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Effective CIOs are adept at corporate board-level politics. As technology is a central pillar of organisations of all sizes, the CIO has to become a key member of, or senior adviser to, the management board, making key decisions on all aspects of the business and therefore being required to understand all departments, operations and issues that arise. Driving through change management and technology requires board support to ensure success.

Board politics

Latest Board politics news

SAP CEO leaves

Leo Apotheker stood down yesterday as CEO of German ERP giant SAP. The shock decision is effective immediately.

BP profits fall with oil price...National Grid sells division...M&S boss reveals pay pack

CIO UK’s roundup of business news today and the IT strategies behind them

AstraZeneca under legal spotlight...EasyJet bag new finance pilot...Arriva plan acquisition of SNCF division

CIO UK’s roundup of business news today and the IT strategies behind them

Ladbrokes seek new boss...Tory peer calls for BBC privatisation...Tube Lines lose case

CIO UK’s roundup of business news today and the IT strategies behind them

BT Global Services boss leaves after just 15 months

EDS leader drafted in to help recover telco’s IT division

Two-thirds of CIOs are just keeping the lights on

Chief information officers in the UK are still spending two thirds of their time keeping the lights on, according to research.

Experian recruit new CIO

Credit agency select new CIO with credit card experience

SAP Enterprise Support KPI project leader and sponsor resign

Mystery surrounds the sudden resignation of key user representatives working with SAP to evaluate the value for money of its Enterprise Support programme.

Microsoft CFO leaves

Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell plans to leave the company at the end of the year after managing the software giant’s finances for nearly five years.

Ex-NHS CIO to lead BCS health forum

Former CIO and CEO of health sector joins the BCS specialist group for health informatics

Board politics in depth

Ten board level energy saving and environmental issues CIOs must address

Top tips from the IBM Eco-Efficiency Jam

IBM recently ran a 'Jam' - an online discussion - on environmental sustainability and why it is important for CIOs, CEOs and CFOs to address it. more...

Ten board level energy saving and environmental issues CIOs must address

Book review: Beyond the Boys’ Club

Making sense of the global economy

Books that aim to crack the codes of finance and shatter the glass ceiling. more...

Book review: Beyond the Boys’ Club

Arts Council CIO Owen Powell manages a change in scene and service

A change of art

Arts Council IT director Owen Powell paints a picture of occupational psychology and IT as the canvas for transformation more...

Arts Council CIO Owen Powell manages a change in scene and service

Why the UK’s Victorian canals rely on IT

Liquid assets

British Waterways has helped change the face of the nation’s canal network. Head of ICT Richard Walsh explains the role of technology in the operation of today’s waterways more...

Why the UK’s Victorian canals rely on IT

Adobe CIO draws on secret SaaS

Graphic image

The IT chief of graphics software powerhouse Adobe likes software as a service and sees it eating into traditional ERP implementations more...

Adobe CIO draws on secret SaaS

Foreign and Commonwealth Office CIO Tony Mather on modernising Whitehall

Diplomatic mission

Foreign and Commonwealth Office CIO Tony Mather is modernising his historic corner of Whitehall... but would rather be in Milton Keynes more...

Foreign and Commonwealth Office CIO Tony Mather on modernising Whitehall

8 signs all is not well with your company

Timing is everything when it comes to jumping ship. Here's how to tell if your company's prospects are sinking

Timing is everything when it comes to jumping ship. Here's how to tell if your company's prospects are sinking more...

8 signs all is not well with your company

Book review: How the Mighty Fall

From fallen giants to the next big thing

Failure, rhetoric, futures and instincts are the watchwords of this month’s round-up by Martin Veitch more...

Book review: How the Mighty Fall

Book review: The 100

Failure, rhetoric, futures and instincts are the watchwords of this month’s round-up by Martin Veitch

The 100 cuts through the technology and goes back to oratorical basics by analysing 100 great speeches and pointing out what we can learn from their scripts and delivery to help us get our message across in a persuasive manner. more...

Book review: The 100

Insurance CIO James de Watteville knows how to tackle hard projects

Emergency service

RSA CIO James de Watteville knows how to tackle hard projects and has a personal angle on improvements to the insurance industry more...

Insurance CIO James de Watteville knows how to tackle hard projects

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Analysis

IT globalisation: drivers, hurdles, and opportunities

CIOs are increasingly pursuing globalisation, seeking to improve operations across geographic and organisational boundaries. more...

IT globalisation: drivers, hurdles, and opportunities

Opinion

Yanking the value chain

We all sit in someone else’s value chain as, in return for money, we deliver value in one form or another. more...

Yanking the value chain

Debate

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 – the CIO’s smartest idea ever

CIO White Papers

Legal risks of uncontrolled email and web use

Exploring the challenges facing IT Mangers today and vital steps to ensure safe internet an email use by employees.

The challenge of strategic alignment

Recent research also shows that many organisations give too much prominence to internally generated KPIs – controlling the controllable – rather than looking outwards at threats and opportunities on the horizon which can ultimately be far more influential on performance.

Six essential steps to successful IT centralisation

This report, based on the real experience of a recent centralisation project, is aimed at those involved in IT strategy within their organisation. It provides some practical insights for CIOs, CTOs, Heads of IT, IT Directors and those involved more closely with the service management function.

Managing email: Exploring common email management challenges (and how to overcome them)

We surveyed 157 IT professionals to understand the difficulties and opportunities faced by email managers. From this we were able to highlight some easy-to-manange solutions to their most pressing problems.


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Virtualisation - The 'black hole' of security?

Covering the set of issues, ideas and perceptions discussed during a recently held debate about the effect of virtualisation techniques on organisational security. This paper provides a comprehensive account of all the subject matters debated and concludes with key takeaways and IDC recommended actions.

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