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CIOs scouring the jobs pages
News The annual CIO survey from recruitment company Harvey Nash has found the majority of Blighty's CIOs are scouring the jobs pages, with nearly three-quarters (72 per cent) of IT leaders actively looking for a new role or ready to welcome a call from... [19 Aug 2008]
CIOs rate MBAs
News In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, the 12-strong panel of IT chiefs voted eight to four in favour of the qualification, although even some of the supporters said experience is a critical attribute. [19 Aug 2008]
Experian checks in new global CIO
News Credit checking and information services company Experian has appointed its first ever global CIO. The position of global CIO is a new role in Experian and Mason will be responsible for the development and implementation of a common technology... [18 Aug 2008]
O2 snaffles HomeServe mobile contract
News HomeServe, which has more than 5,000 employees and sub contractors remotely located across the UK, is using mobile technology to boost efficiency and call response time, and maintain high levels of customer service, according to CIO Trevor Didcock. [18 Aug 2008]
Wanted - CIOs with opinions
News If you are the head of IT at an organisation - public or private sector, large or small - you should be on the silicon.com CIO Jury. Roughly once a fortnight the pool of CIO Jury members - which is made up of CIOs, IT directors and their... [18 Aug 2008]
HSBC dreaming on the iPhone?
News Steven Bandrowczak, global CIO of Nortel, which has 30,000 staff, said he doubted whether his staff would choose the iPhone over its current device, the BlackBerry, due to the latter device's superior email functionality. [14 Aug 2008]
iPhone 2.0 cuts business mustard, says Gartner
News Another CIO, Matthew Sinclair of credit insurance broking services company Marsh, told silicon.com: "Organisationally, we're heading towards migration from Lotus Notes to Exchange, which will take some time. [11 Aug 2008]
NHS names top tech tag team
News Christine Connelly will become CIO for Health, focusing on developing and delivering the overall information strategy for the Department of Health. Christine Connelly was previously CIO at Cadbury Schweppes and spent more than 20 years at BP where... [07 Aug 2008]
CIOs brave the cold for children's charity
News This year the 'silicon.comrades' team including Steve Clarke, director, systems and operations at AOL Broadband, Graham Benson, IT director at M and M Direct, Nic Evans, European IT director Key Equipment Finance and Richard Steel, CIO of Newham... [07 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News If you are a CIO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT chief who should be, then drop us a line at editorial@silicon.com. [04 Aug 2008]
Transport for London in outsourcing shake-up
News The outsourcing review is part of a two-year tech overhaul being undertaken at TfL by CIO Phil Pavitt. Transport for London (TfL) is undertaking a massive shake-up of its outsourcing deals in a move that will see some of the work brought back in... [30 Jul 2008]
SAP CEO defends support price hike
News Exclusive column: The Naked CIO See what this CIO really thinks… The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe The Naked CIO: Identity crisis The Naked CIO: Innovation - same old story SAP co-CEO, Léo Apotheker, has hit back at criticism of the German... [29 Jul 2008]
Telegraph spreads the news on Google Apps
News Speaking to silicon.com, TMG CIO Paul Cheesbrough said: "The feedback was, as far as IT trials go, overwhelmingly positive. The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is moving all of its employees onto Google Apps following a successful trial of the technology. [23 Jul 2008]
Police to get thousands more mobiles
News Richard Earland, CIO of the NPIA, said reducing the bureaucracy burden on police officers is a key theme of the government's policing Green Paper, published last week, and of the independent Flanagan Review of Policing which, among other things... [22 Jul 2008]
SAP: Time's up for TomorrowNow
News Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 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  ... [22 Jul 2008]
