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Mark Chillingworth

Mark became the News Editor of a consumer magazine initially before joining Sky TV as an online editor, which led to a stint producing television items. He then traveled for two years, before returning to be News Editor of publishing industry title Information World Review which he went on to edit before joining CIO in January 2008. As Editor of the online CIO title he is responsible for all online content and developments.

Mark Chillingworth

October 26, 2009

Tory attacks on banks is a danger to the nation

History will repeat itself. If we lose banks the way we lost mining and manufacturing it will be because the debate was shallow

Taking a stick to the banks is an easy win at present, especially if you are a politician who was exposed by the Daily Telegraph for profiting...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth

October 21, 2009

Jenson Button and Ross Brawn's lessons for CIOs

F1 champions remind us of the best values in business, technology and leadership

I headlined the article Tomorrow the world and on Monday morning it became true, he was world champion. Back in June 1994 as a stringer for...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth

October 16, 2009

CIOs, does your department look like an IT division or business?

Send us your pictures of IT departments in the past and the present to see how it’s all changed

Does your department look like an IT department? It is an interesting topic. Yesterday, having completed a CIO podcast discussion with John...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth

October 08, 2009

iPhone style could put cloud in your users home

Convergence of TV and web on a home tablet device may mean CIOs will need to put applications in the cloud

Throughout this week Martin Veitch has been pontificating about the future of newspapers and the possibilities of an Apple tablet device being...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth

October 02, 2009

If tech firms were Formula One teams

Where on the grid are your vendors?

As the Formula One season draws to a close and Britain, yet again clenches itself for another nail biting finish where our dominant early form has...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth

October 01, 2009

iPhone generation demands greater tech choice from CIOs

Your policies and structures around the corporate network are worthless in the always on social media world we live in

The role of the CIO as the instigator, selector and manager of technology in the organisation is being challenged from very newest and youngest...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth


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