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The rise and rise of Infor
Comment For Oracle the answer seems obvious, it has made its own database and application server the core of its fusion strategy. But they would be overlooking the far more impressive achievements of Infor, argues Bob Tarzey. [06 Aug 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment The first step in this plan is what Pavitt calls the "infrastructure 101" - making sure all the fundamentals at the network and core infrastructure level are there, removing single points of failure, removing design flaws and double and triple... [29 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: silicon.com - what a difference a decade makes
Comment It's worth mentioning because now video is a core component of the silicon.com offering again - in fact yesterday we unveiled the first episode of a new show that I'm very proud of. silicon.com is 10 years old this week, which prompted me to take a... [11 Jul 2008]
How many people will it take to fill Gates' shoes?
Comment He allegedly is part of the All-Star Team working on Microsoft's Live Mesh platform, formerly known as the Windows Live Core effort. It's not that Bill Gates has an inflated sense of his own importance. [24 Jun 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment Cut us in half and you should see citizens at the core in terms of focus - why we exist," he says. Government CIO John Suffolk is number five in this year's silicon.com CIO50 list. It's a testament to his standing in the CIO community and an... [23 Jun 2008]
Phil Pavitt
CIO Profile Pavitt is involved in reducing TfL's software estate to seven core applications and going through vendor agreements with due diligence. In his first move into the public sector Phil Pavitt was appointed as Group CIO for Transport for London (TfL... [11 Jun 2008]
Rod Angwin
CIO Profile He is in charge of delivering the overall business change programme and building the core infrastructure of process and technology. As group CIO Rod Angwin is responsible for IT across Wolseley Group. [11 Jun 2008]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment He says: "I regard that as a core building block of what I did and everything I've done since then has really been building off that experience. A Mars a day may help you work, rest and play - as the old ad for the chocolate bar claimed - but it... [11 Jun 2008]
Neil Cameron
CIO Profile Following a series of management roles at Dixons, AerLingus and IBM, Cameron joined Marks & Spencer in 1987 and rose up the ladder to become CIO for the retailer's US business where he led a major change programme, replacing all their core systems. [11 Jun 2008]
Simon Post
CIO Profile Prior to The Carphone Warehouse, Post made his name at Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB as group IT and strategy director, where he was responsible for a complete organisational and process transformation and an update to much of the core IT infrastructure. [11 Jun 2008]
Ian Buchanan
CIO Profile His strategy involves the development of new customer-facing channel technology and the replacement of legacy core banking platforms - working in partnership with Accenture and IBM. As a member of the Alliance & Leicester's executive committee, Ian... [11 Jun 2008]
Ian Thompson
CIO Profile At Fidelity, where he joined in 2007, Thompson's energies have been focused on bringing the IT function more in line with core business goals and making it more of a critical component of the companies operations, both to staff and customers. [11 Jun 2008]
Claire Hamon
CIO Profile The focus in the first instance is about getting stability in the core platforms and building from there. Claire Hamon joined the construction and building maintenance company Rok Group in August 2007, with responsibility for developing an... [11 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Coming soon - our list of the UK's top CIOs
Comment And, of course, getting the most out of technology is a core part of the job - which means issues such as virtualisation, consolidation and open source crop up too. Here at silicon.com we spend a lot of time talking to - and listening to - CIOs. [30 May 2008]
The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group
Comment In practical terms this currently translates into what is core and what is not for Hamon and her team and managing the "tin and wires" is clearly not core, she says, and Rok has just put out an initial request for proposals for outsourcing data... [13 May 2008]
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