http://www.silicon.com Results for cio en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39681500,00.htm The report, prepared by the CIO Council and the Cabinet Office, details how the government could cut billions from its IT budget each year. Shared services delivered through the cloud will help the public sector shave billions from its annual IT... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:34:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39681499,00.htm Another negative came last month in response to the question of whether the UK will ever create a software giant to rival the likes of Microsoft, Google or Oracle.silicon.com's CIO Jury voted 10 to two against the likelihood of a British software... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:50:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39646338,00.htm At the same Google Atmosphere event, Jeremy Vincent, CIO of car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, said cloud computing had the potential to end a perpetual battle against system complexity faced by IT directors. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,39653040,00.htm It's not just the technology that's important - how you account for its cost can also have a huge impact on your organisation at large, says the Naked CIO. Most bonuses and incentives are based on operational performance and if IT is adding... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39650567,00.htm What we identified were a series of challenges that the European CIO has to overcome and then a set of things that we believe will lead to real success. And finally, having the IT director or CIO be a co-leader in identifying those sorts of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/unified-communications/unified-comms-what-it-needs-to-succeed-39653038.htm As Nick Kirkland, chief executive of IT leaders' forum CIO Connect, says: "Most CIOs I know are considering [UCC] projects rather than doing them. Vendors may be making a lot of noise about unified communications and collaboration (UCC) but the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:24:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817701p,00.htm It's every CIO's nightmare: critical business data lost, stolen or maliciously exposed in a major breach of security systems or policy. It might be sensitive financial data, strategic plans, a new product design, customer account information or... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817603p,00.htm Web application security is a key top-of-mind concern for general managers, CISO's, CIO's and security staff for businesses ranging from Fortune 100 multinationals to educational institutions. Widespread data breaches and intellectual property... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/green-it/westminster-computing-put-on-size-zero-diet-39643700.htm Chant, who is also the CIO for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), believes the government has now laid the groundwork to trim the 460,000 tonnes of CO2 pumped out by Whitehall IT each year. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816523p,00.htm Over the past five years at Dartmouth College, Brad Noblet, CIO of Dartmouth College developed the industry's first totally converged wireless IP network. This paper is intended to provide some insight into the vision behind its deployment and to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60729693p,00.htm Intended audience: Telecom VPs, Managers & Directors, IT Finance Managers, IT Managers, IT Procurement VPs CIO Telecommunications expenses are among the largest cost items on corporate income statements. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:37:43 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60729694p,00.htm Intended audience: Telecom VPs, Managers & Directors, IT Finance Managers, IT Managers, IT Procurement VPs, CIO In the telecom and data communications environment, the challenge is to strike the right balance between understanding corporate usage... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:37:43 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812634p,00.htm Effective BPM means job security for the CIO and all the other employees. In business, a nimble solution is one that provides the ability to profit from new opportunities as soon as they occur or to follow new business directives as they are... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60809968p,00.htm Plus, with a dubious global economic climate, the CEO/CIO are challenged more than ever in finding ways to reduce every dollar of operational cost for the enterprise and remain competitive. Over the past several years' corporate enterprises and the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39637918,00.htm Couldn't agree more with the Naked CIO on the points noted. The Naked CIO gets some mixed reactions to his views on the redundancy of social networks; open source advocates hit back at CIOs claiming it costs too much to migrate; and readers weigh... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:01:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39635526,00.htm IT leaders may not be fully responsible for workers' actions - but they could take more responsibility than they have been, says the Naked CIO. And thus is the CIO now more accountable for errors than the employees whose job it has traditionally... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39635527,00.htm Steve Jobs' agenda-setting wasn't the only popular Apple article on silicon.com last month: an article entitled why CIOs are saying no to Macs, which polled the CIO Jury on the Mac vs PC debate also proved a hit with readers. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:33:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39631824,00.htm According to silicon.com's CIO Jury: never. Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? Answer: A shared love of getting a bit on the side. No, not that kind of 'bit on the side'. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39621068,00.htm The company's CIO Paul Cheesbrough knows all about the challenges of moving to the cloud, after recently migrating 2,000 staff from Microsoft Outlook and Exchange to Google Apps Premier Edition and Google's email archiving service Postini. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:49:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39623464,00.htm While social networking sites can be fun for connecting with family and friends, they're no use when it comes to professional networking, says the Naked CIO. Do you agree with the Naked CIO? It used to be that social networking websites were a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000