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  • ​Why you should embrace Shadow IT

    As a CIO, you will discover business-driven projects are already underway and you or your team haven’t been included in them. How do you react to this?

    Written by David Gee28 Nov. 16 11:00
  • Curtin Uni IT team pulls itself together

    Last year, Western Australia's largest university identified a shadow IT problem caused by a lack of trust between the IT department and business units. Richard Addiscott director of IT planning, governance and security explains how he filled the 'trust chasm'.

    Written by George Nott05 Sept. 16 14:23
  • Linear roadmaps unrealistic for collaboration tools

    Companies working on a collaboration and unified communications strategy need to accept that it will not be a linear process, according to Forrester analyst, Tim Sheedy.

    Written by Bonnie Gardiner04 June 15 16:34
  • Balance of power in IT spending shifts: CIO survey

    Non-IT executives are gaining power over IT spending as more people bypass the IT department and buy services online according to the results of a new survey conducted with 177 CIOs in 24 countries.

    Written by CIO Australia staff04 Dec. 14 12:05
  • How Medibank embraced cloud, overcame shadow IT

    Medibank is allowing staff outside of the IT department to sign up to cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) to reduce website hosting costs, while at the same time including IT security in the process, according to Medibank enterprise security manager Mark Burns.

    Written by Hamish Barwick27 Aug. 14 11:09
  • Tech spending outside IT rising

    A new report confirms what many in the IT sector have suspected – tech spending outside the IT department of Australian companies is increasing.

    Written by Byron Connolly16 July 14 15:16
  • Using shadow IT to your advantage

    CIOs have two options: ignore it, maintain centralised control. Or, become an enabler to the business

    Written by Divina Paredes24 June 14 06:00
  • The perils of shadow IT

    It’s happened to many CIOs: End users, thinking they know better, whip out their credit cards and buy technology services without consulting anyone in the IT team. This is exactly what occurred at NRW Holdings.

    Written by Byron Connolly12 June 14 13:22
  • BYOA 'shadow IT' grows in the enterprise: Telsyte

    Nearly two-thirds of Australian enterprises have staff using personal apps for work even though only about half of the organisations allow it, according to a Telsyte report.

    Written by Adam Bender12 March 14 09:16
  • 6 tips to help you manage shadow IT

    IT, mobile and security experts offer advice on how to minimise the risks associated with third-party apps and services as well as with employees using their mobile devices in the workplace.

    Written by Jennifer Lonoff Schiff13 Nov. 13 14:26
  • CIOs Want to Be Allies, Not Adversaries, With Business Users

    For years, CIOs raged against stealth technology that could put their company's security - and maybe their authority - at risk. Today, though, IT executives see the world differently and are quick to explain that they should be ambassadors between tech vendors and business users.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige21 Oct. 13 22:47
  • Why does IT exist?

    The fundamental information within an organisation is way more important than any of the technology used to manage that information. This is what the ‘I’ in CIO represents, writes Geoff Lazberger. So how do you impress upon the executive team the real value of information?

    Written by Geoff Lazberger15 Aug. 13 06:58
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