Google should shoulder some responsibility for remote access to corporate information systems. Its Internet engines suggest it is possible to access anything anywhere anytime. If Google can do it, executives argue, why not rip down the walls on corporate information systems and let employees access them anytime anywhere too?
In early 2002, the then chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), David Murray, set headlines ablaze with a blistering attack on information technology and the IT industry's ability to deliver on its promises.
For CIOs in their mid to late 50s "career is over" starts to take on a new meaning as the time comes to plan the descent from the career peaks. But true to form, these high-power men and women view their next step as simply a new beginning
Back in 2001 Peter Piper picked a pack of Privacy Principles, but thus far no one's found themselves in much of a pickle.
Depending on the view, the skills cup may be half full or half empty, but it never runneth over.
It's a long climb to the top - and when you get there it can be lonely.
A Closer look at the lingering legacy of fixing the Y2K problem
The innovation phoenix is stirring. The challenge for CIOs is to catch hold of its tail feathers.
You're already at the pointy end of the IT pyramid when you make CIO. But do you have real power - and if you do, how do you use it, share it, grow it and keep it?
Business activity monitoring offers a constant watch on business processes
Challenger Financial Services aims to be a bright star in the financial firmament. Effective information systems are its
greatest ally
Insolvency is all around, but smart CIOs can spot the symptoms of failure before their companies become too sick to save
You can't always avoid an ambush - but you can generally learn from it.
Consistency is not the hobgoblin of little minds; it is the essence of the multi-channel customer interface
Effective CIOs know when a project needs to be marked 'not for resuscitation'