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Board politics
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.
Latest Board politics news
Talk Talk appoint new CIO to lead Tiscali integration
Telco expert David Cooper joins Talk Talk from rival 3
IBM win restraining order on former exec
IBM has won a restraining order that limits the duties of its former merger-and-acquisition chief in his new post at rival company Dell.
Facebook select new finance chief
Popular social-networking site Facebook has hired David Ebersman, former executive vice president and chief financial officer of biotechnology firm Genentech, as its new CFO.
Top European CIO’s book translated to English
Favourite read of European CIOs has been translated to provide an insight into IT industry
HMRC recruit Phil Pavitt as CIO
Transport for London lose IT leader to the taxman
RightScale snap-up former MySQL CEO
Marten Mickos, the former CEO of MySQL, has joined the board at cloud management company RightScale.
Shell re-organises management and IT functions
Shell is reorganising its IT workforce in a move that could see further heavy job cuts.
BT pay-off ex boss to the tune of £1.6m
François Barrault, the former head of a BT division that posted a multibillion pound writedown last month, walked away with a £1.6 million pay-off when he resigned last November.
Court says ex-EMC exec can move to HP, but avoid storage
Former EMC executive David Donatelli has been cleared by a Massachusetts court to work for Hewlett-Packard, but must avoid storage technology development because a non-compete clause requires him to steer clear of that area for a year.
US retail giant promotes Brits to CIO and COO roles
Best Buy, the American electronics retail giant that owns The Carphone Warehouse chain in Europe has promoted two leading British executives to the roles of CIO and chief operating officer (COO).
Board politics in depth
Microsoft wants a closer relationship with you
Proving the value of IT will require a wholesale change in how vendors approach CIOs
The decisions technology vendors make have a significant effect on the decision making and strategic directions CIOs take. more...
Planning for the end of the recession
Where will it all end?
With the global recession deepening, how does anyone plan for the future? A CIO event from Gartner Group could help more...
Starbucks CIO Stephen Gillett is brewing change
A new Americano blend to go
When Stephen Gillett is not dealing drinks as a part-time barista, the new CIO of Starbucks is serving up change more...
British Airways CIO Paul Coby reveals lessons from Terminal 5 disaster
Flying lessons
Heathrow Terminal 5 had a disastrous and highly publicised opening, but British Airways CIO Paul Coby says that even the toughest experiences can be instructive more...
Book review: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Today, self-help books suck up multiple shelves in booksellers but once upon a time they were a rarity – at least outside the United States of America. more...
Getting to innovation
Innovation generation
Understanding company structure and the roles of leaders are key to harnessing the power of innovation, says Alan Brache of strategy consultancy Kepner-Tregoe more...
The CIO steering finance and technology
Communications skills and a natural interest gave one CIO the strategic advantage to head the spenders and the savers of his company
It’s his first job, but Roger Scholes is already head of IT and finance at vehicle parts supplier ZF Trading, thanks to some astute business skills more...
IT’s strategic function justifies the use of balanced scorecards
IT’s balancing act
Balanced scorecards offer a way to align IT and business strategy and measure the value of the IT function to internal and external customers more...
Measurement is the key to M&A success
What the CIO and C-level management need to consider to ease an M&A process
Successful M&A activity may be the most successful tactic for companies to turn the downturn to their best advantage – but only if the aims of the acquisition and the expected benefits are equally precisely measured. more...
Ex-spooks spy out IT security careers
Ex-guns for hire
The IT security sector is becoming a popular next step for former law-enforcement and military personnel, but what unique skills do they bring to the private sector? more...
Related Board politics articles
Analysis
Take your partners, New Age CIOs!
‘Abuse of terminology’ – that’s how one respected international research company describes the way we often use the P-word (partnering). more...
Opinion
Transforming IT services
A quite radically different IT services industry is now in the making. more...
Debate
Governance is in everything CIOs do
CIOs say they are comfortable with standards and metrics more...
