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The Strand, London

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• CW500: Why Channel 4 is crunching big data
  Bob Harris, Channel 4's chief technology officer, charts the broadcaster's technology strategy to use big data to form closer links with viewers.

   

• CW500: 4G to underpin ubiquitous mobile services
  The catalyst for debate at April’s CW500 Club meeting was the arrival of the 4G mobile network in the UK.

• CW500: Forget the fancy graphics: how to make big data work for ordinary people  
  If there is one thing big data specialist Chris Osborne has learned after five years of working with big data.

   

• CW500 in the City
  IT leaders in financial services face a unique set of challenges. The web and mobile technologies are changing the face of sectors such as retail banking and insurance and the complexity of legacy IT systems remains a major consideration

   

• CW500: Building effective shared services
  Read a summary of the discussion at this CW500 event, watch video interviews with the speakers, and download a copy of the presentation slides.

   

• CW500 in the City: IT innovation in financial services
  Finance firms need to overcome their fears of regulation if they are to innovate and IT must be ready to support them when they do, according to IT leaders from the financial services sector who met at Computer Weekly’s inaugural CW500.

   

• CW500: Thinking outside the big storage box
  Done well, big data offers businesses the chance to gain a competitive edge by understanding their customers and staying ahead of market trends. But managing and storing huge volumes of data requires careful planning. 

   

• CW500 Club in 2012
  Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face.

• CIO interview: Christophe Lemaire, CIO Eurostar
  Eurostar CIO Christophe Lemaire oversaw the launch of the company’s new website, the cornerstone of Eurostar’s new IT architecture.

   

• CIO Interview: Graeme Hackland, CIO, Lotus F1 Team
  Graeme Hackland, CIO of Lotus F1, has worked for the race car team for 16 years. He has seen major changes in IT both on and off the track.

   

• CIO interview: Mark Hall, HMRC CIO
  Mark Hall took the reins from HMRC’s larger-than-life former CIO Phil Pavitt at the end of last year. He talks about plans to be fully digital.

   

• CIO interview: David Matthewman, CIO, Open University
  Three years after joining the Open University, CIO David Matthewman continues to push a strategic programme to deliver value and innovation.

   

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• CIO interview: Paul Freemantle, IT director, Arqiva
  As the delivery of internet content to televisions becomes standard, the IT strategy at broadcast infrastructure provider Arqiva is focused on helping meet corporate client needs and customer demands for emerging models.

   

• CIO interview: Hervé Coureil, global CIO, Schneider Electric
  A 20-year veteran at energy management firm Schneider Electric, Hervé Coureil became CIO five years ago, crossing disciplines from finance.

26th June 2013

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