The localism opportunity for local government IT

There's always plenty of talk about IT in central government and how the impending spending review will affect big Whitehall projects, and as a result sometimes IT in local government can be a little neglected.
I wouldn't claim to be an expert in local government IT, but I've had a very...
Building the business case for corporate social media

The use of social media technology in business has been permeated by perceptions that staff are simply Twittering their mates about what they just ate, Facebooking photos of colleagues or taking up valuable network bandwidth watching their favourite YouTube videos instead of working.
...The top 10 CIO issues for 2010

Many IT leaders will be entering 2010 with bruises on their budgets from the recessionary battering they took over the past 18 months. But this year promises a cautious return to growth - for some at least.
Any CIOs going into the year simply expecting more of the same may be left...
Battling the culture… its time for a change in business approach
Isn't it time that IT departments lost the command and control mentality particularly as we move to a new business paradigm that is more open to collaboration.
I have been to several talks recently that have insisted that organisational change is key to businesses adopting a more...
Commentable Digital Britain report goes online… good approach to collaboration
The Government may have only scored five out of 10 for its Digital Britain report last week, but it scores highly in the collaboration stakes for getting a...
Collaboration tools are a hot topic in IT right now, but does anyone know what to do with them?
I have been to two meetings that have discussed IT collaboration recently. The latter one was a ComputerWeekly.com roundtable event in association with BT, and the other was a BT hosted event.
Obviously, this shows that one supplier sees the potential of IT collaboration as huge,...
To boldly go where IT departments haven’t gone before?
Enterprise 2.0 is certainly gaining the backing of leading firms.
Networking giant Verizon Business for one backs this idea, arguing in its predictions of
A Formula for Innovation – guest post by Tom Ilube of Garlik
