The new CIO reality – reputational risk from IT problems will be a big factor in the changing role

It's not been a great week for public perceptions of technology.
First, yet another major sporting event had problems selling tickets. The Glasgow Commonwealth Games...
Banks need to tackle IT complexity to avoid further regulation

Complexity is the common enemy of every IT leader. Ask any group of IT managers what is their biggest day-to-day challenge, and the answer you will most often receive points at the complexity of legacy infrastructure.
For too long, IT departments and their suppliers have used that...
So that was 2011. How was it for IT?

So that was 2011. How was it for IT? If there's one trend you can pull out from the year it has been the rapidly shifting sands beneath the feet of some of the biggest names in the industry. And it's not been the tough economy that's caused it, but the inability of some market leaders to...
HP shenanigans highlight unprecedented changes in IT industry

What exactly is going on at HP?
The world's largest technology company is now onto its third CEO in little over a year. First Mark Hurd resigned after...
Let the online giants deliver online government

Prime minister Gordon Brown has today put some flesh on the bones of his long-standing promises to put technology at the heart of the UK's economic future.
He says the aim is to make the UK the "world leader in the digital economy" by 2020, with the key headline-grabbing...
eBay France closing? Au revoir
Rumour has it that eBay France maybe closing its operation, so they at TechCrunch amidst some general European streamlining.... interesting. Anyway the staff at eBay France have produced this...