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ICT Governance: Power Steering

Murray Wills — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:46:44 +0000

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 am please to say that it has also been picked up by the following publications – proof that ICT governance is a topic which is of interest worldwide:

Computerworld India
IT World Canada
Computerworld Norway

ITEX ComputerWorld Project of the Year

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:05:44 +0000

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 of the Year. The winners be announced at the ITEX Computerworld Awards and Networking Function on November 23.

Who Needs CIO’s?

Murray Wills — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:58:13 +0000

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 Wills in the NZ Computer Society Newsline online magazine.

http://www.nzcs.org.nz/newsletter/article/40

CIO’s Leading Business Change: The CIO as next in line for CEO

Murray Wills — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:34:12 +0000

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

Murray Wills — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:12:23 +0000

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

Murray Wills — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:06:23 +0000

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 about Governanace and the benefits that a project management methodology like PRINCE2 and the other OGC based qualifications can bring.
We believe that ILX is very well placed to be able to meet this demand with its elearning, mixed mode and face to face learning options.

eLearning is becoming a method of choice for a number of Companies and individuals. It is very cost effective, staff get more time to complete their studies than a 5 day face to face course, and retention rates of information are high. Check out the options at http://www.ilxgroup.com

ILX Group wins global contract with international drilling contractor KCA DEUTAG to provide e-learning in project management across 22 countries

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:41:39 +0000

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 a major global contract to help KCA DEUTAG, a major international drilling contractor, to deliver project management training across 22 countries. ILX will host a secure e-learning platform to deliver both the APM Introductory Certificate in Project Management and PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner courses to remote geographic locations such as the arctic conditions in Siberia and Kazakhstan and offices based in the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa. Read more …

Free Project Management Resources

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:21:22 +0000

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 you would like to know about these, or any other ILX training, please let us know.

When will government ‘get’ IT?

Murray Wills — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:51:42 +0000

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

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:05:16 +0000

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 US CIO website, CIO Germany, Networkworld USA, MIS Asia, Computerworld Norway and Hong Kong and more.

http://www.cio.com/article/588278/Rent_a_CIO?taxonomyId=3174

http://mis-asia.com/cio_focus/profiles/rent-a-cio

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/032510-.html

http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=975D55B3-1A64-6A71-CE781DC0AAFAFCE7

http://www.cio.de/news/cio_worldnews/2229241/index.html

It is amazing how news travels and who picks up the story round the world!