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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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Is IT achieving green?
As more and more organisations assess their impact on the planet and opt to go ‘green’, concerns are being raised as to the actual progress being made, if at all? Elana Varon takes a closer look.
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How to become green heroes
David Tebbutt recommends telecommuting, IP networks and virtualisation as powerful ways to save the business money
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Rolling with the changes: Pirelli CIO Dario Scagliotti
New projects provide multiple system integration problems which are a challenge to any business. CIO talks to the technology leader at one company making tracks in cost-effective manufacturing and logistics
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Overhaul at the British Council
The face of Britain abroad, formally known as the British Council, has re-engineered its IT department to be a consultancy to its users rather than a backroom
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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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Crude certainties: the CIO's role in cutting pollution
There’s no escaping rising oil prices and the need to cut carbon emissions. It is the CIO who can provide major answers at most organisations, writes Kim Thomas
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An improvised path to CEO
An unplanned but ultimately rewarding journey has led former CIO Adrian Bagg to the top role at leading disability charity the Papworth Trust
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On the right side of the law
Miya Knights talks to two firms that are keeping on the straight and narrow while still speeding towards greater business advantage
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Managing a virtual team
When your team is dotted around the world, it’s vital to balance taking control with ensuring local laws and cultures are respected. Richard Pastore looks at seven ways to get global management right
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Former Brigadier moves to Gartner
Former Brigadier Michael Lithgow may have left the army behind, but his 30-year stint at the MoD stands him in good stead in his new business battle. Sarah Aryanpur reports
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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
Resource Management > Transport for London’s CIO Phil Pavitt makes travellers top priority
Ticket to ride
Managing Customers > 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
Infrastructure Refresh > 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
People Leadership > Corporate IT Forum chairman Ian Campbell plots a new course
Uncharted territory
Latest News
Departing NHS CIO tells IT to play its part
Major speech will outline the role of IT in the future of healthcare
BA senior execs leave after T5 fiasco
British Airways has announced that two of its senior executives will leave the company following the chaotic opening of Terminal 5.
Staff log on problems behind baggage disaster at Terminal 5
IT 'glitches' continue to cause flight cancellations
Most IT pros unaware of SOA risks
Nearly half of all UK companies are in the initial planning stages of implementing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) for their IT operations, a survey has revealed. But most IT professionals are unaware of system breakdown risks, another survey posited.
Cost of green IT puts companies off
More than 80 percent of organisations have moved green IT further up their list of priorities, although it still lags well behind issues such as security, legacy software, data quality and server consolidation.
Articles In Other Technology Areas
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.
Communications > 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
SOA > 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 campus to London’s South Bank. CIO reports
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