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Chris Curran (@cbcurran)

Twitter Bio:: #CIO advisor: IT strategy, IT transformation, governance, architecture & mobile, cloud computing. Partner w/ PwC focusing on tech innovation. CIO Dashboard blog
Location:: Plano, TX, Chicago, IL & NYC
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IT, biz analytics functions should split

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SINGAPORE--Local companies are treating their IT and business analytics departments as two separate entities due to a lack of workers who are competent in both arenas, at least until more IT professionals are equipped, noted IT chiefs.

Alice Tan, IT director of Watson's Personal Care Stores Singapore, recounted that in her previous company, the retail company Robinsons, IT and business analytics were treated as different functions. This is because while it tried to merge both departments, this created difficulties in recruiting people who had skills to function in both departments.

It is difficult for someone with IT skills to

Stop All IT Projects!

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Again, I was chided for saying there are no Information Technology projects. This time, the excuse was that the company built software. I countered my antagonist by asking if the same group that built their software also maintained the account system, workstations, email, and network. "No, that is a separate group." He was missing that his company's production group was not IT. Information Technology is the support group... and yes, they should not be doing anything that fails to directly affect getting product out the door or reducing costs. Every

Why CIO success comes down to just three things

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Summary: Long gone are the days when CIOs had to talk up the size of their datacentres and redundant resources to be taken seriously. Now, their future hangs on three key drivers.Of the many CIOs I have either met or for whom I have had the pleasure of working, all share the common concern of job longevity. When average time in post for a CIO is between only four and five years — and with trends showing that figure is likely to fall — it's no surprise that the role of a CIO requires instant success in minimal time and typically with minimal budget. Nearly every CEO's mandate for a CIO is for IT to be better, faster and cheaper.Of course, these