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Will Clouds cast a shadow over IT governance?
By now, everyone has been subject to the ‘cloud-infestation’ of almost every aspect of IT. If you don’t have ‘cloud- something’ you’ll be left behind. This made me think about the recent GFC and the sub-prime mortage crisis.
A few decades ago, when moving workloads from the mainframe and other high-end boxes to commodity servers was causing a sensation, the industry coined the term ‘open systems’. Today, the onslaught of public computing services and software options means the information management choices for CIOs has never been more open.
A CIOs job is never done. A day in the life of a chief information officer
Information management has changed significantly over the last decade - both internally and externally. Think cloud, SaaS, PaaA, IaaS, open source, data integration, development ... the choice is open.
CIO editor, Georgina Swan, talks ICT, business and what makes IT leaders tick.
Advice for leaders to help refine skills and provide direction and guidance to employees
What's accidental about my career as a CIO? In the mid ‘90’s I was given the job of re-implementing a failed ERP implementation in a multi-division, nationwide business. I remember the day well. “…we’d like you to stop what you’re doing and, as of next week, take over the management of the IT Division, and re-implement the system that’s just been implemented, in your spare time!”. To that point, I’d only ever been on the receiving end of various enterprise IT Divisions’ services and dictates. The boot was certainly now on my other foot.

Peter Black is an experienced Business, Executive and Retirement Coach with specialties in CEO coaching and mentoring, the IT industry and professional services firms.

Rodney Gedda is the former deputy editor of CIO and former editor of Techworld.
Rory is an Associate Director at Grant Thornton, leading their Business Transformation consulting practice in Sydney. His specialties are business strategy, performance improvement, and transformational change. Follow him on Twitter @rory_gregg

Rob is a respected and experienced CIO, with more than three decades of industry and ICT experience. Over the last 16 years he has held the CIO role at several multinationals, most recently Ricoh. He is the owner of Rob Livingstone Advisory and a Fellow of University of Technology, Sydney. Rob delivers the Pathways Advanced and Business ICT leadership programs in conjunction with the CIO Executive Council.

Georgina Swan is the Editor of CIO.

Chris Yates is the former CIO of Tennis Australia, where he oversaw the IT strategy for organisation and led the IT team for tournaments such as the Australian Open and Davis Cup. He has worked across various industries, including financial services, marketing and advertising.
This threat report shares the latest research on hacktivism, online threats, mobile malware, cloud computing, and social network security looking ahead to the coming year.
Developed by the CIO executive Council, Pathways is a unique, flexible, self-managed, self-paced 12-month CIO designed and delivered ...