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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.
INDUSTRY > Manufacturing > FEATURES
22/04/2008
Former ICI IT boss Richard Sykes sees cloud computing creating a ‘Services 2.0’ culture
After having helped bring business discipline to IT and outsourcing at ICI, Richard Sykes sees cloud computing creating a ‘Services 2.0’ culture
13/02/2008
Rolling with the changes: Pirelli CIO Dario Scagliotti
New projects provide multiple system integration problems which are a challenge to any business. CIO talks to the technology leader at one company making tracks in cost-effective manufacturing and logistics
11/02/2008
Driven by project management demand at Standard & Poor's
Applying the lean production methods of revered car-maker Toyota to a very different business means Jora Gill, VP for international business systems, is ahead of the game
29/01/2008
Where have all the women gone?
Not only are fewer women entering and staying in the IT profession, but little help is being offered to those who actually wish to return.
28/01/2008
Managing a virtual team
When your team is dotted around the world, it’s vital to balance taking control with ensuring local laws and cultures are respected. Richard Pastore looks at seven ways to get global management right
14/12/2007
A catalyst for IT-business chemistry
"The way to achieve world class systems is to standardise" believes Xavier Rambaud, CIO at French chemicals company Rhodia who reveals the challenges he faced such as finding 17 different business software packages running across the business.
06/11/2007
The next wave of globalisation: Offshoring R&D to India and China
The globalisation of research and development is already under way. Two Harvard researchers explain what's going on, and why the research and development done in China and India is not all bad news for U.S.-based companies.
05/11/2007
Let the business drive IT strategy
Some CIOs are better than others at executing an IT strategy. Their secret: A simple plan that helps business leaders make the right technology decisions.
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.
08/06/2007
Capitalising on creation
“Patents are the future.” You might expect that quote to come from a Harvard Business School professor or some MIT inventor but in fact it is the words of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. Addressing the European Patent Forum in Munich in April, Merkel called for reform of EU patents law, saying: “We are so proud of the diversity in Europe but the Community Patent is one point where this diversity could be reduced a little.”
13/05/2007
Don’t be frightened of your shadow
Last month we examined the rise of the shadow IT department, users in your company who have embraced consumer technology and are using applications and devices not provided, or necessarily approved of, by the CIO to do their work. The natural reaction of the IT department may be to clamp down and try to destroy it but the likelihood is this will prove futile and may even be counterproductive.
11/05/2007
Seal of approval
“Our experience is there’s a definite ripple effect throughout the business from the process of entering and winning awards,” says David McElhinney, CEO of Liverpool Direct. “They do add value. I am convinced winning them can help in getting new business for the organisation as a whole.”
10/05/2007
Intellectual pursuits
Historically the UK’s reputation for commercialisation of intellectual property began and ended with Frank Whittle and Alan Turing. Both geniuses gave the UK a huge lead in new technologies – the jet engine and the modern computer respectively. But as whole new industries built up on these ideas this lead was frittered away by successive myopic governments and vested interests failing to comprehend the enormity of the opportunities within their grasp.
02/05/2007
Outsourcing trailblazer
Sir Brian Pitman knows about success – and failure. Having first joined Lloyds Bank in 1952, he went on to become one of the City’s most celebrated bankers whose advice and leadership led to such plaudits from his peers as being named Financial World European Banking CEO of the year in 1993 and KPMG Business Leader of the Year in 1998.
04/04/2007
A source of concern
If CIOs were to believe everything they hear from vendors, they would think that outsourcing had taken over the world and there were no inhouse IT departments left. While this patently is not the case, it is true to say that the market is growing steadily and evolving as maturity sets in.
27/03/2007
Hitting the ground running
CIOs need to make their mark in a new job before their honeymoon period ends. CIO UK provides an essential guide for success in your first 90 days
19/03/2007
Strictly business
A business intelligence project should not be a technology initiative. As Janine Milne discovers, it is all about business
29/11/2006
A refreshing change
It pays for CIOs to keep an eye on tomorrow’s technology.
15/06/2006
Building profit
If we tell you a company has just seen profits up by a quarter year-on-year and turnover climbed 12 per cent, you might be forgiven for thinking said organisation operates in the booming oil sector or life peerage consulting services – areas where stellar growth is not unusual.
04/05/2006
