Archive for IT Strategy
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 [...]
Appalling News – Cost Focus Changes CIO Reporting Lines
The following article indicates just how out of touch some boards and CEOs are. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/mgmt/A4A67DD8661EC548CC25766500132991?opendocument&utm_source=topnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=topnews It would be very interesting in those companies where CIOs are no longer reporting to the CEO if IDC were to research the IT competency of the CEO and Board. I would also be asking them what they consider to be [...]
IT Skills Shortage No Surprise
The continuation of the IT skills shortage comes as no surprise, given that it was predicted as long ago as 2005 or before, and little has been done that could have helped alleviate it. A survey released by the NZICT Group found that NZ ICT companies continue to suffer from a skills shortage, despite the recession. [...]
Benefits and Risks of Cloud Computing
A new white paper from ISACA, a non-profit association of 86,000 global information technology professionals, clearly describes how enterprises can achieve greater efficiencies and mitigate new risks associated with cloud computing. The white paper, Cloud Computing: Business Benefits with Security, Governance and Assurance Perspectives, is available as a free download from www.isaca.org/cloud. The paper is [...]
Maxsys Added to Aust Govt Multi-User List
We are pleased to announce that Maxsys has been accepted for inclusion in the Australian Government’s Information and Communications Technology Multi-Use List. The ICT MUL is managed on behalf of the Australian Government by the Department of Finance and Deregulation, and is a list of ICT suppliers that Australian Government agencies can use to source ICT goods [...]
Theft of documents raises cloud security concerns
We have been keeping a watching brief on Cloud Computing. Most of our current clients are not candidates for what currently passes as cloud computing, for good reason. They need to know where their data is stored. Some have a requirement for it to be stored in New Zealand or their own country, and they [...]
What is a Virtual CIO?
It is interesting when you search the web just how many companies just don’t get what a Chief Information Officer (CIO) is or rather, should be. My point is that the strategic role of CIO, is often wrongly depicted as a technician, or IT manager, or the network guy, even by those offering CIO services. There [...]
Are Face to face meetings more productive?
Now here is an interesting research study which we will keep an eye on. Office workers who make time to chat face to face with colleagues may be far more productive than those who rely on e-mail, the phone, or Facebook, suggests a study carried out by researchers at MIT and New York University. http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/22642/ [...]
IT Governance Skills on Boards
With IT playing an increasing role in the success of an organisation has the time come to review your board of directors to see who has IT governance expertise? This is particularly important in times of recession, as companies and government agencies will start to rely more heavily on efficiencies that can be made through [...]
