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Budgets
Budget management is a core competency of any senior management position. CIO budgets are under increasing pressure to deliver more IT for less cost. The CIO must be able to demonstrate when their budget needs to be expanded to deliver innovative services, but also an ability to keep their department on budget by extracting maximum value from staff and technology they have.
Latest Budgets news
Bill Gates slips to second world's richest man
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man according to the annual Forbes magazine list released Tuesday, but it's not like he's going to have to go crawling back for his old job either.
CIOs lose confidence in predicting IT budgets
The "vast majority" of IT budgets will not grow this year, said analyst house Ovum.
Procter and Gamble allow staff to use own laptops
Procter & Gamble (P&G), which is ranked 20th on the Fortune 500 list, can afford to buy its employees laptops. But it is instead letting several hundred of its workers use their own laptops as part of a workplace experiment.
Standard Life expects £350m efficiency gain with IT
Standard Life has raised its cost cutting targets by nearly half to £350 million by 2012, as it reported strong progress on a technology and process overhaul.
Atos Origin signs up consultants expecting market growth
Musical chairs in the consultancy market
IBM CEO picks £14.1 million pay package
Sam Palmisano, chairman and CEO of IBM, was awarded a compensation package valued at $21.2 million (£14.1 million) in 2009, according to documents filed today with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
HP cuts profit figures due to BSkyB costs
Hewlett-Packard has been forced to reduce the amount of profit it reported last quarter to cover additional costs awarded against its EDS division in a lawsuit brought by British Sky Broadcasting.
CSC robustly defend £13bn NHS IT project
CSC, a lead supplier alongside BT on the £12.7 billion NHS National Programme for IT, has said it is confident about the future of the programme.
Tata Communications figures show it's growing
Telecom company Tata Communications has announced record growth for business volumes despite the recession and continued investments in global infrastructure, services and emerging market initiatives.
Novell president's pay goes down to $5.7m
Novell president and CEO Ron Hovsepian's total compensation fell 17% in 2009, amid declining annual revenue and a wider net loss.
Budgets in depth
Global banking brands need to re-think attitudes to IT
Time for banks to deliver IT value
Banks should be looking at outsourcing, managing suppliers and sharing resources in order to restore their fortunes more...
Analysis: the £200m BSkyB litigation win over HP EDS
The lies, the costs and the dog with the MBA
The BSkyB judgment by an English court against EDS could have significant implications for the IT industry. It also shows where to go if you want to get your dog an MBA. more...
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: The World Is Curved
Making sense of the global economy
This month’s books aim to crack the codes of finance and shatter the glass ceiling. more...
BT Group CIO Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back
Going back to the source
Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back with a re-evaluation of outsourcing part of the agenda more...
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...
Government cloud computing must have a proper business case
Helping G-Cloud hit the spot
Cloud computing could enable an improved approach to public-sector IT, as long as the business case for its adoption is properly established more...
London Zoo go wild with CRM lifecycle
Natural selection
Zoological Society London IT boss Nick Napier explains how IT is delivering greater value to customers, members and the planet's rare beasts. more...
Turnaround strategies for the CIO
How to spot early signs of failure and what to do if failure finds you first
Some people in life are natural born problem-solvers. If they’re good at it, then in commercial terms they become expensive hired guns – risk takers who see themselves as agents of change. more...
Recession Lessons from Whirlpool CIO
Kevin Summers says the big lesson of the recession is a focus on organisation fundamentals.
What is the key lesson we should take away from this recession? more...
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CIOs prioritise software initiatives to reduce costs and eliminate waste in 2010
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We all sit in someone else’s value chain as, in return for money, we deliver value in one form or another. more...
Debate
Alignment is finding the best deal for the organisation
The business gains a sense of using a tool will solve the issues at the business level and when it fails to deliver, IT's value diminishes due to the failure. more...
