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Corporate Recruitment Failings
Top Frustrations for Interim Consulting and the Divide between the Corporate Recruiting Process The HR function should be more proactively understanding direct talent approaches they may get from the Interim Consultants while Corporate recruiters want to get their...
The Elephant in the room
The Cloud Elephant In The Room Solutions like Federated Single Sign-In enable the opening up of Public Cloud to those more sceptic CIOs out there. Additionally this will reduce the cost of flexible, affordable and safer cloud based solutions and should drive the...
Hybrid Cloud
Preventing IT Silos with Hybrid Cloud As many as 75 percent of IT professionals still imply security is their primary reason for not moving applications on-demand, according to the Cloud Industry Forum. Such concerns might be unfounded as the same research suggests...
Whos running corporate tech strategy
Gartner's views on who will be running corporate technology One of the interesting shifts noticed is being driven from outside the company's control, as Gartner further estimates that 50% of all technology sales vendors are actively selling direct to the business...
Shadow IT and the CIO
Do CIO's just turn a blind eye to 'Shadow IT'? It's time CIOs take advantage of the knowledge that the Interim IT Transformation consulting community can bring to their organisation. The nature of interim engagement is that they face many more corporate transformation...
Cloud Cover takes over Europe
Now's the time to consider Cloud applications & Contact Centre Services in the Cloud "Cloud adoption is at an all-time high and Microsoft is winning over Google. The surprise is that large corporations, even in heavily regulated industries, are gaining confidence...
Boardroom Technology time bomb
Board member time bomb for those not focused at Technology Many boards are focusing on this modern topic of accepting the CIO to the table but many still need to get there. Boards need to source experience to help them get where...
Gartner findings on CIO change in 2015
Moving the CIO from their inherent comfort zones to where the "IT Magic" is ! Boardrooms should be open minded enough to see the value in the market of senior experienced interim consulting skills whom can often be more agile...
Merger IT Survival Tactics
Survival tactics during a business merger Making the right choices and decisions and pushing the correct buttons to get things done, on time and under budget, are key M&A objectives – not easy if the key Change Director is professionally close to those...
The dual paths of the CIO Role
Why do we spend so much time scrutinising the role of the CIO? Which box does your CIO tick, The Chief Innovation Officer or the evolving Chief Shared Services Officer. The report written by CA Technologies has me thinking about...
IT role in Corporate Acquisitions
IT role in Acquire, or Not-to-Acquire CEOs should consider taking advantage of the knowledge from the smaller boutique IT Consulting companies or experienced Interim Change or Transformation Directors in order to provide an...
Outsourcing in Europe 2015
Outsourcing hits record levels in Europe - Summer 2015 Almost three quarters of global businesses will increase their investment in outsourced services, according to research by KPMG. The research also indicates that more firms...
Cloud Affecting India Outsourcing
Cloud Computing Is Going To Rain on India’s Outsourcing Parade “It is only going to get cheaper and easier for companies to switch to the cloud, outsource providers need to get ready for the storm and modify their business models and move with the digital times, or...
IT Consulting Straight Talk
Do British businesses need more “Straight Talking” IT Consulting?
The new CIO role for the 20Twenties
The beginning of a New Year is the time when many organisations kick-off their main recruitment process. The CIO jobs market is no different and talking with a number of like-minded clients and consultants alike I have captured some of their key thoughts they have...
Outsource or Not to Outsource
The strategic decision to, Outsource or Not-to-Outsource It does not matter the geography your business is based in, but if you are looking to transition parts of your business or someone to guide you around the areas of BPO,...
20% of IT PMs are quiting
20% of IT Project Managers Want to Quit ! (So How does one Stop Them) - Show them they have a future and provide the right kinds of development Twenty percent of IT project managers are thinking about quitting their jobs, and it’s not just...
The Evolving CIO role
The demise of the CIO role is dependant on their ability to change the IT operating model CIOs have a reputation for having relatively short tenures when compared to other members of the C-suite. Depending on which study you read the average...