Articles By Mike Altendorf at CIO UK

Boardroom engagement for CIOs

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:51:00 GMT

You are invited to report on IT at meeting of the board. You systematically work your way through the list of items you want to bring to the senior management team�??s attention. The last of which is the two-day website outage that took place the previous weekend.

Software testing's stars of tomorrow

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:04:00 GMT

Europe�??s annual meeting of software testers, EuroSTAR, revealed a raft of startup companies riding the wave of change in an industry undergoing great transformation

The Results-Oriented CIO

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:46:00 GMT

Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese academic who advanced the notion of quality in part based on the work of the renowned US quality consultant W Edwards Denning. He graphically depicted cause and effects in what many may remember as the fishbone diagram.

Bangladesh is promising big things from a growing small software industry

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:30:00 GMT

Bangladesh should stop comparing its ICT industry with that of its bigger neighbour. Its outsourced offerings are on a much smaller scale but are no less innovative for it

2013, its life Jim but not as we know it�?�.

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:17:00 GMT

So another year draws to a close and a new one begins. I know I say this every year but where did 2012 go?

Assessing the security of the devices entering the CIO's domain

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:35:16 GMT

There appears to be room for a "big three" at the top of the smartphone tree at the moment.The operating systems that appear to have solidified their dominance, at least in the consumer marketplace are Apple's iOS and Google's Android, leaving Microsoft and Research in Motion slugging it out for...

Being a key element of cultural transformation

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:44:00 GMT

One of the symptoms of the digital economy is that the small group of early technology adopters is growing rapidly.

MDM grows up, slowly

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:22:00 GMT

Data management software of one form or another has been around for a quarter of a century, yet typically slow corporate take-up means it�??s still considered niche

European Commission strategy to address cloud concerns

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:38:00 GMT

SMEs are adopting cloud solutions with great success, but large-scale delivery is being held up by concerns over standards and security. The EC is picking up the mantle

CIOs are reaching the Summit

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:19:00 GMT

CIOs have found their place in the organisation which enables them to do good work regardless of whether they have a key to the executive washroom.

The art of effective collaboration

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:01:00 GMT

Collaboration has to start with people and culture. This is not to say that tools and technologies aren�??t important, but you have to start by creating the kind of environment that encourages people to work together.

Redefining BYOD

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:38:47 GMT

More companies are seeing the benefits of allowing their employees to bring personally owned devices into the workplace and onto the corporate network. The familiarity of having your own smartphone for work means that you can work faster and, perhaps cynically from the employer's perspective,...

Data quality checked

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:34:00 GMT

The data quality software industry largely consists of name-and-address checkers, leaving a gap in the market for developers willing to tackle more complex information

In praise of local knowledge

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:04:00 GMT

CIOs from regional Britain are showing our national majors the way to invest in UK talent, encouraging startups and entrepreneurs and boosting the economy

Police analytics may get a boost from commissioners

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:28:00 GMT

UK police use of IT to analyse crime has been sketchy at best, but with the appointment of elected commissioners next month, that may change.

The power and pitfalls of patronage

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:53:44 GMT

The news of a prominent CIO's promotion to the group headquarters in the US has got me thinking about the power of patronage. My sources tell me this CIO is in the process of selecting which of his entourage will follow him across the water. Already at this CIO's previous workplace, senior staff...

Over a third of new senior execs already thinking of jumping ship

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:17:00 GMT

Huge difference between how jobs are described in recruitment phase and what they turn out to be

The 2012 CIO Summit

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:33:00 GMT

Keynote from CIO 100 leader and easyJet CIO Trevor Didcock easyJet CIO Trevor Didcock shows just how much an organisation can do with a low IT budget, but a transformative vision. Turning Point - Ibukun Adebeyo on CIO role in charity Stories from CIOs were personal too, from Ibukun Adebayo's...

It is at the user-end where the rubber hits the road

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:33:00 GMT

Vendors should cut back on investment in aggressive marketing, and invest instead in listener/learners who can capture the richness of customer experience with the vendor�??s product or service, and put that learning to work

VW Group rationalises desktop systems

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:28:00 GMT

Desktop apps reduced by a third

Inspired thank you - thoughts from the 2012 CIO Summit

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:08:41 GMT

The third CIO Summit built on the foundations and lessons from the last two events, but most importantly, it really brought to the fore the opportunities technology offers, but didn't shy away from the challenges faced.The CIO of a major manufacturing firm said he valued the annual Summit as it...

Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment completes transformation

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:54:00 GMT

Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has spent £1.5m revamping its digital recruitment offering to react to changing candidate behaviour and the move to mobile job-searching

CIO Profile: Shaun Mundy is Buro Happold's systems engineer

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:17:00 GMT

No two construction projects are the same for Buro Happold, creating a challenging environment which extends to the work of its group IT director Shaun Mundy

Five faces of transformation

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:51:00 GMT

Being transformational is easier said than done. Ade McCormack give some advice on the practicalities of metamorphosis

Bid TV retailer signs £10m outsourcing deal with Getronics

feedback@cio.co.uk (Mike Altendorf) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:19:00 GMT

Auction broadcaster migrates core systems off-site