Barbara Koster, CIO of Prudential Financial, oversees 1,700 IT employees and formulates policies, establishes standards and architectures, and develops guidelines and management practices for the financial services giant. She also manages the company's global networks and data centers and other technology infrastructure.
When Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief technology officer, Werner Vogels, joined the organisation in 2004, the focus was very much on servicing customers in a retail environment. The concept of commercially available, robust, scalable infrastructure was just that — a concept. The organisation was working big name retailers such as Marks & Spencer and Target but it was the online retailer’s own operations that drove the technology agenda. Amazon Web Services was really borne out of the business requirements of its retail operations.
Defence CIO, Greg Farr, talks about the need for greater professionalism and the role of certification when the stakes are high
AMP will hold its annual Amplify innovation event this week and IT leaders will exchange crowdsourced ideas with the rank and file. CIO, Lee Barnett, spoke with CIO about how IT and business can benefit from all variety of industries.
I’m Georgina Swan, editor of CIO and tonight we’re on Fort Denison in Sydney, at a HP/CIO networking event. Earlier, I spoke to Kerry O’Brien
It may be a blessing as much as a curse, but Hrelic faces much the same challenges as his peers in non-IT literate workplaces
Ken Gallacher may be the CIO for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), but that doesn’t mean he is the sole provider of technology to the broadcasting giant. “The common theme has been about getting out there with the team and the business, especially with the business and directors that are driving and shaping our technology,” he said.
BT Financial Group's CIO Tony Forward shares his IT experiences with Computerworld's Helen Han.
CIO sat down with the head of actuarial studies at the Australian School of Business, University of NSW, Associate Professor John Evans, to talk risk management and the role it plays in the enterprise.
Michael Cusumano is a professor of management and engineering systems at MIT's Sloan School of Management and author of Staying Power: Six Enduring Principles for Managing Strategy and Innovation in an Uncertain World.
The first Federal CIO of the United States, Vivek Kundra, has his work cut out for him. But as fellow CIO, Scott Stewart discovered, he has a plan.
Interview with Opera Solutions CFO Rob Bothe about management and recruiting.
Health check - an interview with Royal District Nursing Service SA CIO, Jodie Rugless
The new paradigm of mobile banking carries with it inherent risks, but there’s no reason for consumers to be less confident about the security of their data if the right safeguards are in place, says the chief technology officer (CTO) of Westpac bank.
Running the internal IT operations of Cisco Systems is a big job not just because of the size of the company -- more than 70,000 employees worldwide and a market capitalisation in the range of $US100 billion -- but also because Cisco is continually developing new IT products across a broad range of technologies and is known for rapidly adopting those products for its own use. Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby spoke with IDG News Service on the sidelines of the NetWork conference last week and shared some insights into the legendary enterprise IT company's own enterprise IT.
The voice of experience. Domino’s chief information officer, Barry Wiech, talks about building teams, communicating goals and the importance of being commercial.
Turning around the fortunes of National Rugby League (NRL) club, the Melbourne Storm, has been no easy task for new CEO, Ron Gauci, but his background in management and technology gives him a unique advantage.
We take a look at what's coming up next on his IT agenda.
We take a look at what's coming up next on his IT agenda
We take a look at what's next on his IT agenda
The formula for collaboration is changing rapidly.