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Business strategy

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.

Business strategy

Latest Business strategy news

IT industry launches pre-election Technology Manifesto

A new Technology Manifesto has been launched which calls for for the government to create tax incentives to encourage the IT sector in the UK to grow and make 250,000 new IT jobs available over the next 10 years.

Morrison add £200 million to IT investment

WM Morrison is planning to invest a further £200 million in rejuvenating its IT systems over the next three years.

CA acquires Nimsoft in cloud computing services extention

CA inks a deal to acquire for $350 million Nimsoft, an IT service management player with customers in the managed service provider market.

IDC report datacentre management remains sloppy

CIOs and IT directors expect spending on staff in their datacentres to dramatically outstrip the overall growth in IT expenditure this year, according to analyst group IDC.

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

Capgemini offers cloud services under new business unit

The technical services group of Capgemini has traditionally helped companies with system integration, but cloud computing is changing that.

Google buys DocVerse increase its range of apps

With its acquisition of DocVerse, Google is offering an online component to Microsoft Word before Microsoft does so itself.

Ford gets scrappage boost from modelling software

Ford has improved its understanding of its sales leads process using a business process modelling software from Metastorm.

Former-Novell CTO to lead W3C

Filling a position left open since 2008, former Novell CTO Jeffrey Jaffe has taken on the role of chief executive officer for the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).

Business strategy in depth

How to create a system for charging back IT services

Keep it simple and be recognised as good value

Speculation about whether IT services can be charged for accurately has increased as budgets are stripped back and enterprises demand more accountability. more...

How to create a system for charging back IT services

How the CIO made Coca Cola green

Green IT improves Coke supply chain

Cutting IT emissions in Coke empire more...

How the CIO made Coca Cola green

Book review: Red Wired

Searching for the meaning of Google

New books examine the search giant and how the web has changed everything. more...

Book review: Red Wired

Book review: Googled

Searching for the meaning of Google

New books examine the search giant and how the web has changed everything. more...

Book review: Googled

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...

Global banking brands need to re-think attitudes to IT

The CIO Questionnaire: BBC CIO Tiffany Hall

Auntie opens up

At a BBC opening up to suppliers, viewers and staff, CIO Tiffany Hall is setting standards and building platforms. more...

The CIO Questionnaire: BBC CIO Tiffany Hall

A day in the life of BBC CIO Tiffany Hall

Auntie opens up

At a BBC opening up to suppliers, viewers and staff, CIO Tiffany Hall is setting standards and building platforms. more...

A day in the life of BBC CIO Tiffany Hall

BBC CIO Tiffany Hall is setting standards and building platforms

Auntie opens up

The BBC opening up to suppliers, viewers and staff. more...

BBC CIO Tiffany Hall is setting standards and building platforms

Department for Work and Pensions CTO reveals the power of crowd sourcing in government

Harnessing the power of the crowd

The wisdom of crowds can be an effective tool for collaborating on technology strategy. more...

Department for Work and Pensions CTO reveals the power of crowd sourcing in government

Warburtons mixed ERP improvements into its expansion plans

Grist to the mill

Warburtons mixed ERP improvements into its expansion plans under the careful eye of IT director Damien Ghee more...

Warburtons mixed ERP improvements into its expansion plans

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Analysis

Is cloud computing the innovator’s best friend?

How the maturing technology of cloud computing is delivering new business agility in today’s turbulent economy. more...

Is cloud computing the innovator’s best friend?

Opinion

Learning to lead

A decade is a long time but nonetheless a span of time that I can put my arms around, remembering, relating to, and digesting events and developments through the 10 years. more...

Learning to lead

Debate

Defining the business case for cloud computing

This CIO Debate kicked off with two webinars hosted by our partners MWD Advisors. The webinars are still available and well worth viewing. But for the time pressed CIOs MWD have pulled out the most important slides from the webinar for you to view here. more...

Defining the business case for cloud computing

CIO White Papers

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Avoid the common myths & mistakes when implementing your AUP

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This survey looks at a number of challenges and myths around email archiving that may also slow adoption of full archiving.

Modernising IT: Strategies for improving service quality and reducing IT costs

No matter how many people you allocate, sinking more labour into old IT practices cannot concurrently meet rising demands on IT and cut costs. Read about cost-effective, automated ways to meet this challenge head-on.


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