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Peter Birley Ltd
I have now set up as an independent consultant offering IT consultancy services to Law firms as well as operating as an Interim II Director, programme and project manager. Watch this space for more...
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Cost effective use of IT through PPM
One of the key things in achieving cost effective IT is choosing the right projects and to do that I am suggesting that you use a method such as Project Portfolio Management (PPM).Business spending on...
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How we will communicate in 2015 and beyond?
How we will communicate in 2015 and beyondThere was a time not so long ago when it was said that email would never catch on! Post or “snail mail” is gradually diminishing, and most communication is now...
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The Dynamic relationship – creating new models of partnership between a...
Supplier relationships are one of the keys to success and by partnering with your suppliers it can help you tackle the rapidly evolving marketplaces that you operate in. Suppliers should be viewed as...
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IT Investment for competitive advantage
Competitive advantage comes when you have or do something others can’t, but as technology becomes more ubiquitous it gets harder to extract that advantage from your IT investments and keep ahead of the...
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Complacency could be a disaster
The pace of change in today’s business environment can be such that our priorities are focussed totally on the ‘now’ projects, for that is where the business is going and where the management are...
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Dealing with Information Overload
The world of social media provides IT and Business Management with lots of up to the minute information much faster than ever before when previously you waited for the monthly magazine or weekly...
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How to encourage fresh thinking in your business
One of the biggest challenges for business today is how to differentiate yourself from the competition and keep ahead of the pack. The CIO needs to be in the forefront of this challenge. We can beat...
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The importance of methodology if you want to achieve project success
One thing that is important if you want to have project success is having a consistent methodology across the whole organisation. The alternative of allowing different methodologies or no methodology...
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A top 50 Blog
Just recieved this message from Tracy at microsoftcertifications.org "I’m writing to let you know that your blog is featured on MicrosoftCertifications.org’s list of the Top 50 Blogs About IT, which...
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You don’t know what you have got until the CEO wants a cost drive!
The original saying is 'you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone' but with IT applications they don’t go and the list just keeps growing.Let’s face it we often have more important things, things...
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UK CFOs still wary of the cloud
This press release that was sent to me was interesting research and shows the concerns that CFO's have and am sure this is shared by CIO's.On that basis I thought it was worth sharing and by doing so I...
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How good is the succession plan?
The succession plan is something that is encouraged by HR Directors as a part of normal management planning and should be seen as such and not as a threat. I am sure some CIO’s have worried about...
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What can the CIO learn from the ancient Greeks?
Greece is currently in the news a lot and not always for the right things but it has a great history and is famous for its philosophers so putting recent events to one side and looking back, what can...
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Improving service in the Cloud
I am a great supporter of Unified Communications and although in basic form it has been around for a while, every year it seems to get better with more and more integration into the normal ways of...
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The CIO as the superhero - P Man
In the dark and distant past, IT professionals tended to be ‘jack of all (IT) trades’ with their knowledge spanning across the various technology disciplines. Then IT professionals started to be put...
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The 11 secrets of highly influential IT leaders
I was sent this book, "The 11 Secrets of Highly Influential IT leaders" by Marc J. Schiller, as I was referenced towards the back of the book which was a pleasant and unexpected surprise. As a result I...
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Communication without boundaries
The day of the virtual worker for some industries continues to move forward due to technology advances and social changes.Whether you see it as good or bad, the fact is that people are now becoming...
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Where next for Social Media in Business?
The other day I was feeling fatigued with the amount of data I was filtering and was thinking there must be more to life? Was it just my age or was I experiencing social media fatigue. I have read...
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Keep Process Improvement simple
The drive for efficiency has never been more important in todays challenging business environment. That drive will often lead to a review of the business processes to identify and take out...
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