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Don't miss the train

To ignore shortfalls in your team's skills would be to court disaster

Four IT trends for 2012

Mike Altendorf predicts the hotspots of the CIO's worry wall

Database wars enter a new phase

Old hands and newcomers alike must turn their attention towards building better optimisers

Outsourcing a key part of transformation for CIOs

Don’t just think about cost control

12 essential habits of new IT hires

Some tips on what to look for when filling your next vacancy

Oracle fleshes out its 'big data' portfolio

Dale Vile of Freeform Dynamics on how the whole big data movement is introducing net new capability to the business mainstream.

2011, the editor's year

A personal look back on 2011 as Editor in Chief of CIO

An application of quality

Mobile apps must be useful, functional and 100 per cent reliable

New year metrics

As IT becomes a commodity, CIOs must devise new ways of measuring their value to their organisations

A look back at 2011 for CIOs

The headlines of 2011

The brand conversation: what's a CIO's role?

Operating across the business, the CIO can be an enabler for the collaborations that are critical to brand building

SMEs must go global for outsourcing

Small technology companies can enjoy the benefits of ‘brain extension’ as both clients and suppliers

5 innovation killers and how to avoid them

Driving innovation does not only demand great business ideas, it also requires an organisation that encourages rather than inhibits innovation. Which of these 'innovation killers' are alive and well in your business?

The secrets of effective disaster recovery

Martha Bennett asks, what can companies do to ensure that they’re adequately prepared for when disaster strikes?

No more public v private sector mindset

Metropolitan infrastructure needs will make the distinction less relevant

In 2012 the device is no longer the crucial discussion for CIOs

Information value offers CIO a powerful future

The LaaS frontier

Labour-as-a-Service, the latest on-demand-delivered IT resource

The CIO = the man that can?

2012 predictions - it's going to be the year of the CIO

Information for sale

If departments can buy their own commodity IT, where does that leave today’s CIO?

Christmas, a time to party, reflect and say thank you

If your company puts on a good Christmas party then it means there’s a good team spirit, make the most of it, we did!





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