The key to converting the IT organisation (ITO) from a cost centre to a value centre, and changing senior management perception of IT - is a strong CIO focus on four priorities: The CIO must communicate value, as defined by the CIO's audience.
Among the top priorities for IT spending are the improvement of security and data protection and the reduction of operating costs, according to the CIOs surveyed. If you are a CIO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the...
The global survey of 758 CIO-level executives' outsourcing and budget priorities for 2005, carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by IT vendor Mercury, found outsourcing will remain a key strategic priority for IT executives...
If you talk to your average CIO right now, he couldn't even tell you what is being worked on and the resources being used," he says. Such data can help you to make high-end decisions, he explains. A key process in programme management is using the...
Specific initiatives and technologies listed as priorities by CIO Agenda 2008 respondents include mobile/remote working, collaboration technology, business intelligence and improving quality and access to information, standardising business...
These techniques would also help to build greater insight through further categorisation of consumers and their likelihood of default, according to risk drivers and especially, new product types. Deep data-mining techniques can help to improve...