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Chris Hyman
AS Profile The company is also landing more IT and business process outsourcing contracts, which now bring in hundreds of millions for the company each year. There is little sign of the economic downturn impacting on the fortunes... [29 Sep 2009]
Beyond CRM: How to improve customer interactions
Comment Many enterprises deploy a range of systems, developed and maintained by IT to generate communications - often using Microsoft Word or similar word processing packages, backed by thousands of templates for contracts,... [25 Sep 2009]
How green credentials are shaping IT contracts
Comment Green IT is not just a buzzword - sustainability is finding its way into contracts throughout the IT industry, says lawyer Mark O'Conor. With this in mind, what sort of impact does - and will - sustainability issues have... [10 Sep 2009]
How to keep staff happy during the downturn
Comment The recession has us thinking about cutting budgets, revising project portfolios and renegotiating vendor contracts. In tough economic times, businesses must do more with fewer people. Stuart Roberts offers some advice... [10 Aug 2009]
Why it's still tough to find a good CIO
Comment Failure is expected within the IT function: software projects get under specified and are too expensive; ERP implementations get delivered late; infrastructure is not maintained and falls over and vendors win contracts... [06 Aug 2009]
There's still a place for paper in a digital world - just don't drown
Comment Document capture enables paper documents (such as forms, contracts, faxes and invoices) to be digitised, classified, indexed and converted into a variety of formats (such as text-searchable PDF, TIF, JPG, DOC, RTF or TXT). [15 Jul 2009]
Minority Report: Can Palm Pre beat the iPhone?
Comment The Pre has also been released at a time when early iPhone adopters' contracts are drawing to an end. Palm is challenging Apple in the smartphone space, big time. Seb Janacek looks at why the impending face-off is so... [08 Jul 2009]
Next stop HMRC: How TfL CIO will shake up the taxman
Comment Now, 15 of the 17 contracts have been brought back in-house, cutting headcount costs by £20m and desktop and support costs by 61 per cent, according to Pavitt. Prior to his arrival TfL spent 60 per cent of its IT budget... [26 Jun 2009]
Tony Godwin
CIO Profile He is in charge of all IT infrastructure and services, including leading a 160-person internal team and managing multiple third-party contracts. Tony Godwin joined Home Retail Group in early 2009. He is currently... [03 Jun 2009]
Joe Harley
CIO Profile Among Harley's achievements at the DWP is the realigning of its contracts with BT and EDS - bringing in new tech infrastructure while also saving £1bn. Joe Harley, IT director general and CIO at the Department for Work... [03 Jun 2009]
When will organisations pay for data breaches?
Comment The government commissioned various investigations and reports and brought into force certain changes designed to improve internal procedures, including mandatory rules on data security provisions in central government... [02 Jun 2009]
Darrell Stein
CIO Profile In recent years, the IT chief has also overseen a series of multimillion pound outsourcing deals - including a contract with IBM to upgrade in-store systems; and managed services contracts with Logicalis, to improve the... [01 Jun 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Why are we so wasteful?
Comment The organisation involved had developed a single process for all contracts no matter what the size. Compiled on the Ipswich to London train and dispatched to silicon.com via 3G during the same journey [28 May 2009]
Legal Eye: How to save money with offshoring
Comment In order to reduce this threat, contracts should include a foreign exchange risk sharing mechanism. While many contracts include benchmarking provisions, far less provide the client with the necessary... [26 May 2009]
Legal Eye: Ecommerce held back by outdated laws
Comment Petra Papinniemi is an associate in law firm DLA Piper's commercial contracts department, specialising in international trade. The legal and regulatory scheme for buying and selling online across European borders needs a... [15 Apr 2009]
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