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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 with students. [24 Jul 2008]
BA launches graduate IT recruitment drive
News He said in a statement: "Individuals who have the ability to use technology to solve problems in business and public administration are essential for the needs of British Airways and UK plc in general and should be encouraged at all stages of... [23 Feb 2007]
Leader: Why we don't need more techies
Leader Undoubtedly, as British Airways CIO Paul Coby said himself this week, government and businesses need to address this urgently in order to avert a future skills crisis that will seriously impact the global competitiveness of the UK. [02 Aug 2006]
Grad IT training masterfully fast tracked
News Various companies are backing the IT PDP, including British Airways, the BBC, BT, Carphone Warehouse, Cable & Wireless, Cisco, EDS, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, LogicaCMG, Microsoft, Oracle and Vodafone. Karen Price, CEO of e-skills UK, said IT roles are... [24 Jan 2008]
MI5 seeking changeable techies
News Paul Coby British Airways MI5 is on the hunt for techies with killer design skills. Candidates must also boast strong comms and "influencing skills". The UK's security intelligence agency is looking to recruit enthusiastic IT architects to work in... [23 Jun 2008]
Photos: UK tech leaders gather for the CIO Forum
Photo Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways and top CIO in silicon.com's CIO50, gave a closing keynote on how talent allied to leadership can lead to transformation. From left to right are: Gordon Lovell-Read, CIO and director of corporate business... [16 Oct 2007]
Airline IT spending nosedives and outsourcing increases
News But Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways and chairman of SITA Group, maintained IT is still strategic to the future of the airline industry. Skills in demand this year in airline IT will be Web systems application development (80 per cent), customer... [05 Jul 2004]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News Paul Coby British Airways Mike Rodd, director of industry body the British Computer Society (BCS) Learned Society, which is driving an outreach campaign to schools to improve IT's image, said in a statement: "Greater exposure of young people to the... [23 Jun 2008]
India core to future IT sourcing strategy
News Get the latest exclusive CIO interviews in the silicon.com CIO Vision Series include ¦ British Airways ¦ Reuters ¦ Virgin ¦ Linde Group India will be one of the key factors in all IT sourcing decisions over the next five years as... [12 Apr 2007]
5 years ago...Business must come first warns Gartner Group chief
News Panel member Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways, is a case in hand. He said the three big challenges that face IT directors in 1999 are networking developments, the skills crisis and outsourcing issues. [13 Oct 2003]
CIOs rate MBAs
News Paul Coby British Airways My experience of people with MBAs is that the qualification gives them the skills to 'talk the talk', but certainly not to 'walk the walk'. They acknowledged it was no substitute for skills and experience gained on the... [19 Aug 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Offshoring
Cheat Sheet The first well-known UK names to embrace the Indian offshore model were HSBC and British Airways, which set up their own offshore development centres in India. However, in an attempt to woo the 'British and proud of it' lobby, Nationwide claimed it... [11 May 2004]
IT industry backs skills boost plan
News Employer organisation e-skills UK, which comprises companies such as British Airways, Cisco Systems and Ford, is behind the project, which will mean firms give work placements, business advice and training support to people involved in the scheme. [14 Jun 2005]
Paul Coby
AS Profile It is an approach that has proved extremely successful in helping steer British Airways away from financial collapse. Coby also takes an active role in wider industry groups and is chairman of Sita, the airline industry IT body, and chairman of the... [12 Oct 2007]
The best of 'Reader Comments': How to attract women into IT and BA grounded by downtime
Comment From the past seven days, here we present further reactions - and answers - to a story we brought you about (the lack of) women and others with the necessary skills in IT (http://www.silicon.com/a43310 ) plus some reaction to the failure of ground... [22 Mar 2001]
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