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London Stock Exchange to ramp up electronic trading
News In a statement, LSE CIO David Lester said: "Since its launch, TradElect has delivered a stepchange in the trading capabilities to the London market and has set new benchmarks in terms of system capacity and performance. [20 Jun 2008]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News Royal Mail's Robin Dargue has been voted the UK's top CIO as he embarks on a mammoth technology-based £2bn transformation programme aimed at making the 360-year-old organisation leaner and able to compete better in the deregulated postal market. [11 Jun 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment And not every CIO has a degree. Unilever CIO Neil Cameron, number three on the CIO50 2008 list, admits quite happily to being a failed art college dropout. She eventually made the step to CIO after 11 years in consulting with PA Consulting. [11 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment At the CIO level that gender imbalance is even more pronounced when combined with the senior management glass ceiling that also continues to keep women executives across all management professions out of the boardroom. [11 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Warped perceptions
Comment Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ¦ Cost-cutting tops CIO... [28 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Energy shortages loom
Comment Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ¦ Cost-cutting tops CIO... [16 May 2008]
Carphone Warehouse plans broadband boost
News Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… Video: CIO Agenda 2008 Naked CIO: The true cost of IT Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ... [09 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment The Naked CIO: Is open source dead? Then we have silicon.com resident Naked CIO who has been ruffling some feathers again: this time, the issue of open source. I think the Naked CIO is confusing open source with server and desktop OSs. [08 May 2008]
BT adds smart phone to home broadband package
News Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… Video: CIO Agenda 2008 Naked CIO: The true cost of IT Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ... [08 May 2008]
IT spend in retail slowing down?
News Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 IT spending growth in the retail sector appears to have faltered, with many retailers trying to do more with the same money, according to the latest IT in Retail report. [07 May 2008]
Job boom: Indian outsourcing braced for eight million more
News Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… Video: CIO Agenda 2008 Naked CIO: The true cost of IT Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ... [06 May 2008]
Thousands of tech newbies needed to plug skills gap
News Paul Coby, CIO, British Airways and chair of the e-skills UK CIO Board, said business and technology skills training must improve "at all levels". The good news is the UK's IT & telecoms sector is thriving. [29 Jan 2008]
Tesco nears £200m online Xmas sales
News Tesco has been widely recognised for its progressive approach to the way it harnesses technology to improve retail performance, although the departure of its CIO Colin Cobain announced in November, has raised questions about how its technology... [15 Jan 2008]
Airlines see passenger self-service take off
News Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways and chairman of Sita, said airlines are turning to the self-service to make travel easier but also because the tech is easy to deploy and leads to cost savings. Paul Coby was voted the UK's top CIO in silicon.com's [19 Oct 2007]
Tech key to €250m Linde and BOC merger savings
News In an exclusive CIO Vision video interview with silicon.com, Peter Dew, CIO at Linde Group, said the merger was predicated on the ability of the new company to deliver €250m of savings by the end of 2008, and that IT will play a part in meeting... [27 Mar 2007]
