Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face.
Here, we present the coverage of all 10 of our 2012 CW500 events, including articles and video, as well as the full coverage of our popular UKtech50 and women in IT events.
January: The IT trends for 2012
Battening down the hatches is a sure route to failure in the recession, CIOs and senior IT leaders heard in January.
CW500 video: Albert Ellis of Harvey Nash talks about career development
CW500 video: Marc Dowd of Forrester talks about the key technology trends for the year
CW500 video: Tom McEwan of PA Consulting on the economic environment for 2012
February: All you need to know about Big Data
Organisations risk pushing ahead with big data projects without a clear understanding of what they will deliver, CIOs at Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club heard.
CW500 video: Hannelie Gilmour on meeting the challenge of big data
CW500 video: Harvey Lewis on the challenges of tackling big data
CW500 video: Mike Ferguson on big data
March: Transforming IT at HM Revenue & Customs
Phil Pavitt, HM Revenue & Customs CIO, revealed the secrets behind running the UK's largest IT estate to CW500 Club members.
CW500 video: HMRC CIO Phil Pavitt, on IT transformation
April: Managing social media
The rapper, record producer and Dr Who cameo performer, Mike Skinner, has another unlikely claim to fame. Just over three years ago Skinner sent a short message to 20,000 followers on Twitter, complaining about BT’s newly launched BTVision internet television service. When he read the comment, Warren Buckley, managing director for customer services, realised BT could no longer afford to ignore social media like Twitter.
CW500 video: Warren Buckley of BT Retail on BTCare
CW500 video: Dave Britton Met Office - Social media 'When it Matters'
May: Datacentre transformation
Colin Rees, IT director at Domino's Pizza, and Josko Grljevic, IS director of theTrainline.com, reveal how transforming their IT departments transformed their businesses.
Video: Josko Grljevic, IS director at theTrainline.com on datacentre management
Video: Colin Rees, IT director at Domino’s Pizza on datacentre transformation
June: The future of software development
Using agile development methodologies can speed software development and reduce the likelihood of errors, IT leaders heard at the CW500 Club.
CW500 video: Gus Power, CTO, Energized Work on the future of software development
CW500 video: Dave Heath, head of software engineering at LateRooms.com
CW500 video: Jagdeep Singh, head of software development, the Financial Times
July: Managing IT transformation at the BBC
BBC CTO John Linwood told Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club about the “terrifying” challenge of providing live coverage of all events at the Olympics.
CW500 video: BBC CTO John Linwood on broadcasting the Olympics
September: The boardroom view of IT
CIOs are winners – the Mo Farahs, Jessica Ennises and Usain Bolts of the business world. Right? Sadly, for many company boards, CIOs are indeed successful, but hardly well-recognised in their own organisations.
CW500 video: BCS' Jim Norton - IT in the boardroom
CW500 video: Mitchells & Butlers' COO Robin Young - IT in the boardroom
October: Managing a mobile workforce
In this CW500 Club event, our IT leadership speakers discussed the requirements and pitfalls of managing a mobile workforce.
CW500: Managing the mobile workforce (part 1)
CW500: Managing the mobile workforce (part 2)
CW500 video: Richard Edwards, Ovum
CW500 video: Chris Hewertson, Colt
CW500 video: Glenn Morgan, British Airways
November: Best practice in cloud migration
In this CW500 Club event, IT leaders share their practical experiences of moving to the cloud and discuss the best practice in cloud migrations.
CW500: Inside the government's CloudStore
CW500: The legal risks of migrating to the cloud
CW 500 video: Spencer Izard, research manager, IDC, on cloud computing
CW500 video: Alistair Maughan, Partner, Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP
Other events:
UKtech50 – the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy.
The 25 most influential women in UK IT
Computer Weekly held an event to address the issue of attracting more females to the technology sector, inviting some of the most influential women in IT to share their views and personal experiences, and announced the results of the Top 25 Most Influential Women in UK IT Awards.
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This was first published in December 2012
