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Technology is central to business today as the western economies become knowledge-based in the move away from manufacturing and production. The CIO is expected to deliver technology that will benefit the business through increased efficiencies, innovative services to users and consumers, and an improvement in the effectiveness of the organisation. An effective CIO must know when to adopt new technology and when to extract the maximum from existing systems.
Latest Technology news
W3C drop XHTML 2
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is looking to increase available resources for the development of HTML5 by discontinuing further development of XHTML 2.
Cisco promise faster customer virtualisation deployments
Cisco is looking to accelerate the rate at which customers adopt and implement virtualisation in their datacentres, company officials said at a Cisco customer event this week.
US Justice to throw the book at Google
The US Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service.
Red Hat will fly Linux into the cloud
Amazon has become the inaugural partner of Red Hat's new cloud certification programme.
Google upgrade Apps
Google Apps users will now be able to share templates together. The new feature is one of the updates that Google has made to its online applications product.
Weetabix swallow stage one of supply chain project easily
Weetabix has completed the first stage of a supply chain systems rollout, improving the accuracy of stock control.
Microsoft aims IE8 at businesses
Microsoft will begin pushing Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to enterprises next month.
Trojan horse malware hits Google and search users
Malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.
Oracle releases 11g for middleware range
Oracle has launched Fusion Middleware 11g, the latest addition to its range of middleware products.
Green IT in datacentres up in the downturn
The recession is driving green IT into datacentres, and organisations that are facing continued pressure on their budgets and datacentre resource, are now actively investigating software and outsourcing alternatives.
Technology in depth
Tennis CIO Chris Yates looks to improve his serve
Serving for victory
Tennis Australia CIO Chris Yates is revamping IT to ease the running of major tournaments including January’s showpiece Open, and to make his country number one on the court more...
How to Select a Vendor Management System
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Companies looking for a new vendor management system (VMS) have a wide variety of software solutions to choose from that, on the surface, appear to have very similar functionality. But, with so much commonality across the leading vendors, sourcing and vendor management professionals are better served focusing more time on the differentiating features like native business intelligence (BI) and advanced workflow tools in order to make the best purchasing decision. more...
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...
SAP CTO talks clouds
CTO of SAP, Vishal Sikka discusses his ambitions
As the CTO of SAP, Vishal Sikka's job is to figure out what SAP's future applications will look, feel and act like for its customers. He does that by experimenting with untested, emerging technologies; innovating with his team and co-innovating with customers and partners; and developing new ways to think about enterprise architecture and governance mechanisms. more...
LinkedIn made simple: The Social Network Explained
It's the social networking tool of choice for CIOs, make sure you get the most from it
Practice Polite LinkedIn Etiquette more...
Will BI 2.0 drive business insight?
Business intelligentisia
The new BI tools promise to democratise decision-making, but will not make for a fast answer to all data-driven queries more...
BT outlines its cloud computing strategy
Planning two steps ahead
While the cloud computing market is in its infancy at the moment, if or when it does take off, organisations will find themselves with some significant challenges. 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: What Would Google Do?
Why we’ve all been Googled
Jeff Jarvis’s new book puts the search giant at the centre of a new world more...
What’s in blogging for CIOs?
Dear diary...
Weblogs are everywhere, including the world of CIOs, but what are the opportunities for corporate bloggers, and where do the risks lie? more...
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Analysis
Perception versus reality in IT
In the world of information technology there is the impression that everything is logical and ordered. more...
Opinion
Climbing the storage mountain
According to analyst firm IDC, the digital universe is doubling every 18 months and total storage on the planet now stands at 487 billion gigabytes. more...
Debate
Unified comms the collaboration tech of choice for CIOs
Over the last few years, there has been a growing buzz in the area of collaboration software, with vendors of all shapes and sizes jostling for position in a bid to stake their claim in the increasingly hyped collaboration software market. more...
