CIOs: Do CEOs 'get' technology?
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| CEOs must do more to understand the challenges and potential of technology
| if they want to avoid failed IT projects and get more out of their
| investment, according to CIOs.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9589_22-6166402.html
Case study below.
Related:
Management 'scared' by open source
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| And the suits are resorting to play-it-safe legal advice and
| draconian management techniques in a vain attempt to stop open
| source crossing their frontier. Tactics include blocking popular
| sites like SourceForge and banning use of USB drives.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/03/09/open_source_licensing/
Case study:
NHS computer boss failed IT exams
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| Mary Granger is amazed that her son was put in charge of a £20bn
| project to transform the NHS's computer system. She is less
| surprised that his 'Connecting for Health' project is over-budget,
| behind schedule and threatening to become the biggest IT disaster
| in history.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35685
Microsoft in the NHS
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| Microsoft is one of the key technology firms in the £6.2 billion NHS
| IT programme. It is working particularly closely with iSOFT ...
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http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/index.cfm?ID=69
Prescription for an I.T. Disaster?
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| In 2002, the British government embarked on a $12 billion effort to
| transform its health-care system with information technology. But
| the country's oversight agency now puts that figure at $24 billion,
| and two Members of Parliament say the project is "sleepwalking
| toward disaster."
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http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2058194,00.asp
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