Archives for December 2010

One of the White House’s top technology advisers, who helmed the Obama administration’s efforts to navigate the often unknown waters of Internet policy, announced he was resigning last week. Andrew McLaughlin, the White House’s …

Data loss is among the top concerns for chief information officers when dealing with email security, according to a recent report from CIO magazine. These executives are constantly balancing the tasks of promoting employee …

Despite the changing role of the CIO, one thing remains the same: the CIO is expected to be the king (or queen) of tech knowledge. It just will not do to be ignorant about …

CIOs and other senior technology professionals need to speak business, while keeping a firm grip on their traditional backyard, technology. Sarabjit Anand, Head – Information Technology, India, SouthAsia and GSSC, Standard Chartered Bank It …

The role of CIO has morphed faster than Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde — with about the same amount of agony. Not so long ago CIOs were respected misunderstood master geeks who were often …

A CIO’s role as a change agent has been talked about quite often but only as a change agent for the organisation. Why can’t we as CIOs be change agents for the nation and …

When it comes to saving the planet, action lags ambition, and the way to bridge the gap is to start with what we can easily influence, says Alpna J. Doshi, CIO of Reliance Communications. …

The 2010 CIO 100 Awards honor 100 companies that are creating new business value by innovating with technology. Find out more about these IT leaders and the technologies that are critical to their success. …

Cloud Adopters Embrace Cloud For Both Innovation and Legacy Optimization Once thought to be the answer to deployment options for just the SMB market, early cloud adopters proved otherwise.  Stereotypes about industry, size of …

CIO worked with Antenna platform to write apps for multiple devices ING Direct’s mobile banking and investing system went live in July on the iPhone and other devices, and its early success has helped …

One of the clarion calls to come from the recent federal IT management reform was for a strengthened agency chief information officer. And, the Interior Department is already taking steps to beef up its …

Plus the rise of bring-your-own hardware The issue of the creeping consumerisation of workplace IT raised its head repeatedly in 2010, prompting silicon.com to examine whether the Apple iPhone is a good choice for …

Business is back on recovery path with credit demand is raising and banks still do not have sufficient cash to fund good projects. At the same time screws are tighten with risky-assets specially BASEL-III …

This is the time of year when the CIO will relect on the passing year and then set a plan for the upcoming year.  I’ve often been asked the question, what are the top …

In their increasingly strategic roles, insurance CIOs will focus on new infrastructure, novel sourcing models, increased use of analytics and workforce strategies to simultaneously drive efficiency and innovation in 2011 in a newly challenging …

Back in August, IT Business Edge colleague Loraine Lawson interviewed Aheesh Nagraj, a systems analyst at Accenture who believes companies should create a C-level position for integration. He’s referring to data integration, ensuring that …

LinkedIn has become an integral part in the life of an enterprise CIO. At office, home, while travelling, it’s always making its presence felt. Talking of presence – LinkedIn is used by more than …

In the age-old tradition of making predictions about the next year, here is my list of what CIOs will worry about in 2011 when they think about putting real enterprise applications on the cloud. …

Department makes peace with GAO over agile development Suspending and delaying spending on troubled IT projects saved $250 million for the Veterans Affairs Department in fiscal 2010, and now Congress appears ready to reclaim …

The $44 billion 3,900-store Sears chain has one of the lengthiest histories of any major U.S. retailer. But given how long its stores have lasted, its latest CIO’s tenure lasted not very long at …