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Heather Jackson
CIO Profile While in the bank's retail business Jackson was responsible for the Halifax and Bank of Scotland merger activity. Heather Jackson joined Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in Feb 2000, where she is responsible for a budget of £1bn and has leadership... [11 Jun 2008]
David Lister
CIO Profile He then joined Glaxo Wellcome just before the pharmaceutical giant's merger with SmithKline Beecham at a time when the group was trying to move to being a more integrated unit ahead of the merger. The archetypal 'paratrooper' CIO David Lister has... [11 Jun 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?
Comment They remember the ground-breaking merger of AOL and Time Warner, which resulted in a combined company worth a 10th of the firms' pre-merger values. Despite the rhetoric, most large firms are simply poor at innovating. [20 Feb 2008]
European payment issues will top 2008 agenda
Comment As a result, consolidation is already happening with the creation of Equens, the merger of Dutch, German and Italian processors. Complex and far-reaching compliance regulations around the world are putting payment operations under intense scrutiny. [20 Dec 2007]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile The father of Linux re-emerges in the rankings due to his ongoing contributions in the open-source world - including setting up the Linux Foundation this year from the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group in an... [12 Oct 2007]
Tech can make or break a merger
Comment Even though merger activity is intensifying in every sector, many deals still fail to take account of the IT issues. CIOs have to ensure that the merger IT plan fits with executive management goals. CIOs need to get involved at the earliest... [25 Sep 2007]
The McCue Interview: The AA IT director Trevor Didcock
Comment The IBM deal has just been terminated as part of the Saga merger but more of that later. Just four years after a private equity buyout and separation from its then parent company, Centrica, the motoring organisation is putting the finishing touches... [21 Sep 2007]
Bruno Laquet
CIO Profile Laquet was brought in to Corus to sort out the fragmented IT operation inherited from the merger of the former British Steel and Hoogovens of the Netherlands and has since standardised the IT environment, moving from more than 1,500 applications... [06 Jun 2007]
David Lister
CIO Profile He then joined Glaxo Wellcome just before the pharmaceutical giant's merger with SmithKline Beecham at a time when the group was trying to move to being a more integrated unit ahead of the merger. What they say about him: "A driver of change. [06 Jun 2007]
Peter Dew
CIO Profile Dew was CIO at BOC at the time of the merger and has spent his entire career at the company after starting out as a systems development manager in one of its subsidiary businesses in South Africa. What they say about him: "Gets a buzz from 'not... [06 Jun 2007]
Gerry Pennell
CIO Profile After moving up at Barclays to a role in business planning and product management for electronic banking and global payments, he joined Price Waterhouse (now PwC), working on IT strategy projects in financial services, including a number of post... [06 Jun 2007]
Editor's Blog: Media merger mania
Comment The unravelling this week of the merger between Daimler-Benz and Chrysler - the US company was bought for $36bn in 1998 and finally sold for $7.4bn today, ouch - actually looks straightforward in the context of very recent M&A movements. [15 May 2007]
The McCue Interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Boots
Comment More recently the company has been facing fierce competition from the big supermarkets eating into its core toiletries and drugs market but, having bounced back with a £7bn merger with Alliance Unichem last year, the Alliance Boots group is... [25 Apr 2007]
Leader: Vendors must quit 'bully' tactics
Leader In particular IT directors claim suppliers are using merger and acquisition activity and big business change projects as opportunities to demand audits and increase licence revenue or use the audits to punish users who reduce or take business away... [12 Jan 2007]
ITU 06 diary - Reindeer, Green hardware and the digital divide at home
Comment The combined company is just days old but it's got a double-decker stand complete with chandeliers and shrubbery to announced the completion of the merger. Although ITU is still officially on on Friday, the show was definitely shutting up shop... [08 Dec 2006]
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