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RSS unilever in newsYahoo!'s Yang steps down as CEO
News Neil Cameron Unilever Yahoo! under fierce financial pressure, has begun a search to replace company co-founder Jerry Yang as chief executive, the company said Monday. Chairman Roy Bostock said in a statement: "Jerry and... [18 Nov 2008]
Should your tech chief be a jack-of-all-trades?
News Neil Cameron Unilever Industry experience is considered low down on the list for CIOs and other heads of IT. According to the latest CIO Jury, having a wealth of experience in the industry they currently work in is not... [27 Oct 2008]
Business tech born in Cern's Big Bang lab
News Neil Cameron Unilever Cutting edge particle physics is being used to hone new technology that will eventually make its way into enterprises. The Cern nuclear physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland is helping the tech... [17 Oct 2008]
CIOs having night sweats over job security
News Neil Cameron Unilever The credit crunch is giving CIOs job security nightmares. According to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute, just nine per cent of senior IT executives feel secure in their jobs, while... [14 Oct 2008]
CIOs back call for common skills scheme
News Neil Cameron Unilever CIOs have broadly set themselves behind the call for a common accreditation scheme for IT professionals, similar to qualifications required by doctors, lawyers, accountants and surveyors, the latest... [13 Oct 2008]
Associated Newspapers' CIO quits
News Neil Cameron Unilever The CIO of Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mailand Evening Standard, has quit his role at the media group following a restructuring of the media group's IT operations. [08 Oct 2008]
Why CIOs aren't on the Chrome straight
News Neil Cameron Unilever Google's recently launched web browser, Chrome, will have to overcome a number of major obstacles before it can break the business ubiquity of Internet Explorer and counter the rise of Firefox. [03 Oct 2008]
Purple dragons pimp security for Unilever
News Food giant Unilever is turning to virtual worlds and giant purple dragons to turn staff on to guarding valuable corporate data. In an attempt to woo the "digital natives" - the under-35s who make up the bulk of... [29 Sep 2008]
Built-in email, editing ditched in Windows 7
News Neil Cameron Unilever Microsoft has decided Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for email, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista. The software maker included Windows Photo Gallery, Windows... [23 Sep 2008]
CIOs: All our apps will be in the cloud by 2013
News Neil Cameron Unilever Business applications will increasingly head into the cloud as consumer technology filters through to business, according to UK CIOs. More than half (56 per cent) of the CIOs surveyed believe all... [08 Sep 2008]
CIOs ready for flexi-time law
News Neil Cameron Unilever Most CIOs believe their organisations are ready for a proposed extension of employees' right to ask for flexible working. CIO50 2008: Top 10 The UK's leading CIOs revealed… Robin Dargue Royal Mail [03 Sep 2008]
CIOs rate MBAs
News Neil Cameron Unilever CIOs say MBAs are a useful tool for their jobs - as long as they are studied for the right reasons and combined with plenty of practical experience. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, the... [19 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News Neil Cameron Unilever The prospect of the UK heading into a full blown recession is forcing some IT chiefs to reassess their tech strategy and investment. For the second time in a row, the silicon.com CIO Jury is hung,... [04 Aug 2008]
Unilever right on track with SAP
News Unilever's global rollout of SAP technology is on track with around three-quarters of the business now live on software from the German software giant. In the summary of its second quarter results,... [01 Aug 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News Several IT employers, including British Airways, BT, Ford, Fujitsu, IBM and Unilever actively support the degree - by providing input such as lectures, short courses or work placements, or attending networking events... [24 Jul 2008]
