Chris Gabriel argues that IT is primed to take on a unique role at the strategic heart of organisations – but must once again be driven by inspiration – by remembering to focus not just on what...
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Can CXOs protect customer data from spying eyes?
Not a week seems to go by without another revelation about the NSA, and other national security agencies, accessing companies’ data. But whether you are reassured that national security is being...
Tags Security
If you want BYOD to work, do the maths
Chris Gabriel takes a look behind the hype to assess the economics of BYOD and asks, "Is everyone doing it just as well as Cisco?”
Tags BYOD, Business Strategy
Are the heavy weight economies coming to the IPv6 party?
Chris Gabriel, CTO at Logicalis Group looks at the world's major economies' progress towards IPv6 readiness and what it all means...
Tags IPv6, Strategy, Business Strategy
Why I am really angry about government data collection
Chris Gabriel looks back on a period of controversy over government data collection practices and asks, "Which bit of my data do I most want collected and used?"
Tags business intelligence, Big Data, Government data collection, Business Analytics
Are you a fractional CIO?
Chris Gabriel looks at the rise of a new kind of CIO, and identifies the new equation behind successful business aligned technology strategies.
Tags IT leaders, IT trends, fractional cio, Uncategorised, IT Staffing
Big Data – Big errors and a funny feeling
Chris Gabriel looks at recent data calculation errors and suggests that CIOs should address certain basics in the light of rapidly growing big data volumes.
Tags Strategy, business intelligence, Big Data, Business Analytics, Business Strategy
BYOD in Schools – Taking Care of Security
Following Chris Gabriel’s examination of BYOD in Education, this follow up addresses some of the security issues faced by BYOD in schools.
Real time education for the Real Time Generation
BYOD isn’t the only way to embed technology in education, says Chris Gabriel.
The Real Time Generation survey, the results of which we released late last year, highlighted young people’s attitudes to...
Tags BYOD, technology innovation, IT Trends, Education
ICT Education and the Raspberry Ripple
The next generation of digital innovators is already out there. We are just not looking in the right places nor giving...
Tags digital adventurer, realtime generation, IT trends, innovation, digital natives, IT Trends