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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 > Infrastructure > FEATURES
27/06/2008
Virtualisation software will help optimise IT for business needs
Using virtualisation software will not just save money and space, but also help optimise IT for business needs
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.
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
12/02/2008
Overhaul at the British Council
The face of Britain abroad, formally known as the British Council, has re-engineered its IT department to be a consultancy to its users rather than a backroom
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
12/02/2008
Crude certainties: the CIO's role in cutting pollution
There’s no escaping rising oil prices and the need to cut carbon emissions. It is the CIO who can provide major answers at most organisations, writes Kim Thomas
11/02/2008
An improvised path to CEO
An unplanned but ultimately rewarding journey has led former CIO Adrian Bagg to the top role at leading disability charity the Papworth Trust
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
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
Former Brigadier moves to Gartner
Former Brigadier Michael Lithgow may have left the army behind, but his 30-year stint at the MoD stands him in good stead in his new business battle. Sarah Aryanpur reports
28/01/2008
Whitbread CIO Ben Wishart reveals his tactics
Reorganising the IS function of one of the UK’s biggest hospitality groups, while streamlining IT strategy, is not a task for the faint hearted. But CIO Ben Wishart has proved he has the key to change
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.
20/11/2007
Heated exchanges
Experts agree that climate change must be dealt with fast, but how far should CIOs go when the vote is still out on how technology can tackle it?
12/11/2007
Network of opportunity
CIO Andrew Watson may have fallen into IT but his engineering background – and experience in non-standard roles – has put the British Transport Police’s platforms on the straight and narrow.
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
Five IT projects that need your attention, now
You have only so much funding and time, so don't waste either of them. These projects can make you a hero or at least can save you from one of those terrible "learning experiences."
01/11/2007
Correlating IT spend with business value
CIOs are always faced with pressure to justify their IT expenditures. CIO, in the first of a three-part feature, explores how new research can help correlate IT spend with business value
22/10/2007
The main attraction
Capital & Regional may be behind entertainment ventures such as Xscape, The Mall shopping centre’s and Sno!zone, but it isn’t just the high-energy projects that are in the spotlight, it’s the technology too.
22/10/2007
Is innovative outsourcing a pipe-dream?
The cost, pressure and nature of outsourcing restricts innovation says Fecteau. Vendors need to lower expectations or drastically change their outsourcing contracts to feel content.
22/10/2007
