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• May 12, 2015 12 May'15

  Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems

  Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  CIO interview: Darrell Stein, vice-president of information systems at Reckitt Benckiser

  Seven months after taking charge of IT at Reckitt Benckiser, Darrell Stein is pushing ahead with a strategy to increase digital revenues

• April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15

  CIO interview: Fernando Birman, head of the digital office, Solvay

  After years of IT work to support major M&A activity, global chemicals company Solvay is focusing on innovation to drive internal efficiency

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  CIO interview: Bruna Pellicci, global head of IT, Ashurst

  Global law firm Ashurst is rolling out a new IT strategy based on single platforms worldwide for its core business areas

• March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Ivor Nicholson, Nottinghamshire County Council

  Nottinghamshire County Council is facing £77m in cuts by 2018 and by rolling out new services, it plans to save £8m through technology alone

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  HSBC names replacement CIO for investment bank

  HSBC has named the replacement for the departing CIO of its global banking and markets division, with an internal promotion filling the gap

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  HSBC seeks new investment banking CIO as Sumeet Chabria leaves

  HSBC is looking for a new IT head in its investment banking arm after Sumeet Chabria decided to leave after 21 years at the bank

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Connected cars set CIO agenda at Volvo

  IT has always tried to align with the business, but for Klas Bendrik, group CIO at Volvo Cars, it seems business has aligned with IT

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  CIO interview: Paul Coby, IT director, John Lewis Partnership

  Technology is an essential ingredient to the success of John Lewis, and the retailer is ploughing £100m into IT initiatives in 2015

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Former Lloyds bank and Barclays CIO Darryl West joins HSBC

  HSBC has appointed Darryl West, who left Barclays in December, as CIO

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  IT sector outdoing rest of economy despite rise in IT supplier insolvencies

  Insolvencies among information and communication suppliers increase by a fifth as the economy continues to pull out of recession

• January 16, 2015 16 Jan'15

  Barclays creates role to lead transformations

  Barclays Bank has appointed a group chief operating officer (COO) to lead it through transformations, including major IT investments

• January 05, 2015 05 Jan'15

  Deal between RBS and CA over IT failure will remain secret

  The details of the financial settlement between RBS and CA Technologies in relation to a massive IT failure will remain secret

• December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14

  Top 10 CIO interviews of 2014

  The top technology chiefs in the UK shared their opinions and experiences of modern IT leadership

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Mark Maddocks, Cambridge University Press

  Technology has prompted unprecedented innovation and transformation in the media sector – Cambridge University Press is no exception

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Sarah Leslie, CIO, Iglo Foods Group

  Sarah Leslie, CIO at Birds Eye manufacturer Iglo Foods Group, is focused on delivering simplified and standardised IT systems

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  UKtech50 2014 - The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Kevin Cunnington, director general of digital transformation, DWP

  Kevin Cunnington is responsible for making the Universal Credit IT system work - while leading the DWP's digital transformation

• November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14

  CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s

  While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.

• November 25, 2014 25 Nov'14

  Pressure on Universal Credit’s digital service mounts as testing begins

  Risks remain for Universal Credit as DWP continues its twin-track gradual roll-out of live and digital services

• November 17, 2014 17 Nov'14

  CIO success is all about winning friends and influencing people

  If Gartner’s predictions are true, CIO working practices have to change to keep IT relevant

• November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14

  CIO interview: Enterprise Rent-A-Car European IT director Jeff King

  Enterprise Rent-A-Car European IT director Jeff King rose from the shop floor to an executive directing IT across Europe

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  UBS move to Oracle HR in the cloud hits big delays

  Swiss bank UBS has hit major delays migrating to a cloud-based HR system

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  Amazon not the biggest threat to high street retailers

  Competition from online-only traders does not pose the biggest threat to high street retailers, with cautious attitudes a bigger risk

• October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14

  Lloyds Banking Group confirms 9,000 job cuts and digital investment

  Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it will cut 9000 jobs and close around 150 branches to focus more on its digital strategy

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  CIO interview: David Johnstone of Martin Currie Investment Management

  The head of solutions management at the asset management firm discusses IT projects and the changing role of IT leaders

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Xerox aligns business and IT in streamlining applications

  Xerox's IT division has been working with the business to standardise its HR management on a global basis

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  UKtech50 2014 - help us choose the 50 most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly is launching the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT - tell us your nominations

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  Interview: Government digital chief Mike Bracken on the next five years

  The Government Digital Service celebrates its third anniversary soon, but has plenty more challenges ahead to change Whitehall thinking

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Government seeks £110,000 director for Parliamentary Digital Service

  Parliament is recruiting a digital director for the revamped Parliamentary Digital Service in a role offering a salary of £110,000 a year

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  Research reveals the inner psychology of IT professionals

  IT professionals are creative, flexible and strategic but can find it difficult to fit in with corporate culture, says psychology research

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Online fashion retailer Asos seeks CIO

  Asos.com is looking to appoint a CIO following the departure of Pete Marsdon after two years in the role

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Rolls-Royce CIO joins HMRC as non-executive director

  Rolls-Royce CIO Simon Ricketts has been appointed non-executive director of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Government appoints former Credit Suisse CIO as deputy CTO

  The government has appointed former Credit Suisse CIO Magnus Falk as its new deputy chief technology officer (CTO)

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  CIO Interview: Hugh Fahy, CIO, Net-A-Porter

  “I like to emphasis the ‘I’ bit in CIO,” says Hugh Fahy, chief information officer of the Net-A-Porter Group

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  CIO interview: Dave Ubachs, CIO, Staples Europe

  Staples is undertaking major IT projects in Europe that will see e-commerce improvements and back-end consolidation in 16 countries

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project

  Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  CIO interview: Rorie Devine, CTO, Hailo

  A technology overhaul is taking place behind the scenes at cab-hailing smartphone app Hailo as the company extends its international reach

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  The billion-customer challenge of ITC CIO VVR Babu

  ITC CIO VVR Babu explains the challenges for a business that targets over one billion consumers with its goods

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  BBC promotes R&D controller Matthew Postgate to CTO role

  The BBC has appointed its research and development (R&D) controller Matthew Postgate as the corporation's chief technology officer (CTO)

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Roadchef exits IBM Global Services for direct supplier relationships

  Motorway services firm Roadchef ended an outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services when its IT was up for refresh and moved to SAP

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  Unilever appoints Jane Moran as global CIO

  Former CIO of Thomson Reuters, Jane Moran, has joined Unilever as its new global CIO

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  UK airports lead move to cloud services

  UK airports are at the vanguard of using cloud to develop innovative services, says Gatwick CIO.

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  CIOs should 'leave innovation to marketing'

  CIOs should focus on managing the technical infrastructure and leave innovation to other parts of the business – conclusion of a major study.

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  IT supplier insolvencies fall for first time as economy recovers

  Technology companies have reached a turning point as insolvencies fall for the first time in 2014

• May 18, 2014 18 May'14

  Cisco CTO tells women "there is no such thing as work-life balance”

  Cisco’s chief technology officer, Padmasree Warrior, said there is “no such thing as a work-life balance”, but instead she integrates the two

• May 08, 2014 08 May'14

  CIO interview: Robert Teagle, European IT director, Starbucks Coffee

  Robert Teagle leads IT across the 30 markets that Starbucks owns and operates in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

• April 30, 2014 30 Apr'14

  Interview: Nick Roberts, president of Socitm and IT group manager

  This month, Nick Roberts, IT group manager at Surrey County Council, took over as president of Socitm, the association of IT and digital professionals working in and for local public services

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Q&A: SAP's Mike Ettling discusses SuccessFactors cloud HR strategy

  Computer Weekly talks to Mike Ettling, global head of cloud and on-premise HR at SAP, about the company’s strategy for its SuccessFactors cloud HR technology

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Law Society advises legal industry's IT teams over cloud

  The Law Society has published best-practice advice for legal firms' IT teams that are considering using cloud computing, following increased use of the cloud to store data