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The rise and rise of Infor
Comment Through acquisitions, both companies have built up an array of software applications that cover a broad range of business requirements including ERP, CRM, supply chain management, performance management and financial management. [06 Aug 2008]
Woolly risk analysis is hastening a housing crash
Comment This approach requires lenders to stress-test their mortgage portfolios against certain economic, financial and business plan events and even takes into account human and behavioural shifts. The problem is that over-cautious and unnecessary risk... [03 Jul 2008]
From CIO to consultant: Project manager or salesman?
Comment The only problem was our plan showed a completion date of late April when the client had a hard, financial deadline of 31 March. But as a study in project management, I have to admit it left a lot to be desired. [02 Jul 2008]
Yvonne Gallagher
CIO Profile Before joining the Civil Service she spent more than 20 years in IT mostly in financial services. Prior to joining the MoJ Gallagher was CIO at the Department of Trade and Industry with additional responsibilities in information, procurement... [11 Jun 2008]
Yasmin Jetha
CIO Profile Yasmin Jetha was appointed CIO for the Financial Times (FT) in January 2006, where she is responsible for IT services, as well as procurement and purchasing functions. She obtained a BSc in Mathematics at London University and later an MSc in... [11 Jun 2008]
Darryl West
CIO Profile Prior to joining Lloyds TSB, West held various IT and business management positions in the financial services sector. Darryl West joined the Lloyds TSB group in March 2005, and in February 2006 was appointed as the group's CIO. [11 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment Other high-flying women in the silicon.com CIO50 include Yvonne Gallagher, CIO at the Ministry of Justice; Claire Hamon, CIO at Rok Group; Lesley Hume, group IS director at Atkins; Yasmin Jetha, CIO at the Financial Times; and Jane Scott, IT... [11 Jun 2008]
Mike Wright
CIO Profile In addition to these CIO roles, Wright has seen the financial services and IT industries from a number of other vantage points. Between 1984 and 1997, he worked as a consultant at both outsourcing giant Accenture and management consulting firm... [11 Jun 2008]
David Lister
CIO Profile Given the current credit crunch in the financial services industry Lister will have his work cut out and he has been tasked with consolidating, streamlining and cutting the cost of the back-office IT services provided to the RBS group by the... [11 Jun 2008]
Ian Cohen
CIO Profile He joined Associated Newspapers in November 2005 from the Financial Times where he was group IT director and a member of their main board, having originally been appointed as the CTO of FT.com in January 2001. [11 Jun 2008]
Where will the Silicon Dragon swoop next?
Comment The legal infrastructure needs to be developed and the financial infrastructure and issues like intellectual property protection. You have the lack of qualified talent in some cases, particularly management talent. [03 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group
Comment After that she headed up project delivery for the bank's retail ecommerce business at the height of the dot com boom as well as a special project looking at the future of the financial services industry for the bank. [13 May 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Just how distributed is your business?
Comment In general terms, financial services organisations turn out to be the most distributed and public sector ones the least. Utility companies have the most mobile workers - lots of field service engineers rushing round reporting faults - and finance... [24 Apr 2008]
Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?
Comment And let's not overlook the contributory pressures that globalisation and shareholder expectations have placed on financial services, which are the engine rooms of the UK and US economies. By their very nature, financial markets encourage and reward... [15 Apr 2008]
Centralised or decentralised IT?
Comment Several major organisations in financial services, logistics, telecommunications and software have adopted the model. From studying several leading-edge companies and helping dozens of others improve their IT organisations, the answer is a... [09 Apr 2008]
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