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
Microsoft drops Linux and Unix from enterprise search
Microsoft is to halt offering Linux or Unix versions of its enterprise search products after a wave of releases set to ship in the first half of this year, said the company in its blog.
Bmi strap in IBM check-in system
Airline bmi has signed a three and a half year contract with IBM to install a new self-service check-in system at airports in the UK and Ireland.
Google end IE6 support for Gmail
Google will suspend Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) support for its Gmail and Calendar services later this year.
Microsoft appoints executive director to open source foundation
The CodePlex Foundation, an organisation funded and created by Microsoft, named its first executive director, industry veteran Paula Hunter.
Autonomy report “record” 2009
Interwoven acquisition proves to be successful
Oracle pull shutter down on Sun virtual world project
Oracle has killed the Sun virtual world project Wonderland
SAP Google Wave clone entering beta
An upcoming enterprise collaboration tool from SAP that has echoes of Google Wave will enter public beta this week.
Microsoft puts Windows Azure cloud platform into public sphere
Microsoft has released Azure to the general public
Ovum and PwC disagree on when economy will bounce back
The number of completed technology merger and acquisitions (M&A) deals in the UK fell by 60 per cent last year, according to PricewaterhouseCoppers (PwC), but 2010 will see a bounce back, the consulting firm is predicting.
Tories plans for BBC to pay for faster broadband
The Tory party unveil plans to deliver a nationwide super-fast broadband, funded by a portion of the BBC licence fee.
Technology in depth
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...
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...
Twenty companies to watch in 2010
The MWD Advisors tech watchlist
We meet hundreds of interesting lesser-known vendors every year but we just don’t have room to write about all of them. Here, with the help of analyst firm MWD Advisors, are some companies worth keeping an eye on next year more...
Bwin CTO bets on OEM future
Online gambling is a growth business that needs technology vision and the CTO of one has the answer
Online gambling is a growth business that needs technology vision and the CTO of one firm in the sector has the answer more...
Cloud computing, a personal experience
Some companies could move most of their apps to the cloud. Here's how one did it.
Some companies could move most of their apps to the cloud. Here's how one US firm did it. more...
Capgemini Amazon EC2 service may convince CIOs to embrace cloud computing
Several tech companies now support the Amazon.com Web services, though at different levels
Several tech companies now support the Amazon.com Web services, though at different levels more...
Book review: The Next Big Thing
From fallen giants to the next big thing
Trend-spotting has evolved from glorified parlour game to quasi-scientific endeavour. more...
Related Technology articles
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 brings CIOs back full circle
Cloud computing is completing the circle of IT management right back to centrally controlled host computing more...
Debate
5 steps to help CIOs choose the right BPM system
If your BPM project needs an application to run it, here's how to choose. more...
