Stories by Darren Horrigan

That noise you hear is the scrape of chairs being pushed back, laptops snapping shut and your ICT staff walking out the door. The war for talent is on again — if it ever stopped — and as with all wars, there will be victors, survivors and casualties. Identifying, retaining and developing talent never gets easier. There are only degrees of difficulty. What should you do to attract and groom good people? How can you make your IT organisation one that offers interesting roles and compelling career prospects? How can you avoid becoming collateral damage in the war?

It’s high time that Australia’s IT industry started taking greater interest in developing its future leaders. Enter the Pathways ICT Leadership Development Program, created by the CIO Executive Council...

Our panel of Australian CIOs weigh-in with some fundamental realities about IT that have stood the test of time.

We asked our hardy band of cynical, battle-scarred CIOs to nominate their favourite fictions, furphies and fables about IT that just keep on keeping on.

If CIOs could recruit their IT staff from the realms of film and television who would they choose? The answers will surprise you. . .

Australia's $43 billion National Broadband Network will usher in a new era of connectivity and business innovation. Here's what CIOs need to know...

A random sampling of Australian CIOs share their seven favourite pieces of personal technology.

CIOs are from Venus. CFOs are from Mars. And nowhere is this more obvious than at budget time.

Let’s face it. As a CIO, there are some things you should just NEVER do. . .

The ability to intelligently articulate a strategy, an idea or a thought in a clear and engaging manner is an absolute must for CIOs. But when it comes to public speaking a great many CIOs in fact find themselves scared speechless

The fanfare surrounding wireless technology is so thick it can be hard to find payback amidst all the promises. Meet three heads of IT in Australia who learned to see past the hype and deliver real benefits to the enterprise

The race to find an alternative to Microsoft is well under way within Australian government as open source systems continue to attract the attention of cost-conscious CIOs

Business process outsourcing is starting to make inroads at all three levels of Australian government.

A sound approach to probity is like a guarantee of integrity, ensuring that a government body conducts its commercial dealings in a fair and open manner. But as federal and state agencies throughout Australia are discovering, it’s easier to talk about high standards than it is to live up to them.

A sound approach to probity is like a guarantee of integrity, ensuring that a government body conducts its commercial dealings in a fair and open manner. But as federal and state agencies throughout Australia are discovering, it’s easier to talk about high standards than it is to live up to them.