CIO Insight Staff

Story Guide: Getting Work in OrderThe software is not only helping companies replace paper forms. It’s also being used to check records for accuracy, route documents and files to the right people at the right time, and make organizations more efficient. Vendor Profiles Global 360: Evolving Over Time Metastorm: Keeping It Simple Pegasystems: Handling Complexity […]

In the wake of Tony Blair’s upcoming resignation on June 27, Richard Granger, who has been in charge of NHS Connecting for Health, announced he would resign in the next few months. NHS Connecting for Health is the unit overseeing the National Program for Information Technology (NPfIT), a sweeping effort to transform the British health-care […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Police have smashed a global Internet pedophile ring with 700 members and rescued more than 30 children from abuse, a police spokesman said on Monday. Detectives targeted an Internet chatroom where members from 35 countries swapped thousands of indecent pictures and films of children. Undercover officers gathered evidence at the site, called […]

INSIDERS Gary Reiner CIO, GE Named CIO by then-CEO John (Jack) Welch in 1996, Reiner was not only put in charge of corporate I.T. operations, but also made responsible for managing GE’s then-fledgling Six Sigma program, a framework for improving processes. Reiner oversees the information systems that support GE’s far-flung business units and their respective […]

Sometimes in shifting to new systems as a result of an acquisition or merger, companies don’t always have time to bring their users up to speed on how to make the most of the new software. Case in point: Dade Behring Holdings, the world’s largest company dedicated exclusively to clinical diagnostics. In 1996, Dade Behring […]

Analysis: As baby boomers prepare to retire, companies are scrambling to fill the gaping hole they will leave in the workplace. The issue is particularly important in IT, which is already battling a skills shortage. In the coming years, talent recruitment and retention will be a top priority. So what are you doing about it […]

Finding 1:Companies Will Have More IT Openings to Fill Most companies expect their IT organizations to grow in the next 12 months. In fact, the percentage that says it is expanding its IT organization is bigger than in our August 2006 IT Organization Survey. But this rising tide is lifting some boats more than others. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The top antitrust official at the U.S. Justice Department last month backed Microsoft Corp. by urging state prosecutors to reject a confidential complaint filed by Google Inc., The New York Times reported on Sunday. Google accused Microsoft of designing its Vista operating system to discourage use of Google’s desktop search program, […]

It’s time for an audit of the application controls for every business system throughout your organization, from enterprise resource planning to e-mail programs, document imaging systems and product design software. As a CIO, are you prepared? If you’ve upgraded or modified applications since the last application controls audit, you’d be smart to check out a […]