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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up According to silicon.com's CIO Jury: never. Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? Answer: A shared love of getting a bit on the side. No, not that kind of 'bit on the side'. [06 Nov 2009]
Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News The company's CIO Paul Cheesbrough knows all about the challenges of moving to the cloud, after recently migrating 2,000 staff from Microsoft Outlook and Exchange to Google Apps Premier Edition and Google's email... [04 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Social networks are useless for finding a job
Comment While social networking sites can be fun for connecting with family and friends, they're no use when it comes to professional networking, says the Naked CIO. Do you agree with the Naked CIO? It used to... [04 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News However, some IT chiefs remain enthusiastic about the future of the UK software industry, including Andrew Wayland, CIO at Michael Page. That's the sobering conclusion of the silicon.com CIO Jury which... [03 Nov 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News While some CIOs are enthusiastic about the potential savings that can be made, others still warn of the hidden costs that can lie in wait for the unwary.silicon.com's latest CIO Jury came down strongly against the uptake... [28 Oct 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News The work - which followed its sale to Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors - has ended up "costing an awful lot of money and not adding any business value overall", according to JLR CIO Jeremy Vincent. [26 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to silicon.com's latest exclusive CIO Jury. Andrew Wayland, CIO... [23 Oct 2009]
Barclays CIO finds a new home with SAP
News Don Trotta has left his role as CIO with Barclays and taken a new position with SAP. Trotta is not the only CIO to take leave of Barclays in recent months. The CIO of its global retail... [22 Oct 2009]
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Panic slowly. Integrated disaster response and built-in business continuity
White Paper This paper offers insight to the CIO who is facing increased responsibility for the business and financial consequences of systems downtime. IBM's point of view paper helps CIOs and IT professionals assess their... [21 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment In good times and bad, green IT deserves a spot on the CIO agenda. In fact, a recent green IT survey, conducted by the CIO Executive Board - a programme of the Corporate Executive Board - revealed that... [21 Oct 2009]
'A full-scale switch to Macs is laughable'
Comment In a recent silicon.com CIO Jury, just one of the IT chiefs surveyed said the recent release of Snow Leopard will make their business more likely to adopt Apple desktops, while other CIOs outlined to silicon.com why they... [13 Oct 2009]
Google unleashes biggest ever Apps rollout for 35,000 users
News The company's CIO, Bryan Kinsella, told silicon.com: "As part of that work we've been taking a look across our whole information systems and technology stack and groupware was quite an important area for us to focus on,... [12 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Companies should create their own "technology watch lists" so they know when cutting-edge technology is ready for widespread adoption - and also to keep the CIO from being ambushed by other execs. Such a list should also... [12 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment The Naked CIO has some suggestions. After reading a recent CIO Jury on whether universities are preparing youth properly for IT challenges, I began to think about why higher education is not effective. [12 Oct 2009]
