sector in comment and analysis
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment The results are only too clear to see in the failure of so many of the UK's largest and most oversold public-sector IT projects. With the industry notoriously unkind to the over-40s, Simon Moores is thinking of following his lead. [17 Jul 2008]
Mentoring: Tech charity's recipe for success
Comment There are several charities that bring together the tech sector with good causes and, as Tony Hallett learns, tapping your experience might be just as important as tapping your wallet. The Prince's Trust's Technology Leadership Group (TLG) arm has... [09 Jul 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?
Comment But of course the obvious response to all this talk of shortages is to answer that there is no real shortage of talent available to the IT sector. That is unfortunate, especially in a sector such as IT. [09 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment It's been a while since I've mentioned silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign, which is aimed at improving the way organisations - both private and public sector - look after our data. Yesterday we revealed there have been 30 data losses in central... [26 Jun 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment It's difficult not to warm to him, which is a characteristic he is bound to find useful in his role as an architect for public sector transformation. The issues that most concern Suffolk are maintaining the quality of the IT professionals employed... [23 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.06.08
Round-Up Instead, let's take a moment to take stock of the state the technology sector is in. Salaries in the IT sector are rising faster than at any time during the past three years. The Round-Up would like to assure you that this week's column is an... [13 Jun 2008]
Minority Report: The 3G iPhone has landed
Comment After initial strong gains the company lost market share in the smart phone sector last month. Some Apple watchers got themselves overexcited in the run-up to this week's announcements. But even though the launches turned out to be short on shocks... [13 Jun 2008]
Tony Mather
CIO Profile Tony Mather joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) as CIO in May last year as a board member reporting directly to the department's permanent under secretary (equivalent to a private sector CEO). [11 Jun 2008]
Phil Pavitt
CIO Profile In his first move into the public sector Phil Pavitt was appointed as Group CIO for Transport for London (TfL) in early 2007. His main task has been integrating the systems of the 13 individual companies that were combined to make the organisation... [11 Jun 2008]
Heather Jackson
CIO Profile Since graduating in History from Oxford University, Jackson's early working career involved a short time as a trainee accountant before moving into the more forward facing IT sector working for five years for a variety of tech companies including... [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]
Jane Scott
CIO Profile She then extended her knowledge of the fast moving consumer goods sector when she moved to Coca-Cola & Schweppes and subsequently to The Coca-Cola Company. Jane Scott joined food service distributor 3663 in 2003 where she has developed the IT... [11 Jun 2008]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment Jane Scott, IT director at food services group 3663 learnt her trade on the graduate management training scheme at Mars after studying Mathematics, and then moved into the fast-moving consumer goods sector with Coca-Cola, spending many years... [11 Jun 2008]
Who voted on the CIO50?
Comment Over the past 20 years he has been responsible for some of the most high-profile executive search assignments in the technology sector, working with organisations ranging from pre-revenue start-ups to multibillion dollar industry leaders. [11 Jun 2008]
Gareth Lewis
CIO Profile During his time at Virgin, Lewis took a lead role in the establishment of a number of new Virgin businesses worldwide, mainly in the telecoms sector, and he established a successful offshore outsourcing programme resulting in around $40m per year... [11 Jun 2008]
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