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Derek Gannon stepped from IT to COO of newspaper company Guardian News & Media and now moves the company into new horizons. Kevin O'Brien, head of IS at Comet sees networking as the key to the future of the electronics retail giant.
TOP TEN CONCERNS > Compliance > FEATURES
24/06/2008
The staff, the thief, the device and its data
The spate of recent data loss scandals has made mobile data security a hot topic, but the right tools and best-practice policy can mitigate the risk
06/05/2008
Is IT achieving green?
As more and more organisations assess their impact on the planet and opt to go ‘green’, concerns are being raised as to the actual progress being made, if at all? Elana Varon takes a closer look.
22/04/2008
Technology’s brief to help save the environment should not stop at the datacentre
Technology’s brief to help save the environment should not stop at the datacentre, says Gartner’s vice president of research, Simon Mingay
17/04/2008
Migration management and effective integration for EuroSox
Rapid growth caused by mergers and acquisitions means The Carphone Warehouse is leading the way in compliance and integration issues
25/03/2008
New laws mean CIOs need to consider disabled workers needs, but is open access easy?
Disabled people have so far lost out on many of the benefits that technology has brought. But changes are on the way
12/02/2008
In-depth investigation
Computer forensics has helped bust scams across the country – but could this re-emerging discipline help your organisation? Ambrose McNevin takes a look at the evidence
29/01/2008
On the right side of the law
Miya Knights talks to two firms that are keeping on the straight and narrow while still speeding towards greater business advantage
14/01/2008
BCS is coming to the rescue of the industry’s precarious reputation
With project success rates at an all-time low, the BCS is coming to the rescue of the industry’s precarious reputation with new professional standards
08/11/2007
Forum views prove SaaS benefits
Users and vendors on specialist panels give a resounding thumbs-up to Software-as-a-Service at the latest CIO magazine hosted Executive Forum.
31/10/2007
Retain properly, or pay the price
Your corporate e-mail is now choice evidence when - not if - your company is sued. Here are five steps to help you stay on the right side of the law.
21/10/2007
What do CIOs think are the biggest green IT challenges?
What do CIOs think are the biggest green IT challenges?
10/09/2007
Taking on the board
Gordon Lovell-Read has been gun slinging at Siemens for six years. Ambrose McNevin finds he is still shooting from the hip.
12/07/2007
SOA takes to the skies
The idea of designing IT architectures to manage loosely coupled services and support business processes is nothing new. But the lack of a single approach service oriented architecture (SOA), means that adopting it is a daunting task.
04/07/2007
A new makeover
Avon is one of the world’s best known brands. In Northampton, where it has its UK headquarters, the company is known locally as ‘ding dong’ a reference to its 1960s and 70s iconic advertising campaign. In spite of being associated with 1960s it is a massively successful organisation and has effectively used technology in the evolution of its business model. It is now the world’s leading direct seller of beauty products with an annual turnover of $7.7 billion. It markets to women in 143 countries globally through 4.9 million independent sales representatives – ‘Avon ladies’ as they used to be known. In the UK alone, there are 160,000 Avon representatives, selling to nearly 8m customers.
25/06/2007
Compliance Trick
Compliance is defined by at least one online dictionary as ‘the act of complying with a wish, request, or demand; acquiescence’. It also has a medical context meaning a ‘willingness to follow a prescribed course of treatment’. A final reading of the word is ‘a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others’. We’re issuing a challenge to IT directors: have you unwittingly followed all three courses of action since the dot-com collapse led to the growth of compliance, IT salesman style?
12/05/2007
The promise of good governance
Catherine Doran, CIO at Network Rail, knows the value of IT governance. She recognises its practises and tools can maximise the value and control of IT real estate. In fact, Doran believes IT governance is a fundamental strategic practise for the enterprise, having seen its impact in a variety of roles including tenures as CIO at NatWest, Capital One in Europe, BT Retail and currently at Network Rail. “Governance supports the business plan by providing enterprises with security and access control, along with the development of a robust and reliable infrastructure,” says Doran.
29/03/2007
Taking stock
The London Stock Exchange is a global financial powerhouse and IT is enabling its growth
20/03/2007
Power play
Energy efficiency is not merely a green issue or something for your PR department. It is a business problem that is rapidly approaching crisis point
19/03/2007
Strictly business
A business intelligence project should not be a technology initiative. As Janine Milne discovers, it is all about business
13/03/2007
