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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.

Latest Board politics news

BCS Council opens elections

BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, is calling for nominations for four new member representatives to the BCS Council.

Blue Coat hires Michael Borman as new CEO

Blue Coat Systems has brought in a new CEO, spinning the change as a way to free up outgoing boss Brian Nesmith from the daily grind of managing the company to instead work on product strategy.

Charles Phillips may leave Oracle, analysts say

Oracle co-President Charles Phillips may soon be leaving the company after some public missteps and a recent change in Oracle's upper management, a financial analyst company said Wednesday in a research note to its clients.

HP pays $55 million to settle US fraud, bribery case

Hewlett-Packard will pay the US government US$55 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the US General Service Administration and other agencies by paying kickbacks to systems integrators in exchange for recommendations that agencies purchase HP products, the US Department of Justice announced Monday.

HP CEO short list could be long list

Analysts are developing a short list of candidates to replace former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, who resigned Friday. Not surprisingly, some of the names are familiar.

Larry Ellison hits out at HP over Mark Hurd debacle

Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has said HP should not have forced Mark Hurd to quit as chief executive, accusing the company's board of “cowardly corporate political correctness”.

Former actress sorry that HP CEO Hurd lost his job

Jodie Fisher named herself as the contractor in the HP sexual harassment case and noted her regret that Hurd lost his job.

HP's Mark Hurd resigns due to sexual harassment controversy

Mark Hurd is stepping down as CEO of Hewlett-Packard following an investigation into claims that he sexually harassed a former contractor to the company.

CIOs, Nokia needs a new CEO

Struggling to keep up with newer and more inventive rivals, number one phone maker Nokia is looking for a new CEO, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.

Asia-Pacific CIOs focus on scalability say IDC

The role of the CIO has become more about business priorities and driving revenue growth with CIOs in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region rating cloud computing and stability as their top priorities.

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Board politics in depth

The buck stops here: why the CEO is responsible for everything

Ray Bryant, CEO of data traffic analysis and security specialist idappcom, explains why the big chair can carry a lot more responsibility than you might think

You would never consider purchasing an inferior accounting system that opens your organisation up to financial loss through bad record-keeping, yet many managers will cheerfully purchase an inferior, lower-cost IT security defence system more...

The buck stops here: why the CEO is responsible for everything

CIOs prefer reporting to the CFO

CIO World View - IT leaders in the Asia Pacific economy prefer working with the CFO

CIOs who report to their CFOs, 80 per cent said the setup has been beneficial to their company more...

The CIO Questionnaire, David Wilde, City of Westminster CIO

Look, no infrastructure

David Wilde, CIO of the City of Westminster, is keen on cloud and shared services and has no truck with those who moan about the lot of the public-sector IT boss more...

The CIO Questionnaire, David Wilde, City of Westminster CIO

Book review: Open Leadership

Web 2.0 keeps us open all hours

Former Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li is widely acknowledged as one of the brightest people covering the way the internet is changing businesses operations, with particular respect to social media and marketing campaign management. more...

Top 10 communication mistakes made by CIOs

CIOs in the USA and former CIOs offer their communications advice

CIOs have been fighting the stereotype that they're weak communicators, unable to speak business language or relate to anyone outside of IT. more...

Top 10 communication mistakes made by CIOs

CIO Questionnaire Andy Gregg CEO of the charity London Advice Services Alliance

Charitable advice

London Advice Services Alliance (Lasa) is a leading national charity offering services in welfare rights advice, information and training. The CEO tells about his role, IT and leadership. more...

CIO Questionnaire Andy Gregg CEO of the charity London Advice Services Alliance

CEOs and CIOs will learn from Terry Leahy

Analysis skills, rather than gut instinct put Leahy in a class of his own

As Sir Terry Leahy steps down from Tesco he will leave an enviable legacy that many CEOs and CIOs aspire to. more...

CEOs and CIOs will learn from Terry Leahy

The CIO Questionnaire: Anne Moises, CIO of the Scottish Government

The listener

Anne Moises wants to cut out the tech talk, encourage mentoring and make IT a more attractive career for women. more...

The CIO Questionnaire: Anne Moises, CIO of the Scottish Government

What the CEO wants from the CIO

CIO Executive Council members in the US discuss the demands of the CEO relationship

A new generation of CEOs—not in age but in perspective—has embraced the notion of CIOs as strategic business peers. more...

The CIO Questionnaire: Ian Dyson of The Co-operative Group

Co-operative worker

Ian Dyson, Director of IS for the Trading Group has been with the resurgent retailer for 30 years and is leading the company’s IT strategy through one of its most interesting periods. He took some time from his schedule of infrastructure changes to answer the CIO questionnaire. more...