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• Pitcher Partners change their chat

  The way Pitcher Partners' CIO Bradley Kay talks to the company’s execs has changed dramatically from two years ago.

• Government officials unclear on digital strategy

  ​Most Australian government officials don’t think their organisation has a clear or coherent digital strategy, according to a survey.

• Claudine Ogilvie: ​A new breed of CIO

  Claudine Ogilvie had no experience in IT – yet she become Ridley Corporation’s first CIO. Ogilvie, who has spent her career in sales, marketing and strategy roles – and was once part of the Australian Olympic Sailing Development Team – discusses her journey.

• Can open source be a kick starter for mobile in the enterprise?

  In the face of an explosion in demand for responsiveness at-scale, high-availability and security, IBM's Wesley McDonald discusses how modern IT professionals are feeling pressures to build solutions based on open source technology.

• Don't fall victim to 'siloed' thinking: Vinh Giang

  It's better to have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. This was the key message of Vinh Giang, magician and communication coach, who delivered the first keynote at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in the Gold Coast yesterday.

• The five enablers of IT organisational excellence

  Here are five organisational challenges that you can work through to reposition your business for success.

• More tech trends to disrupt data centres

  This week CIO is exploring the top tech trends expected to disrupt data centres in the future, as well as IT departments, business units and the c-suite, including shifting skillsets and business strategy.

• Companies should be 'extremely cautious' when selecting IaaS vendors: Gartner

  Companies planning a shift to cloud infrastructure should be extremely cautious in their vendor selection process, due to a shifting marketplace, according to Gartner.

• Australia an innovation laggard: Where we went wrong

  Australian innovation is stuck in a rut. Why did this happen and how can we pick up the pace?

• Australian businesses falling behind in digital uptake

  Australian enterprises are lagging behind in the use of digital technologies, resulting in stalled economic growth, new research reveals.
  

• Skills your CEO wants you to have

  Championing technology as a business enabler requires many talents, from explaining the 'nuts and bolts' to working closely with finance and customer service. Here are some of the top skills that your CEO wants you to have today.
  

• Risk management lagging in digital world

  Two thirds of CIOs believe their risk management strategies are failing to keep up with new threats created by the shift to digital, a Gartner survey has found.
  

• Case study: When a hacker destroys your business

  Co-founder of the now-defunct Distribute.IT, Carl Woerndle, gives a warts and all account of the cyber attack so damaging it destroyed his once prospering technology business.

• Johnson & Johnson champion people-based security strategy

  Johnson & Johnson champion the people and culture element of its security strategy, believing a more rigorous focus on people and culture acknowledges that having the latest technology and processes is not a foolproof solution to information security.

• Strategies to create a big data management plan: 2015 roadmap

  Success lies in starting small with your big data projects.