Apple may be reinvigorated with CEO Steve Jobs back at the helm and a new OS just out of the gates, but it looks like the business world is still closed to the Mac maker.

According to silicon.com's CIO Jury, the release late last month of Apple's latest OS, Snow Leopard, won't signal the company's entry into the business market.

IT graduates are leaving UK universities without the business and technical competencies that employers need, according to silicon.com's CIO Jury.

The majority of the jury said they believe universities are not producing IT graduates with the right skills for their businesses - bad news for graduates competing for the diminishing number of IT jobs.

Do the pros of being an IT leader outweigh the cons? The Naked CIO says yes - see what you think.

I have wanted to do an article like this for a while - lighten things up because we should all hope our jobs are as much about passion and joy as they are rigorous and demanding. And in today's economy, doesn't everyone need a bit of cheering up?

Why is it so difficult to find a great CIO? Because the business will not support them, says the Naked CIO.

I read with interest a recent article by fellow silicon.com columnist Tim Cook about how hard it is to find good CIOs and how the job market is still quite active.

Do CIOs want or need another OS? And from Google? Naked CIO remains sceptical.

While I am no great fan of Microsoft or Apple - and have expressed rather opinionated views on the total cost of ownership of Linux environments - I have been recently perplexed by Google's decision to enter the operating system market.

Offshoring is a controversial topic at the best of times - and one that's becoming increasingly contentious as the recession continues to see thousands of jobs lost across the country.

It's also been accused of sapping UK IT skills by reducing the number of entry-level IT jobs available for UK graduates, giving fewer techies a chance to get a first foot on the ladder.

Board members should be held accountable for email and internet usage, just as other staff are, says the Naked CIO.

Last week I wrote about monitoring staff email and internet usage. The two reader comments to the article both questioned how to deal with board members who do not follow company policy with respect to appropriate computer use.

The hot weather the UK has been experiencing in the past week or so doesn't seem to have caused too many headaches in IT departments across the country.

The latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll asked tech chiefs whether they'd taken any extra steps to protect their technology infrastructure during this week's heat wave, with nine of the 12 revealing they haven't.

TalkTalk has hired a CIO for the first time.

The company announced today that it has appointed David Cooper to the newly created post in April, after previously splitting responsibility for IT across a number of individuals within the company.

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Keeping watch over employees' online activities can be a slippery slope, says Naked CIO. Here's the right way to do it.

I often get asked whether or not it is best to implement a strict, penal environment in the office for email and internet monitoring.

City University London is setting up a centre dedicated to training the next generation of CIOs.

The centre will provide short courses and ultimately a Masters-level qualification for mid-career IT professionals looking to develop themselves and acquire the skills to move up the IT ladder.

The launch of silicon.com CIO50 2009 - the list of the UK's 50 most influential CIOs - took place last week at the Paramount, in London's West End.

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CIOs spend countless hours listening to suppliers pitch their technology, so silicon.com decided to make the process a lot more entertaining by putting the vendors on the spot. Welcome to the 60-Second Pitch.

Suppliers have just one minute to pitch their product or service to a panel of current and former heads of IT, who then have the opportunity to quiz the vendor before giving the technology a green or red light - just for fun, of course.

Learning to work with colleagues you don't like is good for you and your company, says the Naked CIO.

Ever think about those tense relationships at work? Or those personalities you just can't seem to get on with?

Newspapers need to find innovative ways to embrace web 2.0 - or accept certain doom, says CIO Ian Cohen.

Newspapers are facing the most fundamental period of change in their history. In many ways, until recently nothing much had changed in news delivery since the town crier wandered into the market square, rang his bell and shouted, 'Hear ye! Hear ye! - plague, death, taxation, fat-cat bankers and the worst recession in living memoryÂ… local vicar involved.'

Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter pose a host of difficulties for businesses and business people, says the Naked CIO.

Personally I think the emergence of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of spontaneous social conversation within the connected world is good. However, as these technologies transcend and even infiltrate businesses, I have some real concerns about their impact on business and working environments.

Changing the sector you work in can be a great way to survive a recession. IT director Mike Roberts explains how it's possible - even a good idea.

I started my career in IT back in 1979 when the world of technology was very different to how it is today. Since then I have worked in almost every business sector and learnt that experience in one sector is no barrier to working in another.

The Naked CIO asks: could the banks' hard times lead to better times for smaller businesses?

I know it is unkind to hit someone when they are down, however in this case I believe it is warranted.

Integrating IT can make or break a merger or acquisition, says the Naked CIO. Here's how to get it right.

Inspired by Oracle's recent bid to purchase Sun and mumblings about the difficulty to integrate their product sets, I recalled the challenges IT had in several companies I worked for when trying to integrate systems as a result of mergers and acquisitions.

When hiring, remember to focus on finding the necessary skills - no more, no less - to fit the job, says the Naked CIO.

For a while now I have been looking for a job. This means I've been doing lots of networking as well as applying for jobs, and discussing job opportunities with many people.

For a company to get ahead, it's got to innovate. IT director Peter Birley offers some ways to encourage fresh thinking in your business.

One of the biggest challenges for IT leaders today is how to differentiate our organisations from the competition.

The recession has led many IT leaders to search for ways to save money. But open source isn't one of them, says the Naked CIO.

It still surprises me that open source supporters, activists and vendors make the argument that model is cheaper than other software in business environments. This is a myth.

The Telegraph Media Group is embracing cloud computing in a big way.

Speaking at Salesforce.com's Cloudforce event in London this week, CIO of the Telegraph Media Group (TMG), Paul Cheesbrough, said the company is looking to move as much of its back office IT into the cloud as possible.

While the recent Conficker worm may have turned out to be a damp squib, enterprises are still very much on their guard against malware.

Asked whether viruses are still a genuine threat to corporate IT security, 11 out of the 12 members of silicon.com's CIO Jury said they are.

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Cloud computing has been given a definite thumbs down by silicon.com's CIO Jury.

Following exclusive silicon.com research that found IT leaders voting cloud computing the most over-hyped technology of the year, the CIO Jury was asked whether cloud computing is part of their IT strategy to cut costs.

Consolidating IT infrastructure and trimming the financial fat are among the key objectives for CIOs this year.

When asked what their top business or strategic issue is this year, cost cutting was the subject mentioned most often by IT chiefs who responded to silicon.com's fifth annual exclusive CIO Agenda 2009 survey.

While some experts are predicting cloud computing will have a greater impact than the PC revolution of the 1980s, IT chiefs expect it to be the most over-hyped technology this year, according to silicon.com's exclusive CIO research.

The excitement around cloud computing - accessing data and applications via the web - has been building in recent months, but when asked what will be the most over-hyped technology of 2009, the IT directors and CIOs that responded to the silicon.com CIO Agenda 2009 survey named cloud computing above any other technology.

Channel 4's tech chief Ian Dobb is set to leave the broadcaster from June this year.

Dobb is succeeded by his direct report Kevin Gallagher - previously the broadcaster's head of applications delivery - now CIO in post.

Tesco will significantly boost efficiency and reduce carbon emissions when it completes a project to virtualise 1,500 of its UK Windows-based servers.

The supermarket giant has been working with Citrix to move its operations onto a virtualised environment since October last year and has virtualised more than 700 physical servers so far.

Protecting their IT infrastructure - and making it work a bit harder - are two key areas of focus for IT chiefs this year, silicon.com's exclusive CIO research has revealed.

Now in its fifth year, the silicon.com CIO Agenda surveys UK heads of technology on a number of areas including their business and technology strategies.

Despite the economic turmoil there's still life in the CIO recruitment market - although companies searching for a new tech chief may not always know exactly what they are looking for.

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Netbooks have received a qualified thumbs up by IT leaders in the latest CIO Jury.

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Is now the right time to be cutting costs and cancelling projects? The Naked CIO has other ideas.

With the recession in full swing, is it the time to cut back on projects and costs, or is this the time to take risks to become more competitive?

Doing more with less and proving the IT department is vital to the business during the downturn are two of the many challenges that CIOs are facing in 2009, according to silicon.com's exclusive research.

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Why does everyone inside organisations think they know better than the IT department when it comes to technology? Asks the Naked CIO.

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The BBC has hired Yahoo! executive John Linwood as its new CTO.

Linwood will be responsible for delivering the BBC's technology strategy, including maintenance of the technical infrastructure behind all BBC output and overseeing the corporation's IT requirements.

Although the economic downturn is in full swing, many IT heads still find themselves having to play hardball when negotiating with suppliers.

When asked: "as a result of the credit crunch do you find it easier to strike a deal with suppliers?" seven of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury said 'no'.