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  • Enterprise agility through adaptive leadership

    Jim Highsmith is somewhat of a luminary in Agile circles. The co-author of the Agile Manifesto, which guides the Agile project management philosophy, is in Australia for the Thoughworks Live conference, which focuses on helping large enterprise be lean and innovative.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 02 Feb. 12 11:45

  • Rohan Davidson, CIO Rio Tinto Iron Ore

    As CIO of Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore group Rohan Davidson plays a critical role in overseeing the IT requirements of the operations the mining company owns and manages across North America and Australia. In Western Australia’s Pilbarra region alone, for example, Rio Tinto operates a network of 14 mines, three shipping terminals and the largest privately owned heavy freight railway in Australia, which spans 1400 kilometres.

    Written by Matt Rodgers • 09 Dec. 11 07:00

  • Rohan Davidson, CIO Rio Tinto Iron Ore

    As CIO of Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore group Rohan Davidson plays a critical role in overseeing the IT requirements of the operations the mining company owns and manages across North America and Australia. In Western Australia’s Pilbarra region alone, for example, Rio Tinto operates a network of 14 mines, three shipping terminals and the largest privately owned heavy freight railway in Australia, which spans 1400 kilometres.

    Written by Matt Rodgers • 08 Dec. 11 14:17

  • Vito Forte, CIO, Fortescue Metals Group

    After joining the Fortescue Metals Group as CIO in January 2011, Vito Forte now leads the company’s IT department as it assists the resources industry giant to keep pace with its strategy of rapid growth and expansion. In this interview, he talks to CIO about Fortescue’s transformation plans, the rise of Cloud and mobile technologies, and why, when it comes to IT innovation, culture eats strategy for breakfast.

    Written by Matt Rodgers • 08 Dec. 11 07:00

  • How effective leaders can make principled decisions

    In your new book, The Leader's Checklist, you suggest leaders make a list of principles to review when making decisions. How does a checklist help a CIO, who has probably been leading a long time?

    Written by Kim S. Nash • 29 Sept. 11 08:56

  • Cloud computing and governance in the digital age - Part 3

    During the Saleforce.com Dreamforce event in San Francisco, CEO Marc Benioff sat down with some of the leaders in the industry to talk about Cloud computing and governance in the digital age. The panelincluded former US federal government chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, the vice-president of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, and Burberry chief executive officer, Angela Ahrendts.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 07 Sept. 11 12:14
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    NBN Co CIO: The IT leadership strategy of Australia’s new telco - Part 2

    NBN Co’s tasks are split between network construction and business-as-usual telecommunications, and few of the company’s employees could map out the same 20-year careers at the company that often herald the same position at Telstra. They share much of the history, however; many of the staff hired so far herald from chief executive, Mike Quigley’s own alma mater — Alcatel-Lucent — as well as a range of Australian and international telcos.

    Written by James Hutchinson • 16 Aug. 11 08:00

  • NBN Co CIO: The IT leadership strategy of Australia’s new telco - Part 1

    NBN Co has a head start that would leave many telcos green with envy. Armed with $27 billion in government funding, and at least $9 billion from debt markets, the two-yearold National Broadband Network wholesaler has the resources and backing that could catapult it ahead many of its decadesold equivalents. That’s not to say the challenge before the organisation isn’t any less daunting; within the decade NBN Co is set to change broadband in Australia. The monopoly wholesaler is bound by carefully worded legislation to provide equal access to many of those it will compete with on a shiny fibre-to-the-home network, and satellite and wireless offshoots. Best of all, the company is starting with a clean slate.

    Written by James Hutchinson • 15 Aug. 11 11:04

  • The dangers of 'groupthink'

    Nigel Cameron has a question. Several questions actually. As the chief executive officer of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (C-PET), Washington DC’s independent think tank on science and technology policy, his role is to ask questions to which nobody yet has the answers.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 12 Aug. 11 14:39

  • CIOs can use the Cloud to become more strategic: Amazon Web Services

    When Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief technology officer, Werner Vogels, joined the organisation in 2004, the focus was very much on servicing customers in a retail environment. The concept of commercially available, robust, scalable infrastructure was just that — a concept. The organisation was working big name retailers such as Marks & Spencer and Target but it was the online retailer’s own operations that drove the technology agenda. Amazon Web Services was really borne out of the business requirements of its retail operations.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 15 July 11 17:27

  • Defence ICT: The right recruits

    Defence CIO, Greg Farr, talks about the need for greater professionalism and the role of certification when the stakes are high

    Written by Deanne McIntosh • 07 July 11 10:16

  • Risk management: A CIO's strategic role

    Michael Cusumano is a professor of management and engineering systems at MIT's Sloan School of Management and author of Staying Power: Six Enduring Principles for Managing Strategy and Innovation in an Uncertain World.

    Written by Kim S. Nash • 02 Feb. 11 15:04
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    Is this the toughest CIO gig on the planet?

    The first Federal CIO of the United States, Vivek Kundra, has his work cut out for him. But as fellow CIO, Scott Stewart discovered, he has a plan.

    Written by Scott Stewart • 02 Feb. 11 08:00

  • Interview: How are CIOs Meeting Evolving CEO Expectations?

    Chris Patrick is the global CIO practice leader at executive recruiter Egon Zehnder International (EZI), and co-author with EZI Partner Steve Kelner, of a new online series for cio.com -- Your Leadership Portfolio -- which examines the key leadership competencies that IT executives must cultivate over the course of their careers to meet the future demands of the role. Patrick sat down with Rick Pastore, managing director of the CIO Executive Council, for a discussion on the evolving role of the CIO, the impact of the worldwide recession, and the progress IT leaders are making in meeting the expectations of the CEO.

    Written by CIO Executive Council • 25 May 10 05:12
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    IT Skills Shortage A Chance for Unemployed Workers

    In this Q&A, CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux confronts the IT skills shortage, misconceptions about IT careers and ways to connect unemployed workers with the thousands of tech jobs that are still available.

    Written by Meridith Levinson • 18 March 09 08:56

  • What CEOs Want From Their Next IT Leaders

    The question of what CEOs want from CIOs has been asked for as long as chief information officers have existed. On the face of it, the granting of a C-level role would appear to ensure that information leaders are regarded as strategic authorities by their ultimate bosses. However, reports of what status the CIO has in the organization remain mixed.

    Written by CIO Staff • 07 Oct. 08 15:46
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