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  • CIO resume makeover

    James Jordan had been trying to fund his own healthcare technology company with the profits from his independent IT consulting business for 15 months when he concluded that the embattled healthcare industry was just not ready for his software product and that it was time to start a job search.

  • Seeing Is Believing

    Transparency, the let-it-all-hang-out style of IT management, isn't scary; it's empowering. It's what is freeing IT up to be more competitive, effective and resourceful. Three case studies demonstrate how service-level agreements, chargeback and the Balanced Scorecard help create transparency and better align IT with the business

  • The Right Way to Steer IT

    Advisory committees can help align IT and business objectives - as long as the CIO keeps a firm hand on the tiller

  • Where Do We Go From Here?

    Six experts offer their ideas on the future of the CIO role, the supply chain, just-in-time manufacturing, security, management and other issues affected by the terrorist attacks in the US.

  • Fighting Back

    How to go from partner to plaintiff in one not so easy lesson.

  • Clogged Arteries

    To witness the paradox of health care technology, take a stroll down the hallway of any hospital or medical centre

  • Too Many Chiefs?

    CIOs: you've got Â'C's' to the left of you, Â'O's' to the right of you. Ride into the valley of CXOland . . .

  • Hard Times are the Best Times

    No matter how precious the dollars, the companies that continue to look for new ways to do business are the companies that succeed

  • Mission Accomplished

    In 1998 Wayne Saunders joined Southcorp as its first CIO, with a mandate to transform the multinational's IT department into a business-driven, service-based entity. Three years down the track, CIO revisits Saunders to find out if whether it was a Mission Impossible or a . . .

  • Starting From Scratch

    A blank technology slate, a fistful of dollars and a culture that thrives on innovation sees COMindico's CIO creating his own lasting legacy.

  • The Cisco Skid

    Cisco's forecasting software not only failed to predict the economic downturn: its much-touted software and outsourcing infrastructure actually clouded the company's crystal ball.

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