Thursday | 8 January, 2009
Stories by: Chris Potts
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Blog: Unlocking the CIO's Strategic Contribution 08 January, 2009 09:30:00
Three independent surveys into the role of the CIO highlight some keys to unlocking the CIO's contribution to corporate strategy. - +
Blog: Live Research: The CIO Role is Reaching its Destiny 29 November, 2008 11:29:00
Nearly a third of CIOs have reached the ultimate destiny of their role, recognised by the Board as a leader of investments in business change. At least, that is, in one remarkable country. - +
Blog: Beyond the Trillion Dollar Bonfire 24 November, 2008 13:54:00
As CIOs and their departments move into their next generation, promising to 'enable' others to achieve their business goals is unlikely to be enough. - +
Blog: It's That Misleading IT Ratio, Again 27 October, 2008 12:14:00
An article from the Financial Times serves to highlight yet again the damaging flaws in the often-repeated ratio of IT maintenance to new IT investment. - +
Blog: The Next Generation of CIO Depends on Which One You Already Are 03 October, 2008 14:13:00
CIOs are in any one of four generations, and a company and their CIO need to generationally match. - +
Blog: "The Appearance of Change Can Be The Enemy of Real Change" 25 August, 2008 14:33:00
An observation about government politics in The Times yesterday might equally be true of business. However, investing in the appearance of change may be either the friend or enemy of real change... - +
Blog: Enterprise Architecture: The Model or The People? 25 August, 2008 14:38:00
According to The Economist, in a review of banks' strategies and the credit crunch, ‘what separates the winners and the losers is not models, but management.' Enterprise Architects, take note. - +
Blog: OK, you're not a 'beard in the basement'. So who are you? 13 August, 2008 15:28:24
Prospective IT employees want a company's culture to value them as business innovators, not 'beards in the basement'. Given the preconceptions many cultures have about IT people, you'll need to be clear about your strategy. - +
Blog: It's the company's investment culture. Always was. 01 August, 2008 14:44:36
As people now move on from wondering about the value of IT, the way clears for the question that everyone has been implicitly asking all along. That question, and its answer, radically enhances the CIO's role as a corporate strategist and leader of change. - +
Blog: Enterprise Architecture: Tigers with Toolboxes 01 August, 2008 14:25:07
A phone call from a vendor of Enterprise Architecture software is another reminder to ask where the balance needs to lie between Enterprise, and Architecture. - +
Blog: The Wetware's Revenge.... 27 June, 2008 14:36:55
When the same word suddenly spikes up in - apparently - unconnected places, we strategy types take note....
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Data breaches rose sharply in 2008, says study 08 January, 2009 08:27:00
More than 35 million data records were breached in 2008, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.More than 35 million data records were breached in 2008 in the U.S., a figure that underscores continuing difficulties in securing information, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). - +
Rogue SSL certificate exploit puts VeriSign on the spot 07 January, 2009 11:04:00
Wishes "white hat" researchers had notified VeriSign before public demo.Following the success of researchers last week in creating a false SSL certificate based on VeriSign's RapidSSL brand, the company is scrambling to explain how it happened, how it's preventing it from reoccurring, and whether its other SSL certificate-generation services are at risk. - +
With Gaza conflict, cyberattacks come too 05 January, 2009 08:03:00
Pro-Palestinian hackers have defaced thousands of sites following attacks in Gaza.The conflict raging in Gaza between Israel and Palestine has spilled over to the Internet. - +
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What do Tom Cruise and the McCain campaign have in common? They have both been bitten by the loss of a Blackberry. Mobile expert Dan Hoffman gives advice on how to keep your cherished mobile device safe, even if it's out of your handsWhat do Tom Cruise and the McCain campaign have in common? They have both been bitten by the loss of a Blackberry. Mobile expert Dan Hoffman gives advice on how to keep your cherished mobile device safe, even if it's out of your hands. - +
Wireless VPNs: Protecting the wireless wanderer 18 December, 2008 11:04:00
Employees sipping café Java over their wireless laptops may think a VPN makes them safe and secure. With careful configuration, there's some chance they're rightEmployees sipping café Java over their wireless laptops may think a VPN makes them safe and secure. With careful configuration, there's some chance they're right.
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