britannia
John Suffolk
AS Profile His career spans 25 years in the public and private sectors, including roles as a business troubleshooter and MD of Britannia. As the man with the burden of overseeing the annual public sector IT spend of £16bn, the... [30 Sep 2009]
U.K. Building Society Cuts Power Consumption by 75 Per Cent With Virtualised Servers
White Paper Britannia Building Society has served the interests of its members for more than 150 years. By deploying the Windows Server 2008 operating system with its integrated Hyper-V virtualisation technology,... [25 Jul 2009]
John Suffolk
CIO Profile His route to the top was via 25 years in both public and private sectors, including roles as a business troubleshooter and MD of Britannia. Government CIO John Suffolk is a regular on the CIO50 list, which is not... [03 Jun 2009]
SmartDraw Sets the Stage for Elton John, Bryan Adams Concerts
White Paper A United Kingdom events planner, Hartley Slann is charged with providing floor plans for major events to Britannia Stadium's safety advisory group and other organizations. Hartley needed a tool that would help him... [15 Apr 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.11.08
Round-Up Or if it's a genuine card it could chime out the opening chords to 'Rule Britannia'. The national ID card scheme has had its detractors. Quite a few, actually. In fact, the only people who aren't detractors are the... [01 Dec 2008]
John Suffolk
CIO Profile His route to the top is via 25 years in both public and private sectors, including roles as a business troubleshooter and MD of Britannia. Although not a CIO in the traditional sense - each government department has its... [11 Jun 2008]
CIO Essentials: Virtual worlds, biometrics and green IT
News Britannia cuts call queues Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past seven days and... [16 Oct 2007]
Britannia cuts call queues
News Building society Britannia has rolled out a call management system at its Bristol call centre. The move follows a previous installation of the system at another Britannia call centre in Leek, Staffordshire. [10 Oct 2007]
John Suffolk
CIO Profile Suffolk's route to the top job in government IT is via 25 years in both the public and private sectors, including roles as a business troubleshooter and MD of Britannia. What they say about him: "Has come into government... [06 Jun 2007]
Building society in-sources HR using SAP and partners
News Britannia Building Society is moving its HR and payroll systems back in-house, using software from SAP. Helen Bates, HR change manager at Britannia, said: "We needed to be able to do a lot more around... [19 May 2006]
Analysis: Who is the new government CIO?
Comment He also comes with heavyweight private sector experience as former MD of Britannia and a business trouble-shooter. The government finally appointed a new CIO this week and opted for John Suffolk, who is currently... [26 Apr 2006]
Broadband boosts building society's network
Case Study Britannia Building Society has upgraded its network to broadband to cope with the increase in traffic created by the new applications it is rolling out. The UK's second biggest building society,... [02 Sep 2005]
Dixons IT deal collapses over cost and complexity
News As revealed by silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK yesterday, CIO Iain Andrew, who negotiated an IT outsourcing deal with LogicaCMG at his previous company Britannia Airways, has left Dixons to "look at career options... [22 Jul 2005]
Wales beats Bangalore for new LogicaCMG service centre
News Around 115 clients will be supported from the new facility, including the Crown Prosecution Service, Britannia Airways and the British Council. LogicaCMG has chosen Wales over other UK locations and the cheap offshore... [21 Mar 2005]
Inside offshoring: Location, location, location
Comment An example is our Britannia Airways contract where the project management and business analyst people who need front-end integration work with the client onsite. A wealth of qualified graduates promises to keep India at... [23 Jun 2004]