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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

Maxsys led group wins health sector IT competition

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:18:09 +0000

A group led by Wellington IT consultancy company Maxsys, was announced as the winning vendor for the 2011 Health Informatics New Zealand Clinicians Challenge, at an awards dinner last week.

The Clinicians Challenge is a competition run by Health Informatics New Zealand, with support from the New Zealand Health
IT Cluster, and the National Health IT Board.

Click here to read more about this story

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.

IT Governance Fundamentals

Murray Wills — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:28:05 +0000

IT Governance is focused on the leadership, structures and processes that ensure that an organisation’s information technology sustains and extends the overall organisation’s strategies and objectives.

This half-day workshop is an introduction to the fundamentals of IT Governance, its relationship with Corporate Governance and its relevance in developing and sustaining organisations in the private and public sector.

The workshop will use a participative approach using case study material. Real world examples will be used from the real-world experience that your trainer brings. We will provide you with course notes, guides, templates and checklists as well as references for further reading.

The workshop covers the following:

* An introduction to IT Governance
* An overview of why organisations need IT Governance
* IT Governance as a subset of Corporate Governance
* An overview of the ISO/IEC 38500:2008 IT Governance Standard
* Discussion of the roles of the Board, and responsibilities of executive management and the CIO
* IT Governance Assessment and Maturity Model
* Identification of the steps involved in implementing IT Governance
* Challenges to be overcome in implementation
* Skills required of CIO’s, CEO’s and Board member
* Examples of current business/IT alignment and governance models and standards
* A Board IT Governance Checklist

Book Early – numbers are very limited

Duration: 1/2 Day

Trainer: Murray Wills

Venues

Auckland 20 May 2011 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)

Dunedin 1 Jun 2011 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)

Hamilton 15 Jun 2011 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)

Christchurch 23 Jun 2011 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)

Auckland 10 Aug 2011 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)

Wellington 17 Aug 2011 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)

Christchurch 8 Sep 2011 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)

Hamilton 10 Nov 2011 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)

Dunedin 18 Nov 2011 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)

For further information or to enrol in a course Click Here

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

The IT Skills Shortage – It’s here!!

Murray Wills — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:25:31 +0000

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 have been shortsighted and let staff go that they should have retained, or who have made the life of their IT contractors or staff uncomfortable during the last few months may be in for a few sleepless nights as they figure out how to retain and attract resources going forward.

This article in infotech today tells the story.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3621039/Shortage-in-Australian-IT-skills-threat-to-projects

For further reading on this topic, follow the links below:

The IT Skills Shortage – It’s Back!

IT Skills Shortage No Surprise

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!