They're leaders, influencers, innovators and strategists. They're at the top of the IT tree. And here, for the first time, silicon.com names them - the UK's top 50 CIOs.
The UK CIO community, along with a panel of experts that includes headhunters and former CIOs, has voted on the most important and influential IT leaders in the land.
Get ready to learn more about some familiar - and some not-so-familiar - names across every sector, from the biggest FTSE100 players to high-growth innovators to local government, and find out who the top 10 CIOs are.
Coverage includes biographies of all 50, in-depth analysis about the CIO role and the challenges in various vertical sectors such as financial services, government, retail, and details on the CIO50 expert panel and research methodology.
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How to be a top CIO
Analysis: What are the common qualities and experience among the top CIO performers?
The CIOs transforming government IT
Analysis: And the tech challenges facing the public sector…
Financial services CIOs reveal investment priorities
Analysis: Pressure to slash operating costs remains...
Retail CIOs aiming to ditch legacy of IT complexity
Analysis: Standardisation and off-the-shelf packages are the name of the game now...
Read and watch the best of silicon.com's interviews with the UK's leading CIOs
An exclusive series on the four main types of CIO today.
Find out your strengths and weaknesses by reading the full 'What type of CIO are you?' special report here.
Make sure to keep a space in your diary for silicon.com's annual CIO Forum conference and networking event, which will be held this year on 15 October 2007 at the Mayfair Hotel in London.
The silicon.com CIO Forum is where top UK-based IT leaders take time away from their hectic schedules, drawing on personal experiences and investing their collective wisdom to examine and tackle the key issues facing them in their roles.
Check out all our coverage from last year's CIO Forum here.
The silicon.com CIO Jury is a unique and innovative weekly poll of a panel of over a hundred CIOs and IT directors on a wide range of hot and provocative topics, including Apple and the iPod, outsourcing, open source, security and leadership.
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