Government apps stores: appearing in the USA, the UK, Finland and many state and city councils

Governments buy into apps stores

Posted by James Lawrence | 8 Feb 2010

State CIOs around the world are following Apple and Salesforce.com and becoming increasingly sold on the idea of cloud portals ...more

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How should CIOs support the business use of social media? Part 2

Posted by Anthony Bradley | 1 Feb 2010

Are Web 2.0 platforms a vital component of the connected enterprise? Anthony Bradley, managing VP at Gartner and an adviser on the enterprise employment of Web 2.0 technologies, says yes - but you need to manage them correctly ...more

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Anthony Bradley, managing VP at Gartner: “Efforts to restrict use of the social web are ineffective”

How should CIOs support the business use of social media? Part 1

Posted by Toby Redshaw | 25 Jan 2010

With over 50% of CIOs banning the use of social networking in the workplace, the debate rages over whether Web 2.0 platforms are a vital component of the connected enterprise. Toby Redshaw, global CIO of Aviva, believes Web 2.0 can make the insurance giant "big and agile" ...more

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Toby Redshaw, global CIO of insurance giant Aviva:

"Europe must open its digital borders," says European commissioner Viviane Reding

Posted by James Lawrence | 18 Jan 2010

For the past five years, EU commissioner Viviane Reding - the most powerful person in European ICT - has pursued the vision of a single digital market for Europe. In our exclusive interview, she explains what that means for global CIOs ...more

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EU commissioner Viviane Reding:

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