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IBM began wrestling with its complexity demons a decade ago, when Lou Gerstner took over as CEO. Since then, IBM has cut IT spending by 31 percent. CIO Insight talked with IBM CIO Phil Thompson about the roots of complexity and how IBM has tamed the beast. CIO INSIGHT: What’s the root cause of complexity? […]

21% of top IT executives left business posts to become CIOs 49%: the amount of their time CIOs spend on business issues 55%: the amount of their time CIOs wish they could spend on business issues 22% of CIOs cite “cost and budget pressures” as their top frustration It’s been another tough year for CIOs. […]

This month’s Economic Confidence Meter was little changed from the previous month’s levels, perhaps a sign of the wait-and-see attitude typical of a new year. CIOs’ confidence in the chances for a recovery in the overall economy in the next three months rose a tenth of a point, to 5.5 from 5.4, while the score […]

In the late 1990s, the name of Paul Romer was frequently associated with the rise of the “New Economy.” In 1997, Time called him one of America’s 25 most influential people, and Newsweek included him in its list of “100 people for the New Century.” That’s because Romer, who teaches economics at Stanford University’s business […]

Marv Adams signed on as Ford’s CIO two years ago with a mission from CEO Bill Ford, the founder’s grandson, to help save the company from torrents of red ink and a failed Internet commerce strategy. Since then, Adams has begun to help Ford use IT to cut costs and redirect its information technology strategy. […]

Stu Sutliff is vice president of Information Services at UPS Inc. In this role, Sutliff, a 30-year veteran of UPS, coordinates planning activities within IT and provides linkages to the company’s core business operations. He is also the IT representative to UPS’ corporate compliance committee, its information access and security governance committee, the information and […]

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Independent auto analyst Maryann Keller has been tracking the auto industry for the past 30 years, first as a Wall Street securities analyst with Paine Webber, then for 13 years at ING Baring Furman Selz LLC. In mid-1999, she joined Priceline.com and spent 18 months as president of the company’s automotive services unit. But when […]

Peter Weill, the director of the Center for Information Systems Research at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, says IT infrastructure is the foundation on which all e-business depends. Weill is a leading scholar and proponent of the notion that IT infrastructure is linked closely to business strategy-or should be. Weill recently spoke to CIOs about […]