Data privacy: You may call it personal data but who actually owns it?While politicians, lawyers and business leaders continue to argue about access to personal data, it's still not clear where the boundaries of ownership and privacy lie.June 11, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in CXO
PC price rises for some as device revenues fall for the first timeThe strong dollar is the villain. It's putting pressure on vendors' bottom lines, which is already turning into price increases for users in some markets worldwide.March 19, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in CXO
Global IT spend: Tablets stumble as cloud continues to make wavesBehind the steady growth across all categories of global IT spending lie some turbulent underlying trends, according to new figures from Gartner.January 12, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in CXO
IT jobs: Demand jumps but is it a blip or an upward trend?Latest figures for permanent and temp IT jobs in the UK show a steep increase for last month yet doubts persist about the sustainability of the upward shift.September 5, 2014 by Toby Wolpe in CXO
Under-pressure CIOs fret about their digital project skillsWith a jump in digital business projects, many CIOs think they are being pulled in two directions and aren't sure they have the talents to hack it.January 14, 2014 by Toby Wolpe in CXO
CFOs back IT spend but do their big data and cloud views add up?Although many senior finance executives are planning double-digit rises for IT spending next year, there's a difference of views among the money men about where the funds should go.December 5, 2013 by Toby Wolpe in CXO
Chief digital officer: An insider's take – what CDOs do and why they matterAs well as outlining the typical backgrounds of current chief digital officers, CDO Rich Gallagher offers his views on the skills they need and the issues they grapple with.November 13, 2013 by Toby Wolpe in CXO
View from the top: Why this CIO's job has changed for everChristine Sexton has been in her job for long enough to have witnessed successive waves of technological change reshaping the CIO's role.November 1, 2013 by Toby Wolpe in CXO
IRIS buys cloud accounts firm KashFlowThe acquisition of online bookkeeping company KashFlow brings IRIS more users and added cloud expertise.October 17, 2013 by Toby Wolpe in CXO
Big data jobs: Recruiters prize software dev skills over BI experienceDespite the conflicting opinions that businesses hiring for data scientist and big-data roles seem to harbour, they do agree on the importance of software development skills.October 7, 2013 by Toby Wolpe in CXO