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Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News John Keeling, CIO, John Lewis According to silicon.com's CIO Jury, the release late last month of Apple's latest OS, Snow Leopard, won't signal the company's entry into the business market. Just one of the 12-strong jury... [21 Sep 2009]
If you can't wait for Windows 7, pre-orders start today
News Thirteen UK stores are taking advance orders for the operating system, including John Lewis, Argos and Tesco, according to Microsoft. Windows 7 became available to UK consumers for pre-order on Wednesday, with retailers... [15 Jul 2009]
Heat wave? No sweat for CIOs
News John Keeling, CIO, John Lewis The latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll asked tech chiefs whether they'd taken any extra steps to protect their technology infrastructure during this week's heat wave, with nine of the 12... [03 Jul 2009]
Photos: The UK's top CIOs
Photo Gareth Lewis, group CIO of Centrica and a CIO50 alumnus. Photo credit: Chris Beaumont/CBS Interactive The champagne reception brought together some of the top CIOs in the country, from across the public and private sector. [19 Jun 2009]
Windows 7 next year? "You must be joking"
News John Keeling, CIO, John Lewis Windows 7 may be generating its fair share of hype but CIOs are planning to take a cautious approach towards rolling out the operating system. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury, which asked... [02 Jun 2009]
Wealth Management and the Retail Strategy - An APAC Perspective
White Paper A recent book "The Middle-Class Millionaire" by authors Russ Alan Prince and Lewis Schiff talks about a new class of Americans called the "Working rich". The book defines middle-class millionaires as those with net worth... [01 May 2009]
350,000 NHS email accounts Exchanged in massive migration
News Also, unlike Lewis Hamilton who has a chance to have a pitstop, we had to do this in flight, so everybody was able to continue using their email and that both the old and new systems could work together. [29 Apr 2009]
John Lewis' risk management: Strong ARM tactics
News John Lewis has added a new risk management application to its armoury. According to Paul Clift, head of risk management at John Lewis, the risk management system at the company was first put in place... [27 Apr 2009]
Photos: Doctor, doctor - your receptionist looks like a touchscreen
Photo Howard Lewis, ICT project manager at King's College Hospital NHS Trust, said in a statement: "It will help to improve the immediacy and privacy of patient communications as well as reduce queuing and paperwork. [23 Apr 2009]
Imprivata OneSign Enables Leading Food Processor to Deliver Highest Levels of Security, Productivity, and User Satisfaction
White Paper To achieve their goal of improving user convenience and productivity while increasing security, Lewis and his team began evaluating Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions. Lewis and the team knew that Imprivata... [23 Apr 2009]
Tech driving McLaren's hunt for F1 wins
News McLaren Racing, the company behind current Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton's Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team, is using IT to bring him back to the front of the grid. After a difficult beginning to the 2009 F1... [16 Apr 2009]
SecurEnvoy: Creating Maximum PR Impact With Minimal Budget
White Paper Aspectus developed a series of end-user case studies with high-profile customers like T-Mobile and John Lewis to provide SecurEnvoy with the proof points needed to compete against security giants like RSA. [16 Apr 2009]
Should you still be scared of malware?
News John Keeling, director of computer services, John Lewis While the recent Conficker worm may have turned out to be a damp squib, enterprises are still very much on their guard against malware. Asked whether viruses are... [06 Apr 2009]
Red Bull Racing revs up computing grid
Case Study The Red Bull Racing Formula One team is using grid computing to help design and build the car it hopes can take on and beat Lewis Hamilton in 2009. The 2009 season has seen the biggest change in regulations in Formula... [24 Mar 2009]
Is five per cent of your IT budget the green piece?
News The John Lewis Partnership, for example, is running Unix machines in production at around 80 per cent utilisation, which means they are using a half to a third of the number of machines to accomplish the same tasks as... [04 Mar 2009]
