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Innovation and enterprise is almost universally associated with small businesses. Typically, 95% of all innovations occur in businesses with less than 100 employees. When companies grow past this point the...
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Analyst Gartner suggests that a strategic technology has the potential to significantly impact the business during the next three years - something that is likely to be particularly pertinent in...
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This paper introduces how some of IBM's largest customers are starting their transition to on demand computing. It also introduces a limited IBM offering, IBM Server Allocation for WebSphere Application...
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There is too much hype and overstated claims associated with the Internet in every industry. This is especially true in the insurance business. In fact, there are some signs of...
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This webcast discusses the scope and approach of SAP Best Practices for Business Intelligence and SAP Best Practices for SAP Enterprise Portal. SAP Best Practices provides you with a smooth...
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Analyst Gartner suggests that a strategic technology has the potential to significantly impact the business during the next three years - something that is likely to be particularly pertinent in...
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This paper introduces how some of IBM's largest customers are starting their transition to on demand computing. It also introduces a limited IBM offering, IBM Server Allocation for WebSphere Application...
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As government programs are increasingly mandating Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) compliance, the need for an effective and efficient process is crucial. The objective of CMMI is to provide program...
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The business rules architect plays a crucial role designing business rules models that are well organized and intuitive for both technical and business stakeholders to understand. This paper discusses the...
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Enterprise architecture involves planning - for now and for the future. Learn how your architecture design can benefit from a strong understanding of IT/business alignment factors. This series has explored...
Delegates at this year's silicon.com CIO Forum in central London heard from a number of high-profile CIOs how they balance the need to communicate with the business while managing technological challenges.
Speaking at the silicon.com CIO Forum in London, CIOs from Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Mitsubishi Securities outlined how they approach and tackle cyber crime. CIOs within the financial services sector have said they have to up their efforts in the...
The silicon.com CIO Forum has revealed a clear divide among CIOs which still exists because of the issue of outsourcing. However, Neil Hammond, IT director of British Sugar, said many CIOs are simply "afraid to give away control".
The survey results also found that most CIOs (82 per cent) stay in their jobs for less than three years, with half having been at their current company for less than 18 months. All but two of the CIOs at the UK's top 40 companies are male and over...
And the idea that CIOs can develop the necessary skills to secure the top job is shared by Ric Francis, former CIO at Safeway, who is now COO at the Post Office. Leadership also saw an increase in terms of the number of respondents marking it out...
Of those who disagreed with the assertion that CIOs are not as important as they think they are, Bill Gibbons, CIO at Abbey, said execution and IT leadership are at the heart of any good business. We put this to the silicon.com CIO Jury and asked...