Stories about: BMW

There's an (unintentionally) funny article in BusinessWeek online, bewailing the tough business circumstances that SaaS (and open source) face. From the opening paragraph:

Staff retention has been the concern of HR in the past, but a new multi-disciplinary approach is being driven by the vital contribution the CIO can make towards employee satisfaction.

This past February 2, at 5.15pm, Alan Boehme, 47, VP and CIO of Juniper Networks, left his office and climbed into his black 2004 Infiniti G-35. He pulled out of the company parking lot and began the 90-minute drive to his home in Half Moon Bay, a coastal town in Northern California's San Mateo County. Boehme's work had been going well. In December, he had completed an ambitious restructuring of the $US2.5 billion networking company's IT infrastructure, globalizing its operations and laying the foundation for its future growth.

It sounded like a no-brainer when we started the project in 2003. The idea was to replace our aging, 155Mbps ATM-over-SONET network with a new network based on 10G Ethernet over dense wavelength division multiplexing.

I'm seeing an increased emphasis on environmental greening of the IT industry. It may be due to the reduced levels of green on the actual environment due to ongoing drought, or to Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth. Gore recently addressed a group of 1500 Silicon Valley business leaders, imploring them to promote green technology that causes less pollution. Companies seem to be heeding his request in one of two ways: Green by Proxy or Do as I Say

What's the big deal about being on the executive group anyway?

How an org chart can inspire internal competition, drive process efficiencies and make a business more competitive.

Nearly half of all CIOs use offshore providers today, and two-thirds plan to send work overseas next year, according to US-based Forrester Research. India is still the leader, but as more companies seek to source globally, more countries are emerging to benefit from that demand - each with its own particular strengths and weaknesses.

Since its purchase of Jaguar Racing two years ago, automotive giant Ford has tried everything to improve the fortunes of its Formula One racing team, including the introduction of CIO James Saville.

Once dominated by U.S. surfers, the Web's user population has taken a decidedly global tilt that creates imperatives for e-businesses looking to grow.

A well-informed customer has the power to annihilate your profit margin -- but both sides can win at this kind of information warfare. Inspire customers to give you the right information and you may be able to create customer franchise. And that has to be good, because a franchise customer never even considers doing business with anyone else. The third in a three-part series on staying in touch with the customer