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Strategic.

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.
With its extra screen space, it makes sense for an avid Angry Birds gamer to choose a tablet. But Parmalat chief information officer — and Angry Birds player — Barry Wiech still favours the game on an iPhone; its portability allows him to carry it around in his pocket. It is this practicality that Wiech also applies to his role.
Tod O’Dell worked his way up from the help desk to service delivery and management of the development team at McGrath Estate Agents.
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?
Ken Gallacher may be the CIO for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), but that doesn’t mean he is the sole provider of technology to the broadcasting giant. “The common theme has been about getting out there with the team and the business, especially with the business and directors that are driving and shaping our technology,” he said.
Interview with Opera Solutions CFO Rob Bothe about management and recruiting.
The voice of experience. Domino’s chief information officer, Barry Wiech, talks about building teams, communicating goals and the importance of being commercial.
We take a look at what's coming up next on his IT agenda
We take a look at what's next on his IT agenda
CIO spoke exclusively to Hugh Banister, CIO at gas supplier Santos, about the challenge he faces in his role, what his average work day looks like and some of the IT projects Santos is working on.
What are the differences and similarities between the role of a CIO within a large corporate and a state education department?
Social networking outlets such as MySpace and Facebook are offering new avenues of communication for corporations and governments, but are also presenting fresh challenges to CIOs deciding how best to fit them into their business processes. Dave Nikolejsin, CIO for the Government of British Columbia, discusses his own experiences thus far in the world of Web 2.0.
CIOs are facing several powerful trends and inflection points that are defining the new IT landscape, including cloud computing, virtualization, the consumerization of IT, smart computing, and communications to collaboration. ...
IT organisations must be able to quickly deliver and securely manage new business and IT services at fraction ...