rugby
RSS rugby
Catherine Doran, CIO, Network Rail
Comment It's just as well she doesn't adopt the role of victim, given some of the high-profile problems Network Rail has had in recent months and years, most notably the over-running engineering works at Rugby over the Christmas... [18 Nov 2008]
Claire Hamon
CIO Profile In her spare time Hamon can often be found on the rugby field playing left wing or full back for her local team - a sport she only took up playing a few years ago. Claire Hamon joined the construction and building... [11 Jun 2008]
When is a supplier gift/junket inappropriate?
News Tony Johnson, IT director, Zavvi Entertainment Group, agreed, saying: "I am not naive enough to think the invites to rugby/cricket/football etc are purely down to my sparkling company! Free junkets, gifts, trips to big... [06 Jun 2008]
Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group
Comment On route to the top of her profession she has successfully tackled some massive IT-based change management programmes in both the private and public sector but out of the office she can also be found charging towards the try line or... [13 May 2008]
BBC iPlayer continues to soar with 17 million downloads
News The most viewed programmes during the first seven weeks included Ashes to Ashes, the Six Nation's rugby coverage and David Attenborough's Life in Cold Blood. The BBC's online on-demand TV service, iPlayer, continues to... [20 Feb 2008]
Rugby club scores with automated backup
Case Study A world class UK rugby club has turned to an automatic back-up system after data critical to the running of the club was wiped out. Northampton Saints Rugby Football Club, winners of the Heineken... [21 Jan 2008]
eSure head of IT Mark Foulsham
Comment A huge rugby fan and former player - though he admits to being "too old and knackered" to get on the pitch now - Foulsham also plays the keyboard and piano and sings, occasionally taking to the stage to perform a classic... [27 Nov 2007]
David Burden
CIO Profile The bilingual Burden (he also speaks French) also enjoys theatre, rugby and sailing. What they say about him: "With British, French, Canadian, and Australian passports, David brought a wealth of experience at a critical... [06 Jun 2007]
Editor's Blog: Moving bits
Comment Fair usage sounds like a fine idea - it appeals to our sense of not wanting to see the rugby team staying at your hotel devour 95 per cent of the buffet - but in fact it's problematic. It's the day before our office move... [05 Apr 2007]
Photos: The top 10 gadgets for business travellers
Photo It also works if you don't want your boss to know you're studying the rugby fixtures and not the Q1 financials. Business travel isn't all about work - it's also about waiting. There are long stretches of dead time at... [26 May 2006]
Sportscasters set for IPTV boom
News While many sports have traditionally failed to court prime time scheduling from major broadcasters and break the dominance of football, rugby and horse racing, Hall said IPTV will have a democratising effect. [24 Mar 2006]
Interview: Michael Vaughan, England cricket captain
Comment Plenty of footballers and rugby players have passed through these parts but this day finds my focus on cricket - partly on the summer ahead and partly on what one of the most successful sportsmen of the past two or three... [18 Jul 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The view from China
Comment We may be on the verge of a virtual World Series à la football, rugby, cricket, baseball and basketball, where teams become relatively famous and have star players. GMT, Martlesham Heath, UK In response to even more... [05 May 2005]
Reuters CIO David Lister
Comment A badly broken leg in a game against Kelso essentially put paid to the rugby career, although Lister cites other reasons. It was in the golden age of rugby when the purpose of playing was actually to... [10 Jan 2005]
Major vendors to hold giant open air board meeting
News The Rugby Football Union at Twickenham and Brandshatch race track are two of them. For tech's giant vendors, board meetings over the years have taken all sorts of forms. There tends to be an image of stuffy,... [15 Sep 2004]
