Features

• Developing the Competencies of a Future-State CIO

  By Steve Kelner and Chris Patrick | 19 April, 2010 06:41

  Outstanding CIOs most resemble outstanding CEOs. That was the eye-opening benchmark established when the CIO Executive Council, as part of its Future-State CIO initiative, teamed up with Egon Zehnder International (EZI) two years ago to build a leadership competency assessment for CIOs and senior IT leaders.

• CIO says communication is key to buy-in

  By Stephen Lawson | 15 April, 2010 06:41

  To ensure harmony between IT and business management, Jeff Kubacki recommends communication, communication, and more communication.

• Taming the Knowledge Towers

  By Rodney Gedda | 09 April, 2010 05:03

  With a diverse business unit portfolio that includes direct mail, call centres and electronic document management, Salmat CIO David Hackshall is working hard to instil a culture of collaborative knowledge management at the company and turn innovation into efficiency.

• ACMA's Business Transformation Journey

  By Rodney Gedda | 01 April, 2010 13:51

  Trashing a truck-load of old equipment and physically cleaning up rooms may not be indicative of the average IT transformation project, but the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) took a ground-up approach to modernising its business processes.

• Inside the CIO's 'Big Four' Application Priorities

  By Thomas Wailgum | 29 March, 2010 10:16

  Every company or organization has a wide range of software in its application portfolios-some enterprises, of course, carry a little more software bloat than others.

• OnStar CIO's Career Success Is No Accident

  By Thomas Wailgum | 17 February, 2010 08:48

  Jeff Liedel is as much a car guy as he is a computer guy. That much becomes clear when he's discussing his 20-year career track and the businesses he's served: Ford, Covisint, GM and now OnStar, the in-vehicle communications company and GM subsidiary, where he is CIO.

• CIOs as Business Leaders

  By CIO Executive Council | 05 January, 2010 08:05

  How can CIOs demonstrate their ability to lead business initiatives that transcend IT?

• Hiring Managers: Personal Networks Hold Hiring Power

  By Kristen Lamoreaux | 29 January, 2010 05:20

  We've all been told, "Networking is critical," so often that by now it's about as interesting as, "You should floss daily." But the truth of the matter is that CIOs in the know do regularly turn to their personal networks to source effective talent. And paying regular attention to your network does, in fact, pay off.

• CIO Tested-Tools: Summer 2009

  By CIO Staff | 15 December, 2009 09:15

  The summer is rapidly approaching and so is the time when vendors bring out their shiny new products for the holiday season. CIO Australia went looking for senior IT executives help us test the latest innovative technology products, both for the CIOs themselves and the employees they support and manage.

• What CIOs Get Wrong About Emerging Technology

  By Kim S. Nash | 18 December, 2009 09:44

  What about the CIO role do you think is changing?

• First Class IT: Boeing Global CIO John Hinshaw

  By Rodney Gedda | 01 December, 2009 11:14

  Boeing CIO John M Hinshaw talks about rationalising IT, surviving the financial crisis and the challenges of migrating 200,000 desktops to Windows 7.

• Richest CIOs: What's Behind Smaller Bonuses

  By Kim S. Nash | 25 November, 2009 08:06

  Bigtime CIOs have endured a volatile year, and their wallets have felt the impact. The sour economy and politics involved have led to a huge drop in performance bonuses and rejiggered our annual list of high-paid technology leaders.

• CIOs fear mass IT exodus following economic recovery

  By Denise Dubie | 19 November, 2009 08:32

  IT professionals asked to do more work for less pay and fewer benefits might be able to forgive their employers' financial choices, but industry watchers say high-tech workers won't soon forget being treated poorly during the most recent economic recession and will look to find other employment opportunities as soon as the recovery gets under way.

• Leadership Legacy

  By Maryfran Johnson | 04 November, 2009 06:17

  When CIO chose the first 12 members of the CIO Hall of Fame in 1997, the editors wondered how the still-nascent role of the chief information officer might look in the future. Would CIOs become more technically skilled, more business savvy or more influential across their entire organizations?

• NSW Office of State Revenue CIO reflects on five successful years of open source

  By Rodney Gedda | 01 October, 2009 08:28

  NSW Office of State Revenue CIO David Kennedy looks back on the challenges and achievements the government agency has had with open source technology and offers advice to CIOs on developing a successful open source strategy.