suffolk public sector
IT chiefs brace for recession
News John Suffolk UK government If you are a CIO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT chief who should be, then drop us a line at... [04 Aug 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment John Suffolk CIO, UK government Culturally, a giant public sector monolith like TfL was a very different beast to anything he'd taken on before in terms of the pace things move at. In the end Pavitt was lured by the challenge to prove - against... [29 Jul 2008]
Need for "radical change" in gov't data handling
News John Suffolk UK government According to O'Donnell, in response to the raft of public-sector data losses, a series of mandatory security measures are being put in place, including data encryption and compulsory penetration testing by independent... [26 Jun 2008]
Treasury turns to tech guru to slash IT costs
News The Treasury denied that Read will be stepping on the toes of government CIO John Suffolk, whose responsibilities include advising on major IT projects, saying that Read's remit will be limited to the 12-month review. [23 Jun 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment The issues that most concern Suffolk are maintaining the quality of the IT professionals employed by the public sector, encouraging shared services and overseeing big-ticket IT projects that are designed to accomplish sweeping efficiencies but... [23 Jun 2008]
BCS warns over IT degree funding
News John Suffolk UK government Around half of the 141,000 new entrants to the IT sector every year come from disciplines outside tech, according to the BCS, and more than a quarter (43,000) are people re-entering the workforce after a career break... [20 Jun 2008]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News John Suffolk, CIO, UK government In the private and public sector the CIO is a key executive, whether it is in opening up new ways of doing business or ensuring that business processes are as efficient as possible - especially important in a... [11 Jun 2008]
John Suffolk
CIO Profile Suffolk's remit also includes leading the IT Professionalism programme to create a genuine and attractive IT profession and career ladder in the public sector. Although not a CIO in the traditional sense - each government department has its own CIO... [11 Jun 2008]
Green dream fuels shift in Whitehall
News Government CIO John Suffolk also held up the Department for Work and Pensions as an exemplar of Green IT in the public sector, saying it had reduced its number of servers by 2,500, slashing its CO2 output by thousands of tonnes. [09 May 2008]
UK blueprint on how tech can beat climate change
News The strategy will focus on examples of best practice and Suffolk suggested that IT "champions" with a proven record of cutting carbon should be a model for Green IT for the public and private sector. Suffolk stressed the importance of the role IT... [08 May 2008]
Can the government offshore with confidence?
Comment In my conversations with government CIO John Suffolk, he has always highlighted the importance of delivering value for money for the citizen. Suffolk is keen to portray the government as a fully signed-up supporter of offshore IT or business... [14 Feb 2008]
Suffolk Councils join up IT to save costs
Case Study Suffolk County Council and Mid Suffolk District Council have merged IT departments in a wider initiative to share back-end business processes.silicon.com Public Sector The venture also set up a contact centre, online access and a face-to-face... [05 Feb 2008]
Cabinet Office flexes its shared services
News Recently the Cabinet Office has embraced shared back-office services under the guidance of public sector CIO John Suffolk. Court, Suffolk and the service provider Fujitsu have conducted a series of roadshows to publicise the service. [25 Oct 2007]
Make tech greener, CIOs told
News Government CIO John Suffolk said there is real potential to deliver more sustainable IT that also costs less and provides better results for users. Government computer systems must become greener to set a good example for the rest of the country... [21 Sep 2007]
The CIOs transforming government IT
Comment Helping Suffolk is a government 'CIO Council', which features the most important IT leaders across the public sector, including two other members of silicon.com's CIO50 - HMRC's Steve Lamey and Hampshire County Council's Jos Creese. [27 Jun 2007]
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