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• A look at intelligent software that integrates data and systems across organisations
• Strategic approaches to align IT with operations can make it more effective and less wasteful - -
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A tricky balancing act: cost, risk and innovation
Departments will have to get creative if they are to fund projects while IT budgets are flat or rising slightly at most, reports Paul Taylor
Business efficiency: IT can help paint bigger picture
Jane Bird looks at intelligent software that integrates data and systems across organisations
Moving out of recession: Small spending steps can bring big productivity leaps
Stephen Pritchard looks at strategic approaches to align IT with operations and make it more effective and less wasteful
Investing in users: Training needs to be an activity that never stops
Even ‘digital native’ employees need to be taught to get the most from sophisticated IT. Lauren Foster reports
Role of the CIO: Chief innovation officers are required
Measuring the power of an IT head in numbers of servers or employees is largely a thing of the past, says Stephen Pritchard
Financing: Services in the ‘cloud’ offer value and speed
Jessica Twentyman says external hosting now looks as good an option as leasing
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