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Skydiving and kendo: What CIOs do when they aren't at work…
News Many of course are also involved with industry associations such as the British Computer Society, Socitm and the government CIO council - as well as silicon.com's very own CIO Jury, of course. Every year the silicon.com... [10 Jun 2009]
Steve Palmer
CIO Profile Palmer is the 2009/10 president of Socitm, as well as a Chartered Information Technology Practitioner and fellow of the British Computer Society. Steve Palmer was named in the CIO50 in its inaugural year... [03 Jun 2009]
Peter Birley
CIO Profile He is a fellow of the Institution of Analyst and Programmers, and a fellow and Chartered IT Professional with the British Computer Society. Peter Birley has been director of IT and business operations for law firm Browne... [03 Jun 2009]
Myron Hrycyk
CIO Profile Hrycyk is a member of the British Computer Society and chair of CIO Connect's advisory board, an IT leaders' networking organisation. This is Myron Hrycyk's first year on the CIO50 list, although he has... [03 Jun 2009]
37,000 women quit tech for family
News That's the verdict from the British Computer Society (BCS) which has this week revealed that around 37,000 women computing professionals left the IT industry between 2001 and 2007. Thousands of women are leaving the IT... [14 Nov 2008]
CIOs back call for common skills scheme
News The BCS [British Computer Society] is doing well with accreditation but they must make it more valuable and more relevant," he said. CIOs have broadly set themselves behind the call for a common accreditation scheme for... [13 Oct 2008]
Woolly risk analysis is hastening a housing crash
Comment The Nationwide Building Society reported that UK house prices have recorded their largest monthly fall since 1991 and have fallen by 2.5 per cent during May. Borrowers have moved from a mortgage feast to a famine so bad... [03 Jul 2008]
Nationwide hands network reins to BT
News Nationwide Building Society has signed a seven-year £160m deal with BT to outsource the management of its networked IT services. BT will also provide improved remote access for the building society's... [30 Jun 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News 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... [23 Jun 2008]
BCS warns over IT degree funding
News The government is gambling with the UK economy by removing funding for graduates who want to retrain in IT, the British Computer Society (BCS) has warned - at a time when the industry is crying out for more skilled... [20 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gets down to business, caught on camera, ID cards…
Comment ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk Readers were also busy commenting on the "ring of steel" automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera rollout in Manchester, while ID cards were a hot topic once again… [12 Jun 2008]
Profile: Nottingham Building Society head of IT Jack Cutts
Comment It has to be, as he has been charged with a root-and-branch rip-and-replace project for the building society. Subsequently, he has had extensive experience with multi-channel retailing at Argos, Boots and travel company... [11 Mar 2008]