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Can Web 2.0 save BI?

Web 2.0 technology will benefit BI tools and their users
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Organisational Skills to Implement SOA

Cultural issues can damage SOA plans, CIO UK explains how to avoid them
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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
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Under pressure, ERP giants struggle to innovate

But still customers find it hard to break out
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SOA takes to the skies

The thought of tackling a service oriented architecture (SOA) can be intimidating but, as Air France shows, the rewards are worth it
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Strictly business

A business intelligence project should not be a technology initiative. As Janine Milne discovers, it is all about business
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50 things I wish I’d known…

...before becoming a CIO
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Under the influence

Leadership skills for CIOs
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Fighting back

Amid criticism of the NHS Programme, Richard Granger defends its progress and claims its successes go unreported
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A refreshing change

It pays for CIOs to keep an eye on tomorrow’s technology
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Latest Concern Articles

People Leadership > Time to reappraise speech recognition systems?

Speak and spell

Business Alignment > Citrix plans next revolution

After reinventing Windows computing, the software pioneer wants to make a splash in virtualising desktops and servers, says CEO Mark Templeton

Infrastructure Refresh > Mike Altendorf: Search will outshine KM

Enterprise search will be a new software layer that lets firms exploit their digital assets. And Microsoft has its foot in the door, says Mike Altendorf

Security > CIO’s Steve Ballmer interview transcript

Microsoft CEO on cloud computing, SaaS, Google, chimpanzees, Zune, Seinfeld (and reprising the ‘developers’ rant)

Resource Management > PGA Tour IT chief Steve Evans uses BI to satisfy fans and players

Putting IT straight

Managing Budgets > Preparing for the latest flexible working legislation

Flexing the workforce

Compliance > Team GB and Accenture use profiling tools to win Gold

Business insight for sail in Beijing

Managing Change > Forbes CIO puts project management in the cloud

Mykolas Rambus advocates Project Portfolio Management as clear view of the department

Managing Customers > Working with and communicating to the board of directors

CIOs discuss their tactical play in the boardroom

Board Politics > Richard Sykes: It’s the humans, stupid!

Technology doesn’t just develop itself, and talent management skills are vital when it comes to innovative projects

Latest News

Carphone Warehouse automates SOA governance

A new IT governance system has boosted the adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology at the Carphone Warehouse.

Eclipse prepares open source SOA framework

The Eclipse Foundation is developing an open source SOA framework for enterprise applications.

Banking industry looks to drive out costs with smaller contracts

Banks squeeze margins in software and services

ITIL v3 gaining ground in enterprises but doubts remain

ITIL v3 is slowly being adopted, but there is still confusion in the marketplace

Telecommuting saves carbon emissions

Telecommuting leads to a significant reduction in carbon emissions even when increased home-based carbon emissions are taken into account.

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Articles In Other Technology Areas

Mobile IT > Netbooks set to challenge laptops

From smartphones to Ultra-Mobile PCs and Netbooks, compact devices are emerging as a more shoulder-friendly alternative to traditional portable gear

Business Applications > Microsoft's CIO on innovation, freedom and open source

How Microsoft keeps a balance between innovation and business driven priorities.

Infrastructure > Richard Sykes on the lessons of Moore’s Law

Gordon Moore’s dictum on unrelenting technological progress causes Richard Sykes to recall leadership styles in his ICI days

Communications > Avoiding the tender traps

With many IT outsourcing contracts up for re-tender, it pays to look back for lessons and begin the process as early as possible

Internet/eCommerce > Universal Orlando Resort CIO on understands the Universal customer

Michelle McKenna, CIO of theme park operator Universal Orlando Resort, challenges market assumptions of how to drive business in a shrinking economy

Databases > British Library's Richard Boulderstone sets out digital agenda for national libraries

The British Library’s director of e-strategy Richard Boulderstone is at the heart of a huge digitisation project that will make the organisation’s 150 million-document archive more accessible now and in the future

Security > Andy Hayler: Bigger is not always better

The basics of software development best practice are being lost because we over-value youth and energy

Outsourcing > Frank Modruson, Accenture CIO is not just putting out fires

Accenture CIO Frank Modruson is surrounded by IT experts, but the part-time firefighter still finds time to think about new approaches to collaboration

Storage > Flexible working legislation: What is the right to request?

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