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CIO Magazine April 2008 talks to Phil Pavitt, CIO of Transport for London on how he aims to harness technology to serve Londoners, travellers and visitors to the Olympics in 2012. Outsourcing guru Dr Richard Sykes discusses the future of cloud computing and its ability to provide a service revolution, dubbed Service 2.0.
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Transport for London’s CIO Phil Pavitt makes travellers top priority
Ticket to ride
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IT and the business: sharing a common language
For IT to succeed in an organisation it must become a central part of the business. To do this requires effective communication. Mark Chillingworth reports from a recent CIO event at Claridges, sponsored by BMC
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In-depth investigation
Computer forensics has helped bust scams across the country – but could this re-emerging discipline help your organisation? Ambrose McNevin takes a look at the evidence
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Driven by project management demand at Standard & Poor's
Applying the lean production methods of revered car-maker Toyota to a very different business means Jora Gill, VP for international business systems, is ahead of the game
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A way through the skills crisis
Finding good people – and enough people – is one of the biggest challenges facing the sector. Cath Everett reports on one initiative to help ensure a bright recruitment future
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Where have all the women gone?
Not only are fewer women entering and staying in the IT profession, but little help is being offered to those who actually wish to return.
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Government CIO John Suffolk lets off steam
Leading public sector IT professionalism efforts isn’t easy when there seem to be more problems than answers. Government CIO John Suffolk shares his many frustrations with Ambrose McNevin
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The importance of life-cycle management
Acquiring the right applications is one thing, but CIOs need to focus just as much on life-cycle management
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Becoming the person you want to be
The route to becoming more effective in your career and personal life – as well as the winner of last month’s festive sports quiz
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How technology can drive business performance
IT may never matter to some businesses, but to others it’s the lifeblood of a thriving organisation. How we move forward is the real question
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Latest Concern Articles
Board Politics > Five things Don Tapscott has learned about collaboration
Wikinomics author and consultant Don Tapscott believes that transparency is power and that the benefits of collaboration outweigh its drawbacks, Jarina D'Auria shares his learnings.
Business Alignment > Technology’s brief to help save the environment should not stop at the datacentre
To the borders and beyond
Infrastructure Refresh > Graham Spittle, the IBM wind of change
IBM’s Graham Spittle is not only moving to the commercial side of the business after two decades making software, but also from the famed Hursley
Resource Management > How CIOs can enable power users
Employees who take the initiative with new technology that aids creative working should be welcomed, as long as the boundaries are clear, argues Tracey Caldwell
Managing Budgets > How enterprise software will look in 2017
Forrester Research vice president Andrew Bartels takes a gamble
Managing Change > Migration management and effective integration for EuroSox
Rapid growth caused by mergers and acquisitions means The Carphone Warehouse is leading the way in compliance and integration issues
Managing Customers > Being an effective CIO means focusing on business just as much as technology
Bruce Goodman, CIO of health insurance firm Humana, explains how he reaped financial results from IT by understanding the bottom line
People Leadership > Interview: Douglas Merrill, former Google CIO
Searching for meaning among CIOs
Compliance > Will traditional IT organisations cease to exist by 2012?
Why the end could be nigh
Security > Corporate IT Forum chairman Ian Campbell plots a new course
Uncharted territory
Latest News
Green IT will increase budgets available
Survey finds UK CIOs and IT leaders confident of budget surge to keep energy costs down
Pharmaceuticals firm Nycomed outsources infrastructure to BT and HP
Pharmaceuticals company Nycomed has signed a contract for BT and HP to manage its infrastructure over the next five years.
Shell signs £2bn multi-supplier outsourcing deal
Royal Dutch Shell has signed a five year, $4.0 billion (£2.04 billion) outsourcing deal with three global IT and telecommunications suppliers
BT sets up global operations center in India
BT Group has opened a global operations center in India. The new center in Gurgaon, near Delhi, will employ up to 300 staff to run systems and processes for various lines of BT business worldwide.
Yorkshire Water blocks off network downtime
Yorkshire Water has switched on a data and voice virtual private network, in order to prevent individual site outages from bringing down networks at other locations.
Articles In Other Technology Areas
Infrastructure > Eleven cloud computing vendors to watch
A Forrester report reveals the benefits of cloud computing and the eleven vendors topping the competitive cloud landscape, says Laurianne McLaughlin
Internet/eCommerce > Can the new Google CIO fill Douglas Merrill's shoes?
Executive recruiters and Wall Street analysts think Ben Fried is indeed a good choice.
Business Applications > Cloud computing: Tales from the front
While CIOs begin to embrace the emerging technology of cloud computing, experts say IT staff will be more likely to resist, says Bill Snyder.
SOA > HP and IBM combine datacentre strengths
The two biggest computer companies in the world – IBM and HP – are proving they can save on datacentre space and energy through the power of consolidation
Outsourcing > Former ICI IT boss Richard Sykes sees cloud computing creating a ‘Services 2.0’ culture
After having helped bring business discipline to IT and outsourcing at ICI, Richard Sykes sees cloud computing creating a ‘Services 2.0’ culture
Security > Cloud-based services are too difficult to measure and justify enterprise deployment
Cloud-based services are too difficult to measure and justify to be deployed by enterprises today, says Janice McGinn
Databases > Software as a service (SaaS) is now on the menu of large companies
Having been the order of the day in small- and medium-sized businesses, software as a service (SaaS) is now on the menu of large companies
Mobile IT > 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
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