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Using Portfolio Management to Meet Company Goals 30 March, 2010 06:16:00
The fundamental principle of portfolio management is that you first choose the goals for your portfolio and then select the investments that will achieve them. For investments in change, these goals are expressed as the results you want to accomplish (with corresponding measures and milestones) and the shape of the enterprise that the investments must deliver. - +
Blog: Kundra's "Projects as Stocks" Approach Highlights the Ultimate Role of the CIO 10 March, 2009 12:36:00
US Federal CIO Vivek Kundra treats projects as investments, like stocks. This model provides leadership towards the ultimate destiny of the CIO role - as portfolio investor in business change - provided that everyone bears four things in mind. - +
Blog: 2009 CIO Strategy: Business Productivity will Trump IT Efficiency 09 January, 2009 09:48:00
In 2009, more than ever, the CIO will need to shine as a leader of productivity-led business innovation and change. But she may be under pressure to simply focus on IT efficiencies. She will need to show that a productivity-driven strategy has efficiencies built-in as standard, but that the opposite is not true. - +
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: 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: "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: 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.
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CIO industry insight podcast #11: Brad Howarth talks about the future of broadband 15 June, 2011 09:17:33
Journalist for CIO Australia, Lisa Banks, chats to Brad Howarth about A Faster Future; the book he co-authored with Janelle Ledwidge. - +
CIO Live Podcast #89: Graham Waller, vice president and executive partner, Gartner 24 November, 2010 14:34:44
CIO Australia editor, Georgina Swan, talks with Graham Waller, co-author of The CIO Edge - 7 Leadership Skills you need to drive results. The book examines the key skills CIOs need and how to develop them,focusing on the importance of the interplay between IT processes and people leadership. - +
CIO industry insight podcast #10: Rob Livingstone discusses the instruments required to fly into the cloud 14 October, 2010 10:08:38
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CIO Industry Insight Podcast #9: Tim Ayling, Chief Executive Officer, Platform46 06 August, 2010 09:22:40
CIO Australia editor, Georgina Swan, talks with Platform46 CEO, Tim Ayling, about collaboration in the enterprise. - +
Special Report: Green and Sustainable IT in the Enterprise 15 April, 2010 11:58:23
Despite all the hype surrounding Green IT, many CIOs and senior IT executives are unsure about the best way to start their organisations on the green journey. In this special edition podcast, CIO Australia editor Matt Rodgers speaks to Sundeep Khisty, Green Practice Leader, HP Enterprise Services, Asia Pacific & Japan, about how CIOs can best guide IT to become a core part of a company's sustainability strategy.
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Data breach: Only 16 per cent self-identified 08 February, 2012 13:26:00
POS system attacks come of age in Australia.Only 16 per cent of organisations that faced a breach in 2011 detected it prior to a notification by a third party, according to an analysis of investigations conducted last year by Trustwave's SpiderLabs security team. - +
Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code 08 February, 2012 06:12:00
Confirms that BitTorrent file is pcAnywhere's source code after sting operation failsSymantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate. - +
Anonymous claims to have released source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere 07 February, 2012 18:17:00
The hacker group had earlier released emails between a hacker and a person said to be a Symantec representativeHacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site. - +
Kaspersky Lab CEO backs out of IPO plans 08 February, 2012 02:10:00
Founder buys back 20 percent stakeKaspersky Lab founder Eugene Kaspersky has cancelled plans for the firm to go public, announcing his intention to buy back a 20 percent stake sold to a private equity investor a year ago. - +
Denial-of-service attacks are on the rise, anti-DDoS vendors report 08 February, 2012 01:34:49
Japan named as primary source of DDoS attack traffic for Q4 2011Both the number and volume of distributed denial-of-service attacks are increasing, according to new reports from DDoS mitigation companies Prolexic and Arbor Networks.
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