Management by topic
Technology
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
Intel funds social media incubator Betaworks
Intel invested an undisclosed amount in social media incubator Betaworks to gain insight into real-time user behavior on social networks, the chip maker said on Thursday.
Microsoft targets NetSuite users with new deal
Microsoft is offering financial enticements to customers of on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor NetSuite to switch over to Microsoft's Dynamics family of business applications.
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.
BlackBerry internet connections drops out for UK users
Some BlackBerry users in North America and the United Kingdom said they experienced data outages earlier this week on Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerries when not connected to Wi-Fi.
Microsoft loses Word patent battle
The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals has once again upheld a jury's verdict that Microsoft willfully infringed on patents awarded to i4i.
Microsoft Bing catching Google
Microsoft's Bing search engine continues to grow slowly, but remains far behind Google, which has maintained its 70%-plus share of the market in recent months.
VMware and Citrix users targetted by virtual PC start-up
A virtual desktop start-up Unidesk is aiming to improve deployments of VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop with management software that it says reduces storage costs and gives users a more personalised desktop than the VDI tools by themselves.
CIOs lose confidence in predicting IT budgets
The "vast majority" of IT budgets will not grow this year, said analyst house Ovum.
HMRC forced to manually process 35 million tax cases due to IT delays
HM Revenue & Customs has queued 35 million tax cases for manual processing, directly as a result of severe delays to a new IT system rollout.
Doctors demand halt to NHS electronic records
The British Medical Association has called for an immediate halt to the multibillion pound rollout of electronic records for NHS patients.
Technology in depth
Why IT vendors must raise their game
CIO tells vendors to listen and understand
Suppliers need to spend more understanding the value chains of prospects to win deals more...
Book review: Anywhere
Searching for the meaning of Google
New books examine the search giant and how the web has changed everything. more...
Book review: Googled
Searching for the meaning of Google
New books examine the search giant and how the web has changed everything. more...
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...
CIO CV: Eachan Fletcher
This sporting life
Sporting Index CIO Eachan Fletcher doesn’t mind admitting a love for technology more...
Sporting Index CIO Eachan Fletcher doesn’t mind admitting a love for technology
This sporting life
Sporting Index CIO Eachan Fletcher doesn’t under estimate the CTO aspect of his role at one of the web's gambling bellwethers. more...
Apple iPad offers CIOs many commercial opportunities
Expect to see estate agents and manufacturing carrying the desirable Apple gadget
Is the new Apple iPad just a gimmick gadget for Mac fans? Martin Bailey argues the iPad will find its way into the enterprise and CIOs in retail and manufacturing would be advised to assess the opportunities it offers. more...
Back to basics: Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Past, Present, Future and successful implementation
ERP in simple language, a cut out and keep guide to get your CEO and CFO up to speed on what these technologies do for your organisation more...
Government IT: why getting it right matters
Policy could kill IT innovation
The government must stop making excuses and get to grips with the way it runs IT before innovation dries up in Britain, argues the CEO of software company Erudine more...
Enterprise search - the killer app CIOs seek
The Searchers
Enterprise search is becoming the killer app for harnessing internal knowledge and converting e-commerce visitors more...
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Analysis
Infrastructure consolidation – time to look at supplier strategies?
Research results obtained by Freeform Dynamics towards the end of 2009 shows that, despite the considerable efforts of vendors to promote the benefits of ‘consolidation’, organisations of all sizes continue have large numbers of servers in their estates. more...
Opinion
Cloud Computing is the new SOA
From an IT or enterprise architect's point of view, there are definitely similarities. more...
Debate
Will there be a Cloud backlash?
Bernard Golden is CEO of consulting firm HyperStratus ponders whether the cloud moment has already blown over. more...
