by Murray Wills | Nov 7, 2009 | education, government, IT Strategy
The continuation of the IT skills shortage comes as no surprise, given that it was predicted as long ago as 2005 or before, and little has been done that could have helped alleviate it. A survey released by the NZICT Group found that NZ ICT companies continue to...
by Murray Wills | Oct 19, 2009 | IT Governance, IT Strategy
We are pleased to announce that Maxsys has been accepted for inclusion in the Australian Government’s Information and Communications Technology Multi-Use List. The ICT MUL is managed on behalf of the Australian Government by the Department of Finance and...
by Murray Wills | Jul 14, 2009 | cio, IT Governance, IT Strategy
It is interesting when you search the web just how many companies just don’t get what a Chief Information Officer (CIO) is or rather, should be. My point is that the strategic role of CIO, is often wrongly depicted as a technician, or IT manager, or the network...
by Murray Wills | May 7, 2009 | Blog, governance, government, IT Alignment, IT Governance, IT Strategy, Notes, Popular
With IT playing an increasing role in the success of an organisation has the time come to review your board of directors to see who has IT governance expertise? This is particularly important in times of recession, as companies and government agencies will start to...
by Murray Wills | Apr 6, 2009 | education, IT Strategy, Uncategorized
Despite the recession, there is plenty of evidence world wide that IT skills are still in short supply. In these recessionary times, some shortsighted organisations are letting extremely skilled and hard to replace IT staff go without I suspect an assessment of...
by Murray Wills | Feb 9, 2009 | IT Governance, IT Strategy, Popular
How should government spend on ICT? I’ve been following the work that has been going on in Australia on ICT in government for a few months now. The Australian Government asked Sir Peter Gershon, UK Treasury’s former Chief Executive to conduct an independent...
