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News Former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain joined HM Revenue and Customs as a non-executive director this month. Let silicon.com keep you up to date with all the latest CIO job moves and changes with our regular CIO... [27 Jan 2009]
Former Tesco CIO joins HMRC
News HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has snapped up former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain as a non-executive director. Cobain, who stepped down from Tesco in 2007 after six years with the retail giant,... [06 Jan 2009]
Nigel Underwood, CIO, DHL
Comment Both former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain and LCH.Clearnet CIO Martin Taylor were on the assessment panel when Underwood was offered a project management role. But housed inside are the buzzing offices of... [08 Oct 2008]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment The Mars alumni reads like a who's who of the UK's top CIOs, with people like former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain just one of the familiar names. A Mars a day may help you work, rest and play - as the old ad... [11 Jun 2008]
Who is the UK's IT hero of the year?
News On the user side the big awards are CIO of the Year - won last year by Tesco's Colin Cobain - and new awards for IT Team of the Year and IT Community Hero of the Year. Entries for the prestigious CNET... [22 Apr 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... [15 Jan 2008]
Top 10 retail IT stories of the year
News Interview: Tesco CIO Colin Cobain In what proved to be one of the last interviews before his resignation, Cobain outlined the leading grocer's strategy on global IT systems, green IT and... [19 Dec 2007]
Stories of the month - November 2007
News Group IT director Colin Cobain announced he is leaving at the end of November after leading the IT implementation behind Tesco's first US stores, which opened in Los Angeles this month. This month... [29 Nov 2007]
CIO Essentials: MS licensing, Tesco CIO and online shopping
News This week we hear from Colin Cobain, group IT director for Tesco, who is stepping down from his role at the supermarket giant at the end of this month. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? [20 Nov 2007]
Microsoft licensing value under scrutiny
News Colin Cobain, group IT director, Tesco The costly Enterprise Agreements include free product updates and support over the three-year lifetime of the deals but the lack of new updates is forcing some... [15 Nov 2007]
Tesco IT chief steps down
News Group IT director Colin Cobain is leaving at the end of November after leading the IT implementation behind Tesco's first US stores, which opened in Los Angeles this month. Cobain is the... [14 Nov 2007]
UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'
News Colin Cobain, group IT director, Tesco The number of full-time undergraduates studying IT courses in the UK has fallen by a third since 2002 to 75,000 students in 2006, according to university admissions... [11 Oct 2007]
Stories of the Month - September 2007
News Interview: Tesco CIO Colin Cobain Meanwhile, silicon.com's community editor Andy McCue interviewed the IT director of the Tesco Group, Colin Cobain, who discussed how... [28 Sep 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout...
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Tony Hallett flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Exclusive: AA terminates £50m IBM deal This is a good combination of some breaking news and an on-the-spot interview ¦ CIO Essentials: Nerdy... [27 Sep 2007]
Interview: Tesco CIO Colin Cobain
Comment In this exclusive interview with silicon.com, Tesco group IT director Colin Cobain - just crowned CIO of the year at the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2007 - talks about the supermarket... [25 Sep 2007]
