Archive for cio
ICT Governance: Power Steering
Five industry leaders discuss ways to push ICT governance to the top of the corporate agenda. I have just provided the following article to CIO magazine, which resulted in interviews with a number of others on how to promote ICT governance in organisations. Click here to read it on the CIO NZ Magazine site I [...]
Who Needs CIO’s?
The CIO or Chief Information Officer is an essential role for any organisation looking to harness the power of ICT to enable their organisation. But why is it that only some organisations are embracing the role and some are seeing it diminish? Click on the following link for a discussion on this topic by Murray [...]
CIO’s Leading Business Change: The CIO as next in line for CEO
CIOs are increasingly being asked to lead business initiatives beyond the realm of ICT. A panel of CIOs share their insights on managing this challenge. Here is the latest CIO magazine contribution made by Murray Wills, Director of Maxsys: http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/spot/D5BAA04AB448B64ACC2577BA008390A7
The role of IT in strengthening the enterprise
The following article from CIO magazine online is worth a read – It provides some good advice on strengthening the role of IT in an organisation. http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/depth/55A895CBBD4F4C8DCC25779F00738CA9
Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government Award
Murray Wills (aka the VirtualCIO) has been selected as one of three judges for this year’s Computerworld Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government Award. Computerworld, together with the support of Hewlett Packard New Zealand, will recognise Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government through a special award to be announced in Wellington on [...]
The IT Skills Shortage – It’s here!!
As we predicted in February, and some years ago, the IT skills shortage is starting to threaten projects, in Australia at least. Because of the closeness of the two markets, and the transportability of IT skills across the tasman, I predict that we will come under pressure here in the next 6 months. Those companies who [...]
When will government ‘get’ IT?
Click on the following link to read my latest article in the New Zealand CIO magazine: http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/opin/9D32E090AA8FF940CC257702006B7F43 This article discusses the unhealthy situation of not considering information technology as a critical strategic enabler.
Virtual CIO / Murray Wills interviewed by CIO Magazine
Murray Wills was recently interviewed by CIO Magazine for a feature that they did on CIO’s for rent. Click on the attached link to read the story which talks about the benefit of the Virtual CIO concept. http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/spot/74070C5887FE0CE4CC2576E9002966FE 1 April 2010 STOP PRESS The same article is now also on Various other international websites including [...]
The IT Skills Shortage – It’s Back!
Here is a very interesting story I have just come across from CIO Magazine’s Ross Storey, MIS Asia, entitled “Historic IT recruitment reversal” http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/depth/DFC18A4D92BDED3ECC2576AF006BF91B According to the story and recruitment and human resource outsourcing specialists Robert Walters, “the Asia Pacific is currently experiencing what is likely to be the fastest turnaround in the IT recruitment market [...]
Does the Auckland Transition Authority (ATA) “Get” IT?
Well, it doesn’t look like it!! If the following article is correct, then it looks like some really old school thinking has crept into one of our newest and most strategic organisations. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/CFBB5E92DDF95D40CC25766A006D37F1 I agree with Rob O’Neill here. What on earth are they thinking? It is inappropriate, given the strategic nature of Information [...]
