June 20th, 2011
Our intrepid CIO friend, Stu Laura, suggests that if the military can use computer games to help recruiting, why not the IT profession? Warning: If you can’t have a sense of humor about the …
June 20th, 2011
The next revolution of the Internet age NEW YORK—“The cloud is about economies of scale. There are a few large players that have this ability to scale,” said Ben Fried, CIO of Google. He …
June 20th, 2011
Left unsaid–typically, anyway–in most discussions about cloud computing is the implicit threat that it will be the cause of job losses. The clamorous suspicion that many IT groups display toward public cloud services seems …
June 20th, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission announced Robert Naylor’s hiring as chief information officer on Monday, one year after he resigned from the same position at the Small Business Administration. In his new role, Naylor will …
June 20th, 2011
When RehabCare executives started asking IT for Apple iPads several months ago, CIO Dick Escue didn’t miss a beat. Unlike many of his peers in the healthcare industry, he had no real qualms about …
June 20th, 2011
Back in the not-too-distant past, before virtualization and cloud computing radically evolved into disruptive–if not revolutionary–forces, changes in the world of IT were largely limited to doing more with less, as opposed to totally …
June 20th, 2011
Albert Ellis (pictured), CEO of Harvey Nash plc, who will be in Dublin on 14 June next to unveil the company’s CIO Survey 2011, was responding to a question of whether CIOs are truly comfortable …
June 20th, 2011
Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ) on Wednesday launched IT Performance Suite, a set of software tools designed to give CIOs a more accurate idea of the value they’re getting from their IT investments. The suite includes HP IT …
June 20th, 2011
Roam the open, warehouse-style headquarters of Facebook in Palo Alto, Calif., and you’ll see posters on nearly every wall encouraging innovation. One in particular reads, “Move fast and break things”–a principle that Facebook CIO Tim …
June 20th, 2011
Candidate will be responsible for 55,000 desktops, consolidation with Medicare and Centrelink The Department of Human Services is seeking a CIO following the recent announcement of its ICT chief’s, John Wadeson, retirement. The department …
