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How Zavvi lost its Virginity
Comment The UK's leading CIOs revealed… These tight relationships produced a new site that went live in July last year that has produced year-on-year triple digit sales growth and should bring ROI in its second year against a... [09 Oct 2008]
The McCue Interview: Nigel Underwood, CIO, DHL
Comment Then came the big career defining change, when he joined Mars - where many of today's leading CIOs cut their teeth. Two new CIOs have been appointed for each of these businesses. People like [leading UK... [08 Oct 2008]
When CIOs tighten their belts, what feels the squeeze?
News From a software and applications point of view, anything up to 80 per cent of the budget goes on support and maintenance and that's where CIOs are looking to cutting their costs. As CIOs... [02 Oct 2008]
The McCue Interview: Ian Cramb, COO, Citigroup
Comment The UK's leading CIOs revealed… We [CIOs] say that we want to be on the board, we want a voice. It's a huge job, with responsibility for an annual budget of some $2bn and almost 14,000... [10 Sep 2008]
Naked CIO: Fishing for data
Comment As CIOs we need to coach our organisations to define and understand data first. Over the last few years the amount of my annual budget that deals with data and the management of this colossal aspect of... [08 Sep 2008]
Green IT - how CIOs can help
Comment So what can CIOs and the IT department do to support sustainability? After all, IT budget requests are more likely to get approved if they are seen to be supportive of business level efficiency and... [04 Sep 2008]
The Naked CIO: Best backgrounds for CIOs?
Comment But CIOs also need to be able to monitor and implement progressive IT and concentrate on deliverables that are on time and within budget. Based on the best CIOs I have seen, being a... [18 Aug 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment The UK's leading CIOs revealed… Speaking to silicon.com at his TfL office, Pavitt - recently voted one of the UK's top CIOs - says: "I was in a slight dilemma whether to completely retire or to do [the]... [29 Jul 2008]
The Business of IT Portfolio Management: Balancing Risk, Innovation, and ROI
White Paper CIOs were seriously challenged to keep business expectations and spending at realistic levels. The following META Group survey results highlight the extent to which many companies are failing in areas such as business... [03 Jul 2008]
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News The UK's leading CIOs revealed… The online service significantly simplifies the process of booking travel and accommodation for services personnel, cutting out paperwork and allowing them to compare... [19 Jun 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment Being a techie isn't necessarily the best route to the top of the IT tree, with most CIOs on the silicon.com CIO50 2008 list starting out in non-tech backgrounds. Almost half of the 50 CIOs on the list... [11 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment But silicon.com's CIO50 2008 bucks that trend - almost a fifth (nine) of the top 50 UK CIOs in our list are women, with two making the top 10. Many of the women CIOs on the CIO50 are in charge of some of... [11 Jun 2008]
How outsourcing saved Zurich's IT
Case Study In 2003 Zurich Financial Service's sprawling IT department consisted of more than 7,500 employees and 30 CIOs separately servicing different parts of the business. Today, Zurich's IT department manages a... [10 Jun 2008]
Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News Software company BDNA surveyed its customers and identified the 10 most important issues CIOs should be aware of to cut the risk of security breaches and effectively manage a modern IT environment. By knowing this, the... [29 May 2008]
Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities
Comment But the spending picture looks fairly bleak for 2008 with three-quarters of CIOs saying their IT budgets will remain flat or fall this year and the rest predicting small increases. The main business priorities driving IT... [18 Apr 2008]
