The CIO's guide to managing change in Asia


Implementation of IT a top concern

IT management is a difficult job. The virtually endless list of challenges that CIOs face, includes new technologies, global economic uncertainty and demands from end users. For these IT heads, combining traditional management skills with technology is a necessity.

In the ZDNet Asia IT Priorities 2008/09 survey, IT managers in the Asia-Pacific region rated business management issues as their highest priorities. Technology is important, but it is how that technology is implemented in a business environment that remains their paramount concern.


 
  1. Business Management
  2. IT Management
  3. Business Apps
  4. Workplace and Staffing
  5. Networking
  6. Security
  7. Apps Development
  8. Hardware
  9. Vendor Specific Issues
  10. Web Development & Web Services

CIO Insights

Asia's CIOs discuss their key priorities and upcoming challenges, and identify major IT developments that will impact their organizations.

  • Roger Lim, CIO, Golden Village

    The key focus is driving business value. Gone are the days where our IT department is classified as 'screwdrivers fixing bolts and nuts'.

  • James Loo, CIO, YCH Group

    Following the recent rise of Web 2.0, we are tracking this to see how to exploit such tools to improve user experience on various systems and solutions.

  • Nariman Karimi, CIO, DHL Express

    Technological expertise is the ticket to DHL, but imagination and an eye for creating real customer value are amongst the attributes we increasingly prize.




Implementation of IT a top concern
Technology is important, but how it is implemented in a business environment is the paramount concern of region's CIOs, ZDNet Asia survey finds.


CIOs have business on their minds
Tech leaders in Asia identify business management as key priority, ZDNet Asia survey finds. Analysts say credit crisis further drives transformation of CIO role.


Asia worried about insider threat
Managing data leaks from within the organization is the top security priority of businesses in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new ZDNet Asia survey.


Crisis bodes well for utility computing
As companies reconsider their tech needs, vendors plan to roll out products that will help enterprises generate more returns on their investments.


Web development gaining importance
Such software and services enter the realm of top 10 priorities of CIOs in Asia, ZDNet Asia survey finds.


Open source gains favor in Asia
Over 76 percent of companies in ZDNet Asia survey deploy open source apps. But analyst says most businesses still don't have policies governing such adoption.


Green IT sprouts slowly in Asia
Although the number of companies implementing eco-friendly practices has grown, environmental issues still rank low on Asia's business agenda.


Web 2.0 brings business opportunities
Increasingly, companies in Asia are seeing benefits of adopting blogs, social networks and Wikis.


Different country, different priorities
Management is top IT priority for India but not for China, where businesses are concerned more about software issues.


Includes commentary and analysis from independent IT consultant Graeme Philipson