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News At this rate it's difficult to see where the UK's next generation of CIOs will come from but in the meantime just enjoy silicon.com's round-up of the country's top tech leaders in our annual CIO50 list. [02 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: What makes a great IT leader?
Comment This characteristic certainly holds true for many on this year's silicon.com CIO50 list. These are important for reaching the very top and indispensable for avoiding a rapid return to earth, says the Naked CIO. [30 Jun 2008]
Oracle pumps up prices, BEA takes the hit
News Oracle's latest price list for its growing portfolio of applications software contains significant increases across the range, and a particularly large price rise for its BEA software. The price of the main Oracle Database Standard Edition product... [24 Jun 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment Government CIO John Suffolk is number five in this year's silicon.com CIO50 list. It's a testament to his standing in the CIO community and an acknowledgement of just how critical his role is. CIO50 2008: Top 10 [23 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Flying high with the UK's best CIOs
Comment Last week both these terms would have been entirely accurate at the launch of the annual silicon.com CIO50 list. For those of you who don't know how we put the CIO50 list together it's probably worth a quick recap. [19 Jun 2008]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News Group CIO and technology director Dargue scored the most votes to top silicon.com's CIO50 2008 list of the 50 most influential and innovative IT leaders in the UK - read our exclusive in-depth interview with him here. [11 Jun 2008]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment The Mars name also features heavily on the CVs of many of the CIOs on this year's silicon.com CIO50 list, including winner Robin Dargue, group CIO and technology director at the Royal Mail - though he joined not as a graduate but later in his... [11 Jun 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment Being a techie isn't necessarily the best route to the top of the IT tree, with most CIOs on the silicon.com CIO50 2008 list starting out in non-tech backgrounds. Almost half of the 50 CIOs on the list revealed their educational background and a... [11 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment But silicon.com's CIO50 2008 bucks that trend - almost a fifth (nine) of the top 50 UK CIOs in our list are women, with two making the top 10. Highest ranked on the list, at number four, is Catherine Doran, director of information management at... [11 Jun 2008]
Who voted on the CIO50?
Comment The silicon.com CIO50 2008 list was compiled using the votes of 25 CIOs and an expert judging panel. Votes were based on a CIO's leadership ability, delivery and execution record, innovation and influence. [11 Jun 2008]
Martin Frick
CIO Profile One of the rising stars on the CIO50 list, Germany-born Martin Frick took up the CIO position at car rental firm Avis Europe last year after five years at Swiss insurer Winterthur, which was bought by AXA at the end of 2006. [11 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Coming soon - our list of the UK's top CIOs
Comment Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ¦ Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities ¦ Recession fears hit IT... [30 May 2008]
Profile: Nottingham Building Society head of IT Jack Cutts
Comment The silicon.com CIO50 2007 ¦ CIO50: Who's on the list? Jack Cutts is a name to conjure with. Reminiscent of a buccaneer perhaps? Possibly one of the legendary accounting pirates from Monty Python's Crimson Permanent Assurance short film. [11 Mar 2008]
Want to make CIO? Then don't go into tech…
News The silicon.com CIO50 2007 ¦ CIO50: Who's on the list? Aspiring CIOs should try to gain experience in non-IT roles in order to have the right experience to fill the top tech job. That's according to research from analyst house Gartner which... [06 Feb 2008]
The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group
Comment The silicon.com CIO50 2007 ¦ CIO50: Who's on the list? Dave Lynch, a no-nonsense northerner hailing from the seaside town of Blackpool, has come a long way since starting out on the trams and buses that parade up and down the Golden Mile... [30 Jan 2008]
