Computing Business - Issue 13

This month's Computing Business concentrates on the rise of consumer IT and the challenges IT directors face as the attempt to deal with a whole range of new technologies

Written by Mark Samuels

Welcome to the thirteenth issue of Computing Business, the monthly magazine for IT leaders.

Computing Business is designed for senior executives at the forefront of technology-enabled change in UK companies and the public sector.

Chief information officers are increasingly expected to develop the business, technology, leadership and personal skills needed to make an effective contribution to decision-making in the boardroom. Computing Business aims to help its readers take that step.

The magazine brings together an exclusive community of the UK’s 35,000 most senior IT executives to examine the personal, organisational and management issues that affect their ability to inspire IT-enabled change.

You can access all the articles from issue 13 below. We welcome your feedback on the new publication, this web site or any of the features from the magazine - email us at feedback@computingbusiness.co.uk or post your thoughts using the reader comment box at the end of this page.

This month's articles include:

Rise of consumer IT

Forward-looking IT directors should be telling the business to capitalise on consumer technology to help breed competitiveness.

The children of the revolution

Using modern information technology is second nature for the younger generation – firms must tap into such changes or lose out, writes Janine Milne.

Five-star thinking

The group charged with building the hotel is Arora International – the UK’s largest private hotel group.

Plan for the unexpected

In IT, any service interruption is usually covered within minutes or hours. But IT aside, continuity in organisations is often far less reliable.

Spinning around

Several times a year, members of the IT department at Newcastle Building Society spend time learning how to do the jobs of their financial colleagues.

A bigger share of the spoils

In the 1991 to 1993 recession, for example, IT was relatively protected from budget cuts.

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