My colleagues running the fourth annual Capgemini Global CIO Report went looking for something different, and they found it. As with all surveys the questions inevitably influence the outcome somewhat, for example if you ask a CIO if costs are important then you’ll struggle to find one that says ‘no’! And so the challenge was to provide an ‘open’ survey that would focus on how CIOs felt in the current economic circumstances, and what role …

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As you might expect, I choose topics to write about in response to the conversations and questions that I hear week after week, mostly with clients, sometimes with colleagues and occasionally during industry events. There has been a lot of chatter about the cloud recently for obvious reasons, but this last week has been marked by two interesting conversations with very large global organisations in fast moving markets. Essentially, it was the same question asked …

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Over the last few weeks there has been a succession of ‘serious’ conferences. By this I mean gatherings of people trying to make sense of, and come up with answers to, issues that matter around people and technology. Sadly the so called ‘Chatham House rules’ mean it is impossible for me to report on the details, but the breadth and depth of the discussions provided fascinating insight into why the topic of clouds seems so …

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