Friday, March 30, 2012
How CIOs Can Help Facilitate Systems of Engagement CEOs are now turning to CIOs to help them accelerate revenue growth and deepen engagement with customers
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Offshoring shrinks number of IT jobs, study says A research firm estimates the number of jobs in decline specific to 4,700 companies with annual revenue of US$1 billion or more in the U.S. and Europe
Thursday, February 02, 2012
How to make IT irreplaceable The CIO at Western Governors University discusses the concept of the "net promoter score" and how it could be applied within enterprise IT departments
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Infor raises stakes against SAP, Oracle The new Xtreme support offerings come in three tiers
Monday, January 23, 2012
Interview: What CIOs should know for 2012 RADIO ITWC Executive advisor for IDC, David McNally, joined us to talk about IDC’s CIO predictions for 2012
Friday, December 09, 2011
Top 10 dumb CRM data corruption tricks In the spirit of David Letterman's occasional feature "Stupid People Tricks," it's time once again for a new list of errors that lead to corrupted CRM records
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Fearless CIOs share bold hiring strategies Successful CIOs advise a more aggressive hiring strategy to stay competitive but not to do it all at once
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Potential bumps in the road to shared services The federal government is counting on huge long-term savings from the consolidation of IT infrastructure, but as other jurisdictions have demonstrated, there's no guarantee
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Canada needs an IT leader like Vivek Kundra OPINION: The former chief information officer of the U.S. government was the highlight on day one of this year’s Dell World conference. Find out what he had to say
Monday, October 03, 2011
Treasury Board CIO: How to handle a security breach Months after the federal government admitted its network had been compromised, members of the Information Systems Security Association's Ottawa chapter feature Paul Girard as a keynote speaker. Why you might need an "audible"
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
CIO Exchange: The evolution of a technologist The position of CIO didn’t exist 20 years ago. That is hard to believe, particularly at CIO Exchange, an event held specifically for tech leaders across many industries.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
How the iPad will change IT forever Apple's tablet is pushing the 'consumerization of IT' trend in a way that technology executives can't stop -- and don't need to
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Codelco CIO: How to innovate with change management Marco Antonio Orellana Silva, CIO and executive manager of information, communication and automation technology at the world's largest copper producer, on how to deal with corporate culture
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Career Advice: How can I get taken seriously? Amy Wang, CIO at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, answers questions about the hazards of having too much fun and the gender aspect of mentoring
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Outsourced and fired, IT workers fight back Laid-off employees at Molina Healthcare filed a lawsuit in California state court earlier this year against their former employer, its CIO at the time and its outsourcing contractor, Cognizant Technology Solutions
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
CIOs lack adequate cloud computing knowledge A survey of cloud providers and outsourcers returns some embarrassing scores on the cloud skills of IT executives
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Outgoing U.S. CIO warns of 'an IT cartel' In an appearance before the White House science committee, Vivek Kundra tells of the risk of data sharing. He also believes the U.S. can operate with just a few data centres
Monday, April 18, 2011
Maple Leaf Foods' ERP system project: A CIO strategy The Canadian packaged foods giant is working on a five-year business plan to turn itself around. Jeff Hutchinson explains how moving from 30 ERP systems to one instance of SAP will contribute to the transformation
Thursday, January 20, 2011
London Olympics 'ready' for cyber attacks, says CIO "We will be well prepared for cyberattacks," says London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell. Atos Origin will be the main IT partner of the Games
Monday, November 29, 2010
What A CIO Should Know: CIOCAN Peer Forum 2011 Our monthly look at the best blogs, videos and events for Canadian chief information officers includes early details on a major conference and an interview with the IT executive at Starbucks
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
How CIO Oliver Bussman runs SAP’s IT department Q&A: At SAP TechEd in Las Vegas, SAP’s chief information officer shares with ComputerWorld Canada the direction for the company’s IT department, managing the proliferation of smart devices, and the challenge of a globally dispersed organization of 1,500 staff
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
IT leaders must raise their voices, CIO says SHOWCASE ONTARIO 2010: Ken Kawall, CIO with Ontario’s Economics and Transportation IT team, outlines why IT shops should be communicating its successes with the business more often. Plus, why a failure report can actually gain the trust of business executives
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
B.C.'s CIO: Why citizens deserve self-service Dave Nikolejsin talks about next-generation citizen services, identity management and getting "the hard stuff" online
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
CFOs to CIOs: You Work for Me Now In a Gartner survey, 42 per cent of organizations reported their IT departments reported to the chief financial officer. In three of four firms, the CFO is a key decision maker in IT spending
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Canada clears up its cloud strategy As Canada’s CIO looks to move away from infrastructure and focus on developing services instead, new opportunities such as cloud computing are coming to the fore