Archive for IT Alignment
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 [...]
ITEX ComputerWorld Project of the Year
Murray Wills, Maxsys’ MD has been selected to be a judge in this year’s ITEX Computerworld Project of the Year Award. More details can be found here: http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/itex-computerworld-awards-finalists-announced These are part of the 2011 ITEX Computerworld Awards. This year the categories consist of ICT Project, ICT Manager sponsored by Cube People Recruitment, and Software Developer [...]
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
Project Management Training – The New Wave
An excellent video of Martyn Kinch from ILX Group being interviewed by Sky News Australia. http://www.ilxgroup.com.au/video.asp. Much of what Martyn mentions is true for New Zealand as well. Interest in Project Management training and PRINCE2 in particular is growing rapidly in New Zealand. We established a relationship with ILX for 2 reasons. As consultants, we are passionate [...]
ILX Group wins global contract with international drilling contractor KCA DEUTAG to provide e-learning in project management across 22 countries
Our friends at ILX Group plc are going from strength to strength. Selection for this major training contract is an endorsement of their capability, world wide. It is this strength that sets them apart from others. Tuesday 11th May 2010 – ILX Group plc, the best practice training company, today announced that it has won [...]
Free Project Management Resources
We are pleased to be able to provide the following link to free Project Management resourses on the ILX website: http://www.ilxgroup.com/downloads.asp. Click on the link if you are interested in PRINCE2, APM, MSP, ITIL, MoR, or PPS resources to download. We have a relationship with ILX in New Zealand, so if there is anything taht [...]
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 [...]
