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Responding to the other cloud
Posted by James Lawrence | Mon 19 Jul 2010
The disruption to European air travel caused by the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, has fuelled new corporate enthusiasm for IT-enabled collaboration tools. CIOs from P&G, Nokia, Carlsberg and elsewhere share their experiences ...Read more
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Essential reading for CIOs
Posted by Kenny MacIver & James Lawrence | Tue 25 May 2010
Two of the latest must-reads for CIOs: a business maverick's story and a novel approach to Lean and Six Sigma ...Read more
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Outsourcing 3.0
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 18 Jan 2010
Our latest Special Report examines how new sourcing models - from the cloud to outcome-based agreements - are transforming the landscape of IT service delivery ...Read more
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The US government's IT dashboard
Posted by Kenny MacIver | Mon 5 Oct 2009
Vivek Kundra, appointed by Barack Obama as the US government's first CIO, has launched an online dashboard that candidly exposes the current spending and schedule metrics of the 800 major projects that make up the bulk of the federal government’s $76 billion annual IT spend. ...Read more
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The efficiency imperative
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Wed 30 Sep 2009
Economic and environmental pressures have put IT at the centre of the business efficiency drive - and convinced CIOs to target wasteful energy burn-rates. Our special report examines how the twin goals of cost cutting and a lower carbon footprint can be achieved. ...Read more
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Blades slash carbon usage
Posted by Andrew Donoghue | Mon 28 Sep 2009
Blade servers are continuing to be popular with IT departments facing tighter financial and carbon budgets - but cooling is key, says a leading CTO ...Read more
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Lean lessons from Japan
Posted by Jeffrey Liker | Mon 31 Aug 2009
You think lean and IT make uncomfortable bedfellows? Not at Toyota, argues Dr Jeffrey Liker, a world authority on the creator of lean - although it's only seen as one of many means of driving efficiency ...Read more
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Unified communications: All the right connections
Posted by James Bambrough | Mon 3 Aug 2009
Switching to a unified communications system could mean 11 fewer days on the red-eye this year, says James Bambrough, senior solution architect at Fujitsu ...Read more
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Where is the value in green IT? Part 2
Posted by Rodolphe d'Arjuzon | Mon 27 Jul 2009
In Part 2 of our debate, Rodolphe d'Arjuzon, managing director of analyst firm Verdantix, argues that CIOs should move quickly to produce secure, auditable and accurate energy consumption data ...Read more
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Where is the value in green IT? Part 1
Posted by Steve O'Donnell | Mon 20 Jul 2009
Tough economic times mean businesses concentrate more on financial worries than environmental issues. But are they mutually exclusive? In Part 1 of our debate, Steve O’Donnell, head of technology research at CleanAnalysis, suggests a third way ...Read more
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Thin client: We can't all be skinny
Posted by John Rule | Mon 13 Jul 2009
Migrating to thin client machines isn’t right for every business, says John Rule, principal customer solution architect at Fujitsu ...Read more
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This Way Up: P&G's Filippo Passerini
Posted by Kevin White | Mon 6 Jul 2009
Innovation and agility have been decisive factors in the successful career path of Filippo Passerini, P&G's president of global business services and CIO ...Read more
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Lean: Doing more with less
Posted by Kevin White & Charlotte Moore | Wed 1 Jul 2009
As the global recession continues to bite, every organisation is searching for ways to improve efficiencies and increase agility. Is lean the answer to the CIO's recession-busting pressures, or just a euphemism for "slashing the budget"? ...Read more
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Special Report: Cloud computing
Posted by i-cio.com staff | Mon 30 Mar 2009
An in-depth investigation into the benefits of cloud computing: should your company be adopting it? What are the merits? And what are the pitfalls you should be aware of? ...Read more
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Technology investment key to recession survival
Posted by Jessica Twentyman & Andrew Donoghue | Mon 30 Mar 2009
Smart companies recognise that IT isn’t an overhead – it could also be key to dragging their business back into the black. Investment in innovation is just as important to boosting financial performance as cutting overheads ...Read more
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