halifax in comment and analysis
Heather Jackson
CIO Profile Heather Jackson joined Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in Feb 2000, where she is responsible for a budget of £1bn and has leadership of an internal IT community of more than 5,800 IT professionals across multiple locations worldwide. [11 Jun 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) CIO Heather Jackson also started her career with a short stint as a trainee accountant after graduating in History from Oxford University. Being a techie isn't necessarily the best route to the top of the IT tree... [11 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment Over at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), CIO Heather Jackson is responsible for a budget of £1bn and an IT department of more than 5,800 people worldwide. The lack of women in the IT profession is well documented and the traditional 'socks and... [11 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Banking on a hard time over security
Comment Then this morning we heard about the case of the Halifax parting company with some mortgage and customer details, through the theft of printouts. It only makes sense that a Halifax, an NU or a Nationwide (in a prominent incident recently) be held... [27 Mar 2007]
Opinion: Online security school now in session
Comment Miss a patch or an antivirus update and some gang in Estonia could be living the high life, thanks to my Halifax savings account by the end of the week. The UK government is set to launch a programme to teach consumers and small businesses how to... [24 Oct 2005]
How small IT vendors can win big accounts
Comment When HBOS was created through the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland in 2001, its executives needed to get a clear idea of how much the new business was spending, despite the fact that many disparate database systems were in use. [18 Feb 2005]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: esure's winner versus IBM's sleekness
Comment esure is a division of Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), a retail bank and mortgage provider that has just turned in results featuring a healthy £3bn in annual profits - dig those UK retail banking margins. [05 Mar 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Microsoft's shrewd vision, outsourcing lessons and the mouse
Comment In 2001, the bank announced its merger with the Halifax mortgage bank to form Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) and then in 2002 the outsourcing deal was cancelled, along with another one with Xansa. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer provided the keynote... [09 Sep 2002]
Should you be outsourcing?
Comment Sure enough, last autumn's nuptials between Halifax and Bank of Scotland (to form HBOS) claimed its first victim earlier this week. When two companies merge there's always going to be an IT supplier left empty handed. [21 Jun 2002]
Has Egg cracked it?
Comment That's quite a lead over web-based spin-offs from the Halifax and Abbey National mortgage banks - IF and Cahoot respectively - or even the Co-op's Smile, which leads the trailing pack with 400,000 customers, though those figures are almost six... [25 Feb 2002]
CRM: More than just a pretty acronym?
Comment At the beginning of April, Lucent Technologies paid $145m for Mosaix, a provider of front office and workflow software whose customers include UK bank, the Halifax. IT vendors' current focus on the potential of customer relationship management (CRM... [27 Apr 1999]
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