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Compliance a CIO's priority but not for peers
News Regulatory compliance ranks high on the agenda of technology heads, but not necessarily so for the rest of top management, a new survey has found.
Tags: IT Governance, Infrastructure/architecture management, Management by objectives, Corporate responsibility, Growth strategies and tools, Leadership techniques, compliance, CIO, performance, high-performance
CIOs need business smarts, too
Insight Today's chief information officers need to be tech savvy, and also be good at managing people and thinking strategically.
Tags: IT training, Communication skills, Leadership
S'pore, China shine in global IT index
News update Singapore jumps up to fourth spot in annual rankings, while China overtakes India to lead emerging markets, finds World Economic Forum report.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Governance, Network infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Networking technology, Government, Investments, Economy, Asia, India
Don't give up on electronics, S'pore urged
News Over-reliance on one sector is dangerous, but Singapore should not "throw away" its core competence in electronics even as it seeks to restructure and diversify its economy, says the dean of R&D at the Insead business school.
Electronics "extremely important" to S'pore
News Over-reliance on one sector is dangerous, but Singapore should not "throw away" its core competence in electronics even as it seeks to restructure and diversify its economy.
Electronics "extremely important" to S'pore
News Over-reliance on one sector is dangerous, but Singapore should not "throw away" its core competence in electronics even as it seeks to restructure and diversify its economy.
Who's on top in tech-readiness?
News While Nordic nations still win top marks in surveys, oil-producing countries are waking up to the need to adapt their economies to the digital age.
IBM makes the world its lab
News Convincing countries and companies around the world of need to innovate during the economic downturn, has resulted in new cutting-edge partnerships for Big Blue.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., University, Chip, Samuel J. Palmisano, intellectual property, Switzerland, China Telecom, China, strategy
Leadership classes can strengthen skills before and after a promotion
Insight Whether you're trying to get promoted or you've just landed in a high-level management role, experts say it's never too late to bone up on leadership skills. One way is taking group courses--an approach that has worked well for other CIOs.
Citigroup, Insead launch regional financial learning hub
News The online learning hub will provide downloadable teaching materials and feature online discussion boards, and will be offered free to users for the first year.
Tags: Web services, Workplace
R&D investment heads for China and India
News The two countries will account for almost a third of global research and development staff by end 2007, according to a new study.
Tags: R&D
