allow the vendor to evolve its IT systems management business without the same financial pressures faced by public companies.