News (5)

  • Cutting costs tops CIO priorities

    As CIO columnist Jon Oltsik explains, CIOs have four main priorities--including cutting costs and better aligning IT with business strategy. Here's why he believes today's economic climate is the right time to advance these goals.

  • Spending scrutiny can pay off

    Bean counters and CEOs are scrutinising IT spending more than ever these days, but that's not a bad thing for CIOs.

  • Sun's McNealy: "Our biggest competitor is your CFO"

    Sun boss Scott McNealy has identified his number one rival: finance directors in end-user organisations around the world who are holding an ever-firmer grip on IT spend.

  • Gartner predicts the future of IT

    Gartner sees the next wave of technology--the confluence of wireless, real-time infrastructure, and service-oriented architecture--as a catalyst that could transform or kill entire industries.

  • Stop buying IT you don't need

    'Rightsizing' need not be ominous management-speak for losing your job. Here's how to make sure your IT infrastructure is the right size for the job.

Features and Case Studies (9)

  • CIOs: ROI software to the rescue

    With every potential information technology purchase now under intense scrutiny, a few software vendors are working to help CIOs look before they leap into big expenses.

  • Cutting costs tops CIO priorities

    As CIO columnist Jon Oltsik explains, CIOs have four main priorities--including cutting costs and better aligning IT with business strategy. Here's why he believes today's economic climate is the right time to advance these goals.

  • Spending scrutiny can pay off

    Bean counters and CEOs are scrutinising IT spending more than ever these days, but that's not a bad thing for CIOs.

  • Sun's McNealy: "Our biggest competitor is your CFO"

    Sun boss Scott McNealy has identified his number one rival: finance directors in end-user organisations around the world who are holding an ever-firmer grip on IT spend.

  • Managing IT spending

    Portfolio management is not just for finances. It can also help the processes that drive decisions within your organistion. Here's what you need to know before getting started.

More Features and Case Studies >

Create an e-mail alert for "it"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
it


Frequency: *

ZDNet's CIO Vision Series

Video | Optus CIO Lawrie Turner

In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue NBN needs workers on board
    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
  • Array D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review
    Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.
  • Array Opening the floodgates on missing drives
    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured