CIO Insights

Archive: 12-2012

• Why today’s CIOs may no longer be up to the job

  As CIOs are asked to take a more strategic role in businesses fresh talent may be needed to take over from IT leaders stuck in an “order taker” mentality.

  Posted by Nick Heath | December 18, 2012, 5:20 AM PST

• Email: Middle aged and still going strong

  Email celebrated its 41st birthday recently, yet despite its age new research shows that its use is unlikely to significantly wane for at least the next decade.

  Posted by Monica Seeley | December 17, 2012, 4:24 AM PST

• Automation will force inhouse IT staff to retrain

  IT staff will need to prepare for disruption as automation of IT management processes picks up according to the author of a new report.

  Posted by Nick Heath | December 12, 2012, 4:24 AM PST

• Big data skills: Should data scientist be your next job?

  A look at how IT workers can prepare to meet business demand for big data analytics skills.

  Posted by Nick Heath | December 11, 2012, 7:35 AM PST

• Tech workers back need for more women in IT but oppose quotas

  UK IT workers argue the industry needs to address its gender imbalance but say positive discrimination is not the answer.

  Posted by Nick Heath | December 10, 2012, 7:51 AM PST

• Apple vs Android: How tech tribalism is ruining the web

  The never-ending stream of “mine’s better than yours” between fans of rival smartphones, tablets and computers is destroying healthy debate about IT. It’s time for the...

  Posted by Seb Janacek | December 6, 2012, 4:26 AM PST

• How India’s angel investors are lifting its startup community to new heights

  Angel investment is taking off in India - creating a raft of funding opportunities for the country’s entrepreneurs.

  Posted by Saritha Rai | December 6, 2012, 3:17 AM PST

• How in-memory computing is helping Unilever to maxmise profits

  Consumer goods giant Unilever on how the in-memory computing platform SAP Hana will boost its bottom line.

  Posted by Nick Heath | December 5, 2012, 9:20 PM PST

• Social media to tear down traditional business power structures

  A report by analyst house Gartner predicts that over the next 10 years social media will help dissolve top-down hierarchies inside businesses, leading to more meritocratic organisations.

  Posted by Nick Heath | December 3, 2012, 4:06 AM PST