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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...
Mobile & wireless Indepth
Bill Watkins: The last words on personal storage
Spin City
Just before being ousted as Seagate CEO Bill Watkins in a typically outspoken interview with CIO UK, spoke about the future of personal storage and data security more...
Netbooks set to challenge laptops
Small wonders
From smartphones to Ultra-Mobile PCs and Netbooks, compact devices are emerging as a more shoulder-friendly alternative to traditional portable gear more...
Preparing for the latest flexible working legislation
Flexing the workforce
Legislation will soon give all parents the right to request flexible working. CIOs need to act now to be ready for IT implications such as connectivity, support and security more...
How to embrace millennial’ workers
Generation games
Is it possible for established CIOs to embrace the new tech-savvy ‘millennial’ workers and bring the workplace up-to-date using the latest consumer IT trends? more...
BlackBerry is a handheld dilemma for CIOs
The way organisations introduce new technologies is changing from an instinct-based approach to a choice based on business value, argues Nigel Hughes
The way organisations introduce new technologies is changing from an instinct-based approach to a choice based on business value, argues Nigel Hughes more...
A catalyst for IT-business chemistry
How one CIO is aligning IT with business needs from France to China to Brazil
"The way to achieve world class systems is to standardise" believes Xavier Rambaud, CIO at French chemicals company Rhodia who reveals the challenges he faced such as finding 17 different business software packages running across the business. more...
Generation Y: Love them or lose them
Here are a few management techniques to bring out the best in them
They're your high-maintenance, entitled, technologically sophisticated and fickle new talent pool. Generation Y, a.k.a. the Millennials, is also potentially the most high-performing generation in decades. Here's the lowdown on what makes them tick and how to work most effectively with them. more...
CIO John Clarke moves to Nokia from Tesco
When John Clarke left Tesco to join Nokia in Finland, he also swapped hats from CTO to CIO. Clarke explains why he has one of the best jobs in the world
When John Clarke left Tesco to join Nokia in Finland, he also swapped hats from CTO to CIO. Clarke explains why he has one of the best jobs in the world more...
Don’t be frightened of your shadow
How CIOs can embrace shadow IT departments and turn them to their advantage
Last month we examined the rise of the shadow IT department, users in your company who have embraced consumer technology and are using applications and devices not provided, or necessarily approved of, by the CIO to do their work. The natural reaction of the IT department may be to clamp down and try to destroy it but the likelihood is this will prove futile and may even be counterproductive. more...
Mobile & wireless news
Vodafone considers buying T-Mobile UK
Is UK market too crowded?
Vodafone, the world's largest mobile operator in terms of sales, is reportedly considering a bid for the UK mobile operation of Deutsche Telekom, in order to boost its position in its domestic market. more...
Barack Obama to get power to shutdown internet during cyber attack
Network shutdown bill is a work in progress, aide says
A bill in the US Senate that would allow President Barack Obama to shut down parts of the Internet during a cybersecurity crisis will likely be rewritten and needs input from private businesses, said a congressional staff member associated with the legislation. more...
IBM CIO embraces cloud computing
Big Blue is building private cloud model within its own firewall
IBM’s aggressive push in the emerging private cloud market isn’t just for IBM customers – Big Blue is building several private cloud services within its own firewall, CIO Mark Hennessy says. more...
Vodafone box boosts 3G signal in the home
Access Gateway routes calls across a broadband connection
Vodafone is making a device designed to improve mobile signal in the home available to consumers. more...
Apple changes name of iPhone 3GS
It's only a space, but over the weekend the new iPhone went from "3G S", to "3GS"
Apple quietly changes the spelling of the iPhone 3GS over the weekend, leading to speculation as to what was wrong with iPhone 3G S? more...
Many buyers disappointed by netbooks, according to poll
You mean $200 doesn't buy a gaming PC?
Netbook owners are more likely to be disappointed with their machines than people who purchase larger and more expensive laptops, a retail research firm said today. more...
O2 see the 3G iPhone take off
Mobile network anticipates selling 50 per cent more iPhone 3G S handsets than it did on launch day for the iPhone 3G
O2 claims it has already sold more iPhone 3G S handsets than it did on the launch day of the iPhone 3G. more...
Enterprise budget pain hits WLAN market
First ever decline of equipment sales.
More fallout from the downturn has emerged after industry analyst firm Dell'Oro recorded a 11 percent revenue decline for the wireless LAN market during the first quarter, the sector's first ever year-over-year drop. more...
Analysts: New iPhone 3G S still lacks features IT needs
iPhone 3G S also doesn't allow processing in the background adds Gartner
Most IT managers are likely to shun the new new iPhone 3G S until it can be controlled remotely says analysts. more...
Half of iPhone users to wait out O2 contract
Macworld poll reveals widespread O2 anger
Apple iPhone users will wait till their existing contract runs out rather than pay up the remainder to grab the new iPhone 3G S at launch a Macworld online survey reveals. more...
