Tag Archives: CIO

Cyber Security Investment Requires Procurement Discipline Despite Urgency.

Posted on October 2, 2017 by

Cyber Security is a high priority issue for enterprises globally. This should not surprise anyone. The risk of underinvestment is enormous, both indirectly and directly. This risk is only matched by the outcomes of significant transgression. Add to this that … Continue reading →

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Top Five Takeaways from AWS Reinvent 2016

Posted on December 2, 2016 by

    The AWS Reinvent event for 2016 is winding up. This year there was 32,000 attendees. The clear majority were developers focused on the platform. Here are my five quick takeaways from the event. (I will have more detailed … Continue reading →

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Do You Have a Digital Devil’s Advocate? You need one.

Posted on February 19, 2016 by

Digital is truly transformational to an organizational ecosystem when it works, but it is increasingly runs the risk of significant corporate exposure and risk when it fails.  Unfortunately the failure of digital will lead to the reduction in innovation and down … Continue reading →

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AWS announces Korea as its sixth Asian region. Boosts the accelerating cloud maturity of Asia

Posted on November 13, 2015 by

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced Korea as the sixth geographic region announced in Asia for the IaaS juggernaut. Korea joins established locations in Australia, China, Japan and Singapore as well as recent announcements of a forthcoming region in India, and … Continue reading →

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Dreamforce 2015 Winners and Losers

Posted on September 28, 2015 by

Dreamforce is over for another year. This year there were 170,000 attendees, 400 partners and 1,600 sessions. In any measure the event is a big deal and the Launchpad for Salesforce through the next year. The winners for the event … Continue reading →

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To survive IT services vendors must develop a multi-brand strategy

Posted on July 23, 2015 by

No-one will argue that the level of disruption for technology buyers and sellers is at an all time high. Everything is up for the disruption and will be for the foreseeable term in business time-frames. Therefore every option to win … Continue reading →

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A Unique Leadership Perspective defines Dimension Data

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

Dimension Data has always been distinctive amongst the overcrowded IT infrastructure services market place due to the simple fact that it is the only global player to stake a leadership position that has originated from an emerging market. From humble … Continue reading →

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capioIT June Newsletter – Read about Thong wearing Tech, EMC, CIO, cloud, cisco and more

Posted on June 27, 2014 by

Attached is some of the content from the capioIT newsletter for June. To sign up for the full and free newsletter please check in here – http://www.capioit.com/#!mailing-list-sign-up/cawx What’s News June has rapidly come around. For many there is only a month to … Continue reading →

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Can the Commonwealth Bank of Australia redefine the CIO

Posted on May 9, 2014 by

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) CIO Michael Harte recently resigned to take the role as Chief Operations and Technology Officer at Barclays Bank in London. Harte was the most lauded technology executive in Australia and ensured that the CBA … Continue reading →

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How The Data Scientist restricts outcomes from Big Data and Analytics

Posted on November 4, 2013 by

Clearly the Data Scientist is the hottest job in the market. According the Harvard Business Review it is the hottest job of the 21st century http://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century/.  capioIT has written about the need for multi-dimensional skills in the Data Scientist –  … Continue reading →

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