Articles by: Tim Patrick-Smith

Consumerisation of IT: Transforming enterprise outsourcing

By Tim Patrick-Smith

Consumerisation will open the door to strategic business alliances that will be facilitated by a two-way proactive relationship to achieve IT results across the entire scope of an organisation.

The role of the Chief Digital Officer in digital transformation

By Tim Patrick-Smith

IT automation and the role of the CIO

By Tim Patrick-Smith

How the IT landscape will evolve in 2015

By Tim Patrick-Smith

Why sacrificing security during M&As is the one mistake everyone makes

By Tim Patrick-Smith

The compliance problems of integrating a new acquisition into an existing business are well known and have been much written about. Much less appreciated is that security threats can also spread.

Cloud sprawl and an oil spill - what do they have in common?

By Tim Patrick-Smith

Cloud sprawl shares certain similarities with an oil spill – once you realise you have a problem, it is already very difficult to clean up. Tim Patrick-Smith talks us through prevention.