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CIOs must ensure that the IT department and systems constantly meet the demands of the business strategy. Perfect alignment between the IT department and the strategic direction of the business is critical to the success of an IT division. CIOs must devise and execute a strategy that fits seamlessly with the direction set out by the board for the entire organisation. CIOs are able to influence the corporate strategy through their understanding of how IT can drive strategic plans for the business.
Latest Business strategy news
Facebook suffers outage a day after IPO filing
Social networkers resorted to Twitter during and following a brief Facebook outage on Thursday, a day after the company filed for its initial public offering.
Glencore and Xstrata mining IT mix in £50bn mega merger
Commodities giants could look for major tech savings
Facebook IPO application hints about mobile ads, ecommerce plans
Draft prospectus hints at its future plans and reveals previously guarded profit and compensation data
Facebook files for IPO, reveals £2.3 billion revenue
Facebook has submitted paperwork to hold a £3.2 billion stock offering
Don't throw out IT strategy in hard times, warns Gartner
The best companies let IT influence business strategy
Tesco.com online sales help the suffering supermarket
Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket chain, has highlighted strong online sales as a major benefit during a weak in-store run up to Christmas.
Construction giant Kentz builds out new CRM
Global engineering and construction group Kentz is implementing a core customer relationship management (CRM) system from Microsoft to support business development, help track projects and deliver international knowledge management.
UK tech giants provide biggest boost to today’s struggling stock markets
Two of the UK’s most prominent technology firms, ARM and Sage, have eased an ailing London stock index this morning with shining performances.
IBM buys software testing vendor Green Hat
IBM is buying Green Hat, maker of automated testing tools for integration, SOA (service oriented architecture) implementations and cloud-based deployments, the company announced on Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not provided.
Mobile social networking to rule this year's US presidential race
Election campaigners have learnt a useful lesson about the importance of social networks in the previous US presidential election race, but mobile campaigns will be even more crucial this time round, what with the explosive growth in smartphone usage and the introduction of tablets
Business strategy in depth
The long and winding road
CIO UK's update on the travel and transport industries and their investments in IT
Not only are transport companies corporate organsations in their own right, but they are also often the engines that keep the wheels of the UK economy turning more...
CIO Profile: P&G's Dave Ubachs on the future of the CIO
It's about business prowess, not technical expertise, which comes as a given
For one of Procter & Gamble's IT heads, if the CIO isn't on the board, they cannot continue to stay relevant more...
CIO Profile: Trinity Mirror's Tony Pusey on the tech for the modern newspaper
National newspaper group IT boss explains the strategy behind the company's IT refurb
Trinity Mirror CIO Tony Pusey outlines the big technology partners he has chosen to keep the company agile and moving with the shifting demands of the media market more...
CIO Profile: Tony Pusey of Trinity Mirror on the switch from paper to pixels
For the newspaper business, it's a case of embrace tech or die
Few industries have been altered by technology quite as much as publishing, and media-savvy CIOs are leading the reinvention more...
The Great Debates at Davos: Jump-starting confidence in the economy
The hot topic this year is how BRICs economies can help the rest of the world
BG Srinivas, European head at Infosys has sent in a report on his first day at this year's Davos Summit. Attendees are abuzz with chatter over the global economy. more...
CIO Profile: African Minerals Paul Harrison mining a new seam of profit
Scarce resources mean IT budgets in mining have to be stretched significantly
Harrison is the CIO of African Minerals, the largest company by market capitalisation on the London AIM market. Give it a couple of years, he says, and the group could well be looking down from the lofty heights of the FTSE 100. more...
Digital defaulters put focus over process
Reforming process for process’s sake will only delay the public sector’s move to digital services
Reforming process for process’s sake will only delay the public sector’s move to digital services more...
10 essential budgeting tips for CIOs
Get these 10 budget policies right and the CFO will love you
Check these 10 tips from our panel and avoid budgeting gaffes. more...
JD Williams CIO rises to the multi-channel challenge
The extended economic slump is driving retailers to redraw their clicks to bricks ratios
Economic pressures, a confidence in online payments and increasing adoption of smart mobile devices has shifted retailers perspectives on sales channels more...
Sector update: energy providers shift their focus further afield
As the economic downturn bites, energy companies are shifting their strategies to adjust to new demands
Energy companies are looking at new areas to explore and shifting to alternative fuels to oil more...
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