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News Betfair CTO Rorie Devine is leaving the company by "mutual consent" in an amicable parting of ways after five years at the online betting exchange. Betfair's CEO David Yu said Devine has transformed the company's technology team during his time as... [21 May 2008]
Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys
News David Yu Betfair Nandan Nilekani is pretty much a legend in his own lifetime. Co-founder of Indian outsourcing giant Infosys, foundation board member of the World Economic Forum, co-founder of the Indian National Association of Software and Service... [03 Mar 2008]
Steve Ballmer's $44.6bn letter to Yahoo!
News David Yu Betfair Microsoft today made a $44.6bn offer for web giant Yahoo! valuing the company 62 per cent higher than its latest stock value. According to Microsoft, the bid is intended to better position the two companies in the online world... [01 Feb 2008]
Top 10 retail IT stories of the year
News Betfair betting engine goes supersonic It hasn't exactly been a bumper year for conventional retail - soaring debt, an increasingly depressed housing market and a weak dollar all contributed to less-than-record returns for many brands. [19 Dec 2007]
Oracle users demand better support
News David Yu Betfair Ronan Miles, chairman of the UK Oracle User Group, told silicon.com: "Areas of issue are in the support sphere. What we want to do with Oracle is identify the issues. He explained that many of the concerns expressed by Oracle UK... [10 Dec 2007]
Steve Jobs top of the Power pops
News David Yu Betfair Jobs took the top spot in Fortune magazine's Power 25 for 2007, for having "twice altered the direction of the computer industry". Apple's launch of the Apple II in 1977 "kicked off the PC era", wrote Fortune, which also praised... [29 Nov 2007]
European software industry gets big thumbs up
News David Yu Betfair At an awards ceremony in Brussels, Intellect announced the top European IT companies for 2007 - the 'Truffle 100'. Agenda Setters 2007 - Top 20 Find out who made it into silicon.com's Agenda Setters top 20 by clicking on the links... [22 Nov 2007]
Gartner: CIOs - develop business analytics or IT loses out
News David Yu Betfair Pressure on IT budgets should be relieved by 2010, said Gartner analyst Marcus Blosch, but only among those IT shops that effectively align themselves with business goals. Each year, the analyst group surveys 1,400 CIOs from around... [21 Nov 2007]
Skills crisis? What skills crisis?
News But for the defence, Rorie Devine, CTO of Betfair said the UK is not facing a crisis - but in fact doing quite well. The UK is not heading for a tech skills crisis, despite fears to the contrary, according to CIOs and the audience at the silicon... [15 Oct 2007]
UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'
News Rorie Devine, CTO at online betting exchange Betfair, pointed out that while the number of IT undergraduates fell to 75,000 in 2006, that is still higher than the number of full-time undergraduates on IT courses between 1998 and 2001. [11 Oct 2007]
Tesco CIO scoops top honour at CNET UK Awards
News The honours for Retail and Leisure project of the year went to Betfair for its work on the Flywheel project. Tesco IT chief Colin Cobain scooped the CIO of the Year award at the fifth annual CNET Networks UK Business Technology awards last night. [25 Sep 2007]
Leading CIOs make shortlist for top award
News Betfair, Carphone Warehouse and Fosters EMEA are among those shortlisted for the IT Services Project. Top execs from companies including the AA, Tesco and Unilever will be battling it out for the title of CIO of the Year at the fifth annual CNET... [23 Jul 2007]
Terror and regulation bigger risks than IT
News Rorie Devine, CTO at online betting exchange Betfair, said: "At Betfair IT underpins a lot of the company's mission critical systems, and therefore manages a lot of the risks the company faces. Rorie Devine, CTO, Betfair [05 Jul 2007]
Betfair taps Romania for offshore software skills
News Online betting and gaming company Betfair has set up an offshore software development centre in Romania to cope with the demands of its rapidly expanding product portfolio. Betfair opened the 50-person facility earlier this year with just eight... [28 Jun 2007]
The great working from home experiment
News The venue is nearer to his home than the office so he's pleased to have saved himself time on the journey, meaning he can afford to spend longer talking to Betfair's CTO, Rorie Devine. Work Wise, an initiative set up to encourage the UK to adopt... [21 May 2007]
