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20/05/2008

Betfair CTO Rory Devine placed his bet on people

Former Betfair CTO Rorie Devine reveals how people and communications have driven the betting organisation and its leading edge technology

11/02/2008

Data centre standards needed to meet latest commercial demands

Energy efficiency and green computing amongst the challenges to data centre selection

12/11/2007

Under pressure, ERP giants struggle to innovate

Very few larger companies are setting new trends in innovation however they continue to dominate the market.

06/11/2007

FIM: A shared foundation

Understanding federated identity management and how it enables single sign-on systems to interoperate is the key to providing a secure, user-friendly utility.

06/07/2007

Granger: The final word

“Stuff goes wrong all the time. You know, computers do fail. But what we’re seeing is a sort of hysterical coverage. What I should be judged on is whether we’re fixing it quickly and ensuring it’s as good as anything else anywhere on the planet. Measure me on those things and I know we will not be found lacking.”

05/07/2007

A Database with Destiny

Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a series of terrible wars. At stake was control of the multi-million dollar database sector. The shadow of the empire of Oracle hung over the market while the rebel forces of Ingres, Sybase and Informix attempted to topple the overlord Ellison through a series of increasingly fraught technology and marketing campaigns. Ultimately, they failed and the rebel forces scattered throughout the rest of the industry as the empire expanded its reach...

05/04/2007

Open for business

Is database technology a commodity software or vital piece of enterprise infrastructure? Until recently the giants of the database industry would have insisted that the latter definition was correct. But now the winds of change are blowing – it may only be a breeze at the moment, but there is the prospect of a hurricane in the not too distant future. There has been a subtle change of stance by the database market leaders, not a Pauline conversion as yet, but definitely a shift to keep their options open.

30/03/2007

A question of Trust

Peter Drage, IT service support manager of Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, explains the change management issues facing his department

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

21/03/2007

Moving with the times

The logistics and distribution sector is undergoing rapid change. Companies are using IT to tackle consolidation, rising fuel costs and competitiveness

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

An equitable position

Equity Insurance Group’s financial reporting system was in complete disarray. CIO UK discovers how it escaped the chaos of spreadsheets

15/01/2007

NHS confidential

Four-fifths of all GPs believe patients’ confidentiality is at risk with the planned NHS Spine but the DoH is standing firm

12/12/2006

The global state of IT security

The largest ranging survey of its kind provides a complex picture of the security challenges facing CIOs today

29/11/2006

Security guards

CIOs discuss the challenges of keeping their companies secure against ever increasing threats.

04/10/2006

War and Peace

In an exclusive interview with CIO UK, Salesforce.com's CEO Marc Benioff talks compassion, inspiration and leadership.

01/10/2006

A database with destiny

How the database landscape has settled down and why today’s users have more sophisticated requirements from databases. Why databases should be at the heart of any IT strategy.

13/09/2006

Sorting core data

Today’s software is helping the NHS to integrate existing data and maximise ROEI

12/09/2006

Top of the SOA parade

Software to integrate old data now comes under the label of service oriented architecture. MIS UK takes a closer look at what it all means

12/09/2006

The highs of joint effort

It is a familiar issue for local government managers: meet stringent central government requirements while trying to improve internal effectiveness.

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