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Time to green-light sustainable IT
Comment If the organisation then seeks to optimise power consumption in the data centre, it does so knowing it is being addressed in the correct, business-led context. True sustainability is much more than hammering the data centre over power, says Martin... [17 Jul 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]
Tania Howarth
CIO Profile Starting from scratch in her first year Howarth has led the outsourcing of various tech and comms functions and the rollout of a Europe-wide SAP system across the group. Tania Howarth took over as CIO of Birds Eye Iglo Group in April 2007 with a... [11 Jun 2008]
Trevor Didcock
CIO Profile During the three years under private equity ownership, Didcock led the AA separation from previous parent company Centrica, and the creation of a new standalone IS organisation with operating cost savings of more than 40 per cent. [11 Jun 2008]
Richard Williams
CIO Profile He was previously the VP of commercial information systems for the US arm of the pharmaceutical company where he led CRM and patient/physician connectivity projects, along with the development of the company's online capabilities. [11 Jun 2008]
Rorie Devine
CIO Profile Devine also led the tech department through exceptional growth, with headcount tripling and the addition of many new products across Betfair's portfolio. Rorie Devine has just left Betfair, where he helped transform the online betting exchange's... [11 Jun 2008]
Lesley Hume
CIO Profile There she led a technology refresh across Africa, where she had significant involvement with the group's global IT leadership team. As group IS director of Atkins Lesley Hume has made a name for herself for both developing the engineering group's... [11 Jun 2008]
Martin Taylor
CIO Profile In 1996 he became group CIO at EMI, where he took the music company through the Y2K project and led early forays into the internet and digital downloads. Martin Taylor took on the group CIO role at clearing-house LCH.Clearnet at the start of last... [11 Jun 2008]
Claire Hamon
CIO Profile Afterwards she put the training into practice when she joined the Crown Prosecution Service as CIO, overseeing a massive IT-led transformation programme. Claire Hamon joined the construction and building maintenance company Rok Group in August 2007... [11 Jun 2008]
Christopher Martin
CIO Profile Martin has worked with consumer facing tech for more than 20 years and has previously been CTO at ebuyer.com, led production and development at AskJeeves.com as well as a number of software roles at IBM. [11 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: Price of panic
Comment The result of this is generally a rewrite of the initial recommendation that led to the project being approved in the first place. Capricious boardroom decisions based on the flawed thinking of panicky executives always end up with the wrong things... [03 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment It's an ongoing process but to date Beaton says the deal has led to some service improvements and £50m in savings. Part of her role - in addition to the fairly standard set of CIO responsibilities in terms of the IT systems, voice comms and systems... [02 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment Reporting the company's latest financials in emerging markets this week, Sarin led with Vodafone Essar's "very strong" performance - saying revenue increased by more than 50 per cent during the year as it added customers at an average of 1.5... [29 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Energy shortages loom
Comment Well, more IT per square metre than anyone ever imagined, new flexible work methods and hotdesking, led to greater occupancy rates than originally predicted. Written during an intensely boring conference session and dispatched via a free wi-fi node... [16 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A petabyte before I die...
Comment In the same vein I have attended conferences and company events over the past two years where the attendees have been given 4GB memory sticks, earphones, thumbprint readers, USB lights and fan attachments, USB hubs, mouses, LED torches, novel... [14 May 2008]
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