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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]
AppLabs Case Study: Intelligent Finance
White Paper Intelligent Finance was launched in 2001 as a division of Halifax plc (now HBOS). AppLabs was initially engaged prior to the launch by Vision Consulting, to provide Test Team Leaders to support the testing phases of this new direct bank... [24 Feb 2008]
Photos: Floating computers keep an eye on the oceans
Photo An Argo float is deployed from a Canadian coast guard vessel southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia in October this year. The Met Office is taking part in a global programme to monitor the world's oceans to improve understanding of how they influence... [21 Nov 2007]
Developers Lay the Foundation for Expanded Online Banking Presence
White Paper Created from the merger of two banks in 2001, Halifax Bank Of Scotland (HBOS) is a formidable player in the retail and business banking space in the United Kingdom. HBOS offers an impressive and expanding array of services, with its online retail... [31 Mar 2007]
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]
Halifax mortgage data stolen
News UK high street bank Halifax has admitted stolen documents from one of its employees contained data on 13,000 mortgage customers. According to a spokesman for Halifax: "It would be almost impossible for any fraud to be committed with the information... [27 Mar 2007]
Ordnance Survey CTO resigns
News The post will be filled by Ron Scurr who has 23 years' technology experience and joins from Halifax Bank of Scotland where he was one of the bank's heads of IT. Ordnance Survey's chief technology officer Ed Parsons has resigned to pursue "new... [11 Jan 2007]
Halifax Bank of Scotland Manages its Ever-Expanding SAN
White Paper The Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is the UK's largest mortgage and savings provider. As one of the UK's leading financial organizations, HBOS has a huge presence in the community not only through the products and services that it provides to... [06 Nov 2006]
Protecting Data With a Scalable, Flexible, and High-Performance Solution From Symantec
White Paper Following the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland in 2001, HBOS, the merged entity of Halifax and Bank of Scotland, has 22 million customers and assets of more than £440 billion. Following a landmark decision few years ago to deploy Veritas... [29 Aug 2006]
Gordon Brown sets up ID fraud taskforce
News Sir James Crosby, who steps down as CEO of Halifax Bank of Scotland at the end of July, will chair the newly created Public Private Forum on Identity Management. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has set up a taskforce to explore the future... [12 Jul 2006]
SAS Data Mining Skills Help Dalhousie University Graduates Succeed
White Paper Since it was founded in 1818, Dalhousie University in Halifax has grown to become one of Canada's leading universities with established, internationally renowned programs of graduate and professional studies. [05 Jul 2006]
Internet can't kill bank branch, says Halifax
News Rumours of the death of the bank branch at the hands of internet banking have been "greatly exaggerated", according to Halifax. A Halifax spokesman told silicon.com: "This illustrates that customers do appreciate having a branch. [03 Mar 2006]
Beating the insurance scammers
News Another way technology can help is to use voice stress analysis, which is being utilised by a number of UK companies, including eSure, Halifax and Highway Insurance. Except the kitchen window wasn't smashed when you left this morning. [22 Nov 2005]
