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British Airways: No mobiles on old planes
News BA CIO Paul Coby predicted "exciting" new developments in in-flight passenger comms on new aircraft but warned it is essential for these communications to be "firewalled and separate from the cockpit". [01 Jul 2009]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile Paul Coby topped the CIO50 list in 2007 and has been present in the list since then. The IT group and Coby have won numerous awards as a result. At the beginning of 2009,... [03 Jun 2009]
Tech skills and grads, and when architecture meets IT
News BA's CIO Paul Coby also revealed his thoughts on IT's image problems. Coby also shares how BA attracts top drawer graduates and what the airline's latest intake of tech new starters can... [21 Dec 2008]
Over 50? Worried about job prospects? Don't be
News Paul Coby British Airways Tech professionals at the older end of the age spectrum shouldn't be concerned about their employment prospects worsening due to the economic downturn. Speaking to silicon.com,... [01 Dec 2008]
The 11 IT projects costing DWP £1.6bn
News Paul Coby British Airways The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is investing more than £1.6bn in various tech projects up to 2011. The DWP has revealed which IT projects are being worked on along... [24 Nov 2008]
Yahoo!'s Yang to step down as CEO
News Paul Coby British Airways 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... [18 Nov 2008]
Should your tech chief be a jack-of-all-trades?
News Paul Coby British Airways Paul Haley, director of IT, University of Aberdeen said: "It can be a positive advantage to enter into an environment with a completely fresh pair of eyes... [27 Oct 2008]
Business tech born in Cern's Big Bang lab
News Paul Coby British Airways 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... [17 Oct 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: What next for mobile email?
Comment Paul Coby British Airways The BlackBerry hasn't locked up the mobile email market yet. There's still plenty of new ground to cover - especially for consumers, says Quocirca's Rob Bamforth. After so many... [16 Oct 2008]
CIOs having night sweats over job security
News Paul Coby British Airways 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... [14 Oct 2008]
CIOs back call for common skills scheme
News Paul Coby British Airways Paul Haley, IT director, Aberdeen University The latest call for such a scheme has been put out by e-skills UK, the government licensed skills council for IT... [13 Oct 2008]
How Zavvi lost its Virginity
Comment Paul Coby British Airways Anyone involved in retail IT will say it's a tough vertical to be a techie in, with the task of obtaining management buy-in often the hardest part of getting a project up and... [09 Oct 2008]
Associated Newspapers' CIO quits
News Paul Coby British Airways 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... [08 Oct 2008]
Why CIOs aren't on the Chrome straight
News Paul Coby British Airways 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... [03 Oct 2008]
Built-in email, editing ditched in Windows 7
News Paul Coby British Airways 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... [23 Sep 2008]
