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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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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 > 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
People Leadership > Interview: Douglas Merrill, former Google CIO
Searching for meaning among CIOs
Compliance > Will traditional IT organisations cease to exist by 2012?
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Security > Corporate IT Forum chairman Ian Campbell plots a new course
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Latest News
IDC: 45GB of data held on every person
Global digital information amounted to 281 billion gigabytes in 2007, or almost 45 GB of digital information for every person on earth, according to research by analyst IDC.
Data creation outstrips storage for first time
For the first time, the amount of digital information created each year has exceeded the world's available storage space, according to a new IDC report.
EMC prices set to triple in a few days
EMC has warned users of its hosted MozyPro backup and recovery service that massive price rises are imminent. From March, its monthly fees are set to as much as triple.
Dell sees an end to consultants
Companies will soon be able to replace expensive consultants when carrying out a storage audit by using software, according to Dell.
EMC launches hosted storage service
EMC is set to release a hosted backup and recovery service. The new offering will use technology from the company's acquisition of Berkeley Data Systems in September.
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
Communications > 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.
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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