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Ben Wishart
CIO Profile Ben Wishart is approaching the end of his fifth year at Whitbread plc, owner of Premier Inn Hotels, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table pub restaurants and Costa Coffee. Wishart is... [01 Jun 2009]
Over 50? Worried about job prospects? Don't be
News Ben Wishart Whitbread Tech professionals at the older end of the age spectrum shouldn't be concerned about their employment prospects worsening due to the economic downturn. Speaking to silicon.com, John... [01 Dec 2008]
The 11 IT projects costing DWP £1.6bn
News Ben Wishart Whitbread The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is investing more than £1.6bn in various tech projects up to 2011. The DWP has revealed which IT projects are being worked on along with... [24 Nov 2008]
Yahoo!'s Yang to step down as CEO
News Ben Wishart Whitbread Yahoo! under fierce financial pressure, has begun a search to replace company co-founder Jerry Yang as chief executive, the company said Monday. Chairman Roy Bostock said in a... [18 Nov 2008]
Should your tech chief be a jack-of-all-trades?
News Ben Wishart Whitbread Industry experience is considered low down on the list for CIOs and other heads of IT. According to the latest CIO Jury, having a wealth of experience in the industry they currently... [27 Oct 2008]
Business tech born in Cern's Big Bang lab
News Ben Wishart Whitbread Cutting edge particle physics is being used to hone new technology that will eventually make its way into enterprises. The Cern nuclear physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland is... [17 Oct 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: What next for mobile email?
Comment Ben Wishart Whitbread The BlackBerry hasn't locked up the mobile email market yet. There's still plenty of new ground to cover - especially for consumers, says Quocirca's Rob Bamforth. After so many... [16 Oct 2008]
CIOs having night sweats over job security
News Ben Wishart Whitbread The credit crunch is giving CIOs job security nightmares. According to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute, just nine per cent of senior IT executives feel secure in... [14 Oct 2008]
CIOs back call for common skills scheme
News Ben Wishart Whitbread CIOs have broadly set themselves behind the call for a common accreditation scheme for IT professionals, similar to qualifications required by doctors, lawyers, accountants and... [13 Oct 2008]
How Zavvi lost its Virginity
Comment Ben Wishart Whitbread Anyone involved in retail IT will say it's a tough vertical to be a techie in, with the task of obtaining management buy-in often the hardest part of getting a project up and running. [09 Oct 2008]
Associated Newspapers' CIO quits
News Ben Wishart Whitbread The CIO of Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mailand Evening Standard, has quit his role at the media group following a restructuring of the media group's IT operations. [08 Oct 2008]
Why CIOs aren't on the Chrome straight
News Ben Wishart Whitbread Ben Acheson, IT Manager, PADS Printing and Commercial Stationery, considers Chrome to be the "future of web browsing" and is already testing it within the business.... [03 Oct 2008]
Built-in email, editing ditched in Windows 7
News Ben Wishart Whitbread Microsoft has decided Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for email, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista. The software maker included Windows Photo... [23 Sep 2008]
Ian Cramb, COO, Citigroup
Comment Ben Wishart Whitbread Ian Cramb is one of the increasing number of IT chiefs moving up the corporate ladder into wider operating roles, rising from CIO to become COO of the Citigroup's consumer business... [10 Sep 2008]
CIOs: All our apps will be in the cloud by 2013
News Ben Wishart Whitbread Business applications will increasingly head into the cloud as consumer technology filters through to business, according to UK CIOs. More than half (56 per cent) of the CIOs... [08 Sep 2008]
