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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.
TECHNOLOGY > Communications > FEATURES
02/07/2008
Unified approach to rapid legal sector growth
Graeme Low of law firm Mills & Reeve explains how IT has enabled law firms to grow rapidly and improve cost control
17/04/2008
Transport for London’s CIO Phil Pavitt makes travellers top priority
Transport for London’s CIO Phil Pavitt’s one aim is to make the traveller top priority, as Mark Chillingworth finds out
13/02/2008
IT and the business: sharing a common language
For IT to succeed in an organisation it must become a central part of the business. To do this requires effective communication. Mark Chillingworth reports from a recent CIO event at Claridges, sponsored by BMC
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
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
A way through the skills crisis
Finding good people – and enough people – is one of the biggest challenges facing the sector. Cath Everett reports on one initiative to help ensure a bright recruitment future
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
Government CIO John Suffolk lets off steam
Leading public sector IT professionalism efforts isn’t easy when there seem to be more problems than answers. Government CIO John Suffolk shares his many frustrations with Ambrose McNevin
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.
07/11/2007
The secret to successful BI: A top-notch data warehouse
Outdated information and disagreement over data definitions was impeding Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's progress. To the rescue: a business intelligence plan that emphasised end user buy-in and support for accurate data.
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
Eight steps to more effective meetings
Meandering or unnecessary meetings cost money, waste time, deflate morale and contribute to turnover - all the more reason to adopt these suggestions to run meetings more efficiently.
05/11/2007
Video Conferencing grows up
Video conferencing systems have matured so that unobtrusive equipment allows face-to-virtual-face meetings. Those who use it say the saved travel expenses outweigh the steep costs to deploy the systems.
03/11/2007
Google's OpenSocial a step forward, but real value depends on who joins up
MySpace, Oracle, Salesforce.com sign up for Google's developer environment for social networks. Will Facebook join them?
01/11/2007
Learning from other sectors
John Baldoni reports on how working with technology and management teams from other sectors can boost your organisation’s IT performance
01/11/2007
CIO John Clarke moves to Nokia from Tesco
When John Clarke left Tesco to join Nokia in Finland, he also swapped hats from CTO to CIO. Clarke explains why he has one of the best jobs in the world
The art of relationship building
Meeting people may be an ordinary part of the CIO’s life, but there is an art and a science to building relationships
01/11/2007
The Tote's race for business
Bookmakers Tote underwent a total systems overhaul to ensure the odds were on its side in the race for business. Sarah Aryanpur talked to its IT director Bob Broadbridge
14/09/2007
Gordon Lovell-Read's CIO Lessons
When Lovell-Read joined Siemens in 2002, there was no CIO in place. For any CIO in a new job it is important to get a handle on the role as soon as possible. These are your priorities for the first few months.
13/08/2007
