CIO Insights
CIO Insights looks at the world of technology and business from the point of view of CIOs, IT directors and other senior tech professionals.
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CIOs told: Keep BYOA at bay with a corporate app store
CIOs faced with staff buying apps and online services without running it past the IT department are being advised to build corporate app stores to tempt staff back into using sanctioned software.
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Enterprise software: Win over the staff and you'll win over the business
Enterprise software needs to be as easy and enjoyable to use as consumer offerings if it is to appeal to today's workforce, according to a panel debate at the London Web Summit.
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Firms choose cloud services for one quarter of business functions
Cloud services are being used to fulfil e-commerce, email and storage roles, but CIOs are doubtful about cost savings, a survey has found.
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Cloud users redirect cash saved to business innovation, staffing
Businesses are taking cloud savings and reinvesting them in other parts of the business including innovation and new staff, according to research.
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Why every executive is a tech executive now
Executives across an organisation need to embrace and understand technologies - from cloud to software-defined networks - if they want to stay ahead of the game.
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IT innovation: Why are US and UK bottom of the pile?
US and UK organisations are putting less into innovative IT than their international counterparts - and well below firms in Brazil.
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Businesses caught out by the complexity of cloud
Business and IT executives say higher than expected implementation costs is the number one challenge when buying cloud services.
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Hybrid mobile apps: the future of app development?
Hybrid apps may be the norm, not the exception, within a few years as companies try to cut the cost of app deployment across multiple platforms.
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The secret to low-cost IT? Offload whatever you can
How easyJet keeps IT costs down while still delivering innovations
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How cloud platforms are letting business get experimental
Public cloud platforms are providing a cost-effective way for companies to experiment with new business ideas.
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Stop doing what the vendors tell you, CIOs told
Corporate IT strategies are too often bland rehashes of what's come before, says Gartner after surveying more than 2,000 CIOs on their plans for the coming year.
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Training, not outsourcing, is key to success say CIOs
IT leaders who focus on training and retaining staff are generally more successful than those buying in talent from outsourcers, a global survey of more than 2,000 CIOs finds.
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Ten business trends for 2013 - and four ways they affect you
The ratchet of change just went 'click' and is the new stable, the new economy, and there is no going back, and what is in store is even more radical.
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Nerves of glass - Artificial Intelligence and us
For decades pundits have been describing optical fibre networks as the nervous system of the planet, but none could have guessed just how prophetic that would be.
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Will 2013 be a better year for the tech department? CIOs think so
Higher budgets for staffing and tech, plus big data and cloud means this year will be a better year for tech workers than 2012, according to the TechRepublic CIO Jury.
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Naked CIO: Mud sticks - so Google your online reputation
A few scraps of internet misinformation can have lasting consequences for careers...
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Naked CIO: Whatever happened to the amazing shrinking IT department?
People have wrongly predicted the demise of the IT department for years…
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Digital Dilemmas: How to clean up after a damaging tweet
Your business Twitter feed has been polluted, so what's your response?
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CISOs: Does your firm need a security tsar?
Is it the CIO's remit - or is it time to bring in a specialist?
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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Curtain rises on tech's next big movie role
Will human involvement in cinema shift to the periphery?
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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Managers are blind to dazzling ideas
They would rather plod on because they just can't fathom the consequences...
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube: But where's the social CIO?
Not enough IT chiefs are championing social media and collaboration...
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Offshoring: Why businesses launch IT operations in India
More than 750 multinationals have now outsourced IT to Indian captive units...
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Data security: Tactics for tackling the top four looming threats
From offshoring to consumer gadgets, how to keep on top of today's security weak points
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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Lost in translation?
Today's machine translation is good, but not quite up to <em>Star Trek</em> standards...
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What CEOs expect to get from a top-performing CIO
And what does outstanding CIO performance even look like?
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The Weekly Round-Up: Secrets of techie happiness
And the mysteries of creating a sense of wellbeing in the workplace...
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Tablet PCs: CIOs steer clear of big rollouts
CIO Jury: There's a limited market for tablet devices in business for the next 12 months, say IT chiefs...
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Naked CIO: Why IT must excel at board games
Boards seem cordial and strategic, but politics and infighting prevail...
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User experience monitoring: How the right tools can boost productivity
Uncovering what's making users unhappy with apps...