2007 in comment and analysis
iPhone nano: Fact or fiction?
Comment It has probably not passed you by that Apple-flavoured rumours have (re)surfaced this week. Specifically that the Mac maker is apparently lining up a slimmed down version of its iPhone mobile device - to be known, in line with iPod branding, as an... [05 Aug 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Secure remote access closes in
Comment Virtual private networks that use internet protocol security used to be seen as a nightmare. But next-generation IPsec VPNs are changing all that, says Fran Howarth. Over the past 40 years or so, the way IT has been delivered to end users has... [25 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. Those factors are also coinciding with the growth of the very tech that could spare you a journey, says Stewart Baines. Would you rather sweat in a traffic jam, anxious... [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment Soon, even a window seat above the Atlantic will no longer be beyond the reach of the chirping mobile phone. What's the tech behind that change and just how welcome is it, asks Anthony Plewes. Over the past few months, a host of airlines have... [26 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Martin Taylor, group CIO, LCH.Clearnet
Comment Martin Taylor is a true CIO big hitter who has moved effortlessly across industry sectors turning around and revitalising failing IT functions. But it's not just IT departments that Taylor has made a habit of saving. [17 Jun 2008]
Minority Report: The 3G iPhone has landed
Comment Some Apple watchers got themselves overexcited in the run-up to this week's announcements. But even though the launches turned out to be short on shocks, there's still plenty to chew over, says Seb Janacek. [13 Jun 2008]
Pascal Emile
CIO Profile Pascal Emile was appointed global CIO for investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort in April 2007. In this role he has promoted global platforms and processes and internal data exchange as part of an executive agenda based on the two themes of... [11 Jun 2008]
Graham Young
CIO Profile Graham Young joined architect Foster + Partners in June 2007 and has 40 years experience in the field of design engineering, working in a variety of roles across various industry sectors. Prior to Foster + Partners, Young worked for the Atkins... [11 Jun 2008]
Phil Pavitt
CIO Profile In his first move into the public sector Phil Pavitt was appointed as Group CIO for Transport for London (TfL) in early 2007. His main task has been integrating the systems of the 13 individual companies that were combined to make the organisation... [11 Jun 2008]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile Paul Coby was voted top CIO in 2007's inaugural CIO50 and since then has largely focused on ramping up the tech for the opening of the new Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport. Although Terminal 5's opening in March didn't go as smoothly as BA... [11 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment The lack of women in the IT profession is well documented and the traditional 'socks and sandals' geek stereotype of the industry is undoubtedly one of the continuing factors as to why tech is not an attractive career option for many women. [11 Jun 2008]
Tania Howarth
CIO Profile Tania Howarth took over as CIO of Birds Eye Iglo Group in April 2007 with a remit to build a completely new greenfield systems platform and IT team after the company was sold off to private equity group Permira for €1.7bn by Unilever. [11 Jun 2008]
Gary Arthurs
CIO Profile Gary Arthurs has been CIO of HMV Group since 2007 where he heads up a tech team of 125, responsible for IT across the Group's 500 stores. At HMV the CIO's priority is to align IT with business strategy to gain more value from it. [11 Jun 2008]
Trevor Didcock
CIO Profile Before arriving at Homeserve, Trevor Didcock was CIO at the AA for four years and a member of the executive team responsible for the highly successful private equity backed development and sale to a consortium with Saga in September 2007. [11 Jun 2008]
Robin Dargue
CIO Profile What bigger challenge is there after becoming CIO of the world's biggest drinks company Diageo aged just 36, turning around its global IT function and introducing common business processes and a wall-to-wall SAP platform across the group's 180... [11 Jun 2008]
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