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Green IT changes outsourcing for all
Comment In August this year, the government announced its intention to introduce new rules to ensure departments consider environmental sustainability when making procurement decisions, helping the government to meet its target... [23 Sep 2008]
Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment Legal experts, procurement, technical, business and alike are also brought in from throughout the organisation but all with "real jobs" that they go back to. But that apparently healthy growth masks some fundamental... [20 Aug 2008]
Off the peg or tailor made?
Comment Earlier this month Microsoft announced it was simplifying procurement processes and would pressure other suppliers to follow suit. Fundamental changes are afoot in enterprise apps. These shifts will change the way... [16 Jun 2008]
Yvonne Gallagher
CIO Profile Prior to joining the MoJ Gallagher was CIO at the Department of Trade and Industry with additional responsibilities in information, procurement, security, estate management and emergency planning. As CIO for the Ministry... [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. As executive director she was... [11 Jun 2008]
Who voted on the CIO50?
Comment Since 2005, he has been an independent board consultant, advising on design and implementation of IT, operations and procurement. The silicon.com CIO50 2008 list was compiled using the votes of 25 CIOs and an expert... [11 Jun 2008]
Outsourcing - life after the contract
Comment While advice abounds on how to approach and set up outsourcing deals in the first place - choosing the right supplier, procurement process, due diligence and so on - we rarely think about life beyond the contract. [12 Mar 2008]
Can the government offshore with confidence?
Comment But without an understanding of the client's attitude to offshore, the procurement process is unnecessarily distorted. So what's stopping it, asks Georgina O'Toole of analyst Ovum. The government's attitude to offshore... [14 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to fight the flab in the IT department
Comment Have you looked at cutting down business travel by using remote working and video conferences, or making environmental issues part of you procurement thinking? By now you've probably pretty much given up on all your New... [30 Jan 2008]
Leader: Why celebrate the CIO?
Leader Others have wider responsibility - areas such as product marketing, business process, procurement and even general management all come up. Is there a need to single out the UK's top 50 CIOs? This publication thinks so. [07 Jun 2007]
Leader: Why celebrate the CIO?
CIO Analysis Others have wider responsibility - areas such as product marketing, business process, procurement and even general management all come up. Is there a need to single out the UK's top 50 CIOs? This publication thinks so. [07 Jun 2007]
Bruno Laquet
CIO Profile Other achievements at Corus include a major SAP programme across HR, finance, procurement and engineering, and implementing a multi-sourcing strategy that generates 30 per cent savings per year. France-born Bruno Laquet... [06 Jun 2007]
John Leggate
CIO Profile Leggate sits on the BP group senior leadership team, is group VP for procurement and supply change management and is also responsible for group security. What they say about him: "The elder statesman of the CIO community... [06 Jun 2007]
The McCue Interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Boots
Comment A quarter of the £300m was spent on Boots' SAP platform, including SAP's retail, financials, property, treasury and procurement modules. Health and beauty chain Boots has become one of the most familiar names on UK high... [25 Apr 2007]
Profile: CIO from the business
Comment Before that she was group director of IS procurement and logistics and MD for South East Europe at Novar, a building system conglomerate. As business-savvy becomes essential to the CIO role, candidates are coming from a... [18 Oct 2006]
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