Author Archives: Ian

The Rise of The Digirati – A new form of Digital Maturity

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Ian

In a world where the pace of change is accelerating, a recent report from Cap Gemini ( http://bit.ly/R7VQBv ), identified the creation of a new class of digital organisation, the “Digirati” that are leading the new digital economy. Digirati organisations were … Continue reading →

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Is Risk Depleting Your Capital ?

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Ian

 In today’s highly regulated environment, many organisations are being adversely impacted with the increasing regulatory burden depleting their economic capital. For every pound spent on regulation, there is a direct reduction in the amount of capital available for the front … Continue reading →

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Big Data Gives Banking CIOs New Frontier For Innovation

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Ian

Stop Press : Check out my latest article on Big Data as the new digital currency that has been published in the prestigous CIO magazine …   Big Data has been with us for many, many years. Arguably, Big Data can … Continue reading →

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The Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Ian

With all new technology, the challenge is when to adopt and make the right investment decision. Do you jump before main stream adoption to gain competitive advantage over your peers or do you wait until there is broad market acceptance … Continue reading →

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Big Data and the Challenge of Governance

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Ian

In my previous post ( http://ianalderton.com/?p=861) I disused that challenges of extracting value from Big Data using new forms of competitive advantage, such as dark data and data exhaust. In this post I am going to discuss the challenge of … Continue reading →

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Big Data – Extracting Value

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Ian

 “Most companies only capitalise on 5% of their in-house data” This was the message at the leading Big Data Summit 2012. In a presentation from Forrester Research it was identified that most financial organisations are unable to extract and exploit … Continue reading →

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Financial Times Interview

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Ian

The Financial Times have just published the video of  an interview taken when I was CIO Corporate Banking at RBS. As part of a leading CIO Series, I was interviewed by Paul Taylor ( US Business Technology and Telecoms Editor, Financial Times ) … Continue reading →

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Top Key Skills Needed For Today’s CIOs (Part 4 )

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Ian

In my previous posts on key skills for today’s CIO, I discussed Visionary & Strategic Leadership, Building High Performing Teams alongside Operational and Technical Excellence. In the final post of this series, I will explain the principle of Detailed Product … Continue reading →

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Top Key Skills Needed For Today’s CIOs (Part 3)

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Ian

As the third post in the series of “Top Key Skills Needed For Today’s CIO”, in this article I will be discussing how to drive value through Operational & Technical Excellence. Operational & Technical Excellence In the current economic climate, … Continue reading →

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“Top 25 Social CIOs in the Fortune 250” Awards

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Ian

Forbes the leading publication for the world’s business leaders (www.forbes.com), provides real-time reporting and concise analysis for the global business community. As part of a leadership feature on social business transformation, Ian was given the prestigious international award of number … Continue reading →

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