CIO and the board - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

• From CIO to CEO: How to make the step up & whether you should

  Although transitions from CIO to CEO are still infrequent, today more than ever IT executives have the opportunity to achieve the highest rank in an organisation.

• CIO upfront: In praise of intelligent bots, not smart ones

  If your chatbot replaces one kind of wasted time with another, or makes information harder to find, bin it. If it’s a decorative replacement for a checkout process, don’t build it, writes Ian Lurie of Portent

• State of the CIO 2018: Make way for the chief impact officer

  This year’s research reveals how New Zealand CIOs are concurrently tackling the fast pace of change across markets and technologies, as well as their roles.

• A CISO speaks out: Beyond vendor speak and fearmongering, security is about people

  Let us take an intelligence-led view - the removal of uninformed fear – and replace this with understanding, writes Kevin Kanji of Transaction Services Group.

• 6 ERP trends for 2018

  Organisations are ditching side books and upping compliance audits while exploring the impact AI, blockchain and augmented reality will have on their enterprise resource planning systems.

• The role of the CIO

  So how do you create a high-performing IT team? The answer is deceptively simple: You add value when you fulfil your organisation’s needs and expectations around the use of technology.

• Movers and shakers: From CIO to AWS exec

  Duncan Reed joins cloud company as head of professional services

• The 2018 State of the CIO survey: Tell us what's important to you

  Benchmark yourself against your peers in the marketplace

• Four signs that the CIO is about to be fired

  Tech firm CEO Colin Earl shares insights from 25-plus years as developer, product manager—and yes, a CIO.

• In an age of technology, why aren’t our boards brimming with CIOs?

  In an age of technology, why aren’t our boards brimming with CIOs?

• Futurist Chris Riddell on why businesses need to turn their tech teams into rockstars

  … and ICT leaders need to behave like entrepreneurs and ‘a bit like startups’.

• The big risk facing mid career CIOs today

  Ask yourself, ‘Is it possible that the biggest obstacle to digital progress at my company is … me?’

• A CEO’s perspective on investing for digital capability, innovation and change management

  Two years into the role, Myles Ward shares lessons learned on taking the leap from head of technology at Inland Revenue, to the top post at healthAlliance

• Movers and shakers: Sean Mills swaps CIO role to head operations at Reserve Bank of NZ

  Matt Mansell joins Ministry of Justice, plus new CIO appointments across New Zealand.

• How to build a 'digital dream team': IDC NZ

  IDC reports on the digital transformation strategies - and challenges - of Kiwi organisations.