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PC-over-IP time
Posted by Kenny MacIver | 8 Mar 2010
After the huge success of server virtualisation, many organisations have been eyeing the desktop as the next target for a virtual makeover. Now PC-over-IP aims to remove the performance barrier ...more
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Make or break: Why M&As need CIO involvement
Posted by Hüseyin Tanriverdi | 1 Mar 2010
CIOs play a critical role in ensuring that M&As create business value, argues Dr Hüseyin Tanriverdi, associate professor of information, risk and operations management at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business ...more
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This Way Up: Annette Vernon, UK Home Office
Posted by Andy McCue | 22 Feb 2010
A lifelong public servant, UK Home Office CIO Annette Vernon worked her way up through the Civil Service from admin officer to chief information officer. Today, she manages an extensive IT remit that covers policing, counter-terrorism, immigration and the government’s ID card scheme ...more
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Enterprise joins the Google Apps club
Posted by James Lawrence | 15 Feb 2010
Attracted by increasing functionality, cost savings and the ability to access data from any location, some of the world's largest firms are making huge commitments to cloud-based office applications ...more
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Telepresence for all
Posted by James Lawrence | 11 Feb 2010
Driven by greatly improved technology and falling prices, mid-market demand for videoconferencing is growing - and triggering a period of rapid consolidation ...more
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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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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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"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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Mastering M&A
Posted by Kenny MacIver | 18 Jan 2010
Business leaders rarely give due consideration to the IT component in any merger, acquisition or spin-off. But as most CIOs know to their cost, that can determine the whole business outcome ...more
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Offshore Brazil Beckons for BP
: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:17:55 +0000
British oil giant BP is set to acquire a big swath of oil assets from Devon Energy. The deal, worth up to $6 billion, would vault BP into the hot new oil region off the shores of Brazil.
Climate Panel to Face Review
: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:50:10 +0000
An international scientific body will conduct a wide-ranging review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and make recommendations by August about how the organization should change.
FSA Outlines Tougher Stress Tests
: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:47:10 +0000
U.K. banks have been getting more optimistic, but the regulator is assuming a more-severe fall in GDP in the U.K. than in previous scenarios.
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