CW500 and IT leadership skills
The most successful IT managers have developed beyond the core technology skills and exhibit great interpersonal and communication skills to make them effective IT leaders. We talk to today's CIOs and IT directors, and to members of our CW500 Club of senior IT professionals, to learn from their experiences and examine how you can improve and develop your IT leadership skills.
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News
21 May 2025
M&S cyber attack disruption likely to last until July
M&S says it has moved into recovery mode after a ransomware attack, but expects some disruption to persist throughout the coming weeks. Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
21 May 2025
Interview: Rom Kosla, CIO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The IT chief of one of the world's biggest tech companies still has to get the technology right - and he's building on cloud, application consolidation and data to bring new capabilities in AI to his users Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2012
CIO interview: Frank Modruson, Accenture
Accenture’s CIO Frank Modruson on providing IT to 250,000 people who think they could do your job and why video is the next big thing Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
09 Oct 2012
UKtech50 2012 - Vote now for the most influential person in UK IT
Computer Weekly's third annual list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT is open for reader voting - tell us who you think should win Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
03 Oct 2012
UKtech50 2012: Who are the most influential people in UK IT?
Computer Weekly is this week launching the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
07 Sep 2012
Interview: Channel 4 CIO on the IT behind the broadcasting of the Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games was the largest live broadcast undertaking for Channel 4, and gave the IT team an equally complex project Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Sep 2012
Everybody lost in NHS IT disaster
A degree of ironic congratulation is due to the Department of Health (DoH) and Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude for finally extricating the NHS from its disastrous contract with CSC. The ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
05 Sep 2012
Digital technologies to spark major shake-up of IT suppliers, says report
CIOs have been urged to rethink their partnerships with strategic suppliers as the industry goes through its most disruptive period since the dot com crash Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
31 Aug 2012
When software becomes a utility, everything changes - and it will
It's a challenge faced so far only by the most ultra-successful software companies, but a major turning point comes when a product becomes a utility. It doesn't happen often, but there's a big ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
03 Aug 2012
Making the Olympics a showcase for IT
So far, the London 2012 Olympics has been a triumph all round. An amazing opening ceremony, Team GB gold medals sprinkled generously around, and even the transport system has coped. Ironically, one ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
27 Jul 2012
CW500: The technology behind the BBC's Olympics coverage
BBC CTO John Linwood told Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club about the “terrifying” challenge of providing live coverage of all events at the Olympics Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
13 Jul 2012
Byte Night 2012: Bedding down in Belfast
Byte Night is this year launching a Belfast sleep-out in addition to events in Cambridge, Edinburgh, London and Reading. Continue Reading
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13 Jul 2012
Why we don't want to write about 'women in IT' anymore
We've been asked a few times why we put together an award and an event to showcase women in IT. It's quite simple - we don't want to have to discuss the issue of women in IT again. How much better ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
13 Jul 2012
The most influential women in UK IT
Computer Weekly is pleased to announce the first ever list of the most influential women in UK IT Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Opinion
09 Jul 2012
Tech companies facing mounting IP challenges
The recent flurry of patent buying and selling activity in the global tech sector illustrates dramatic changes in the way some of the biggest technology companies are approaching their intellectual property (IP) Continue Reading
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21 Jun 2012
Halliburton CIO Ken Braud on strategy and innovation
CIO Ken Braud talked to delegates at the Orange Business Live customer event in Rome, and it was clear he has plenty on his plate. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jun 2012
The 25 most influential women in UK IT - the Computer Weekly event
Computer Weekly is recognising the most influential women in IT - join us at a special event on 12 July to celebrate the role models for the UK's high-tech economy. Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
24 May 2012
Is HP too big to fail?
What on earth is going on at HP? After three years riven by changes in CEO (three times) and in strategy (lost count), the company seems to barely know what it is or where it is heading. This month ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
21 May 2012
Your last chance to influence government open standards
After the controversy of the early meetings in the government's consultation on open standards, we're now down to the last few weeks of what is a hugely important process. After a slow start, the ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Feature
17 May 2012
HyperCITY’s retail store management system: Profit with promotions
HyperCITY services a million customers selling them about 40,000 products. Know how one of India’s largest hypermarket chains accomplishes this. Continue Reading
By- Staff Writer, SearchCIO.IN
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News
30 Apr 2012
CIO interview: David Bulman, chief information officer, Virgin Atlantic
Six months after joining Virgin Atlantic as CIO, David Bulman is leading a transformation at the airline with mobile technology at its heart. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
12 Apr 2012
Transforming IT at HM Revenue & Customs - Phil Pavitt, CIO for HMRC
HMRC CIO Phil Pavitt talked to the CW500 club about IT transformation. These are his slides with a report of his talk. Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin & Faisal Alani
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News
10 Apr 2012
CIO interview: David Jones, CIO, Crown Prosecution Service
CPS CIO David Jones is leading a comprehensive technology revamp to modernise operations across the entire criminal justice system. Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2012
Transforming IT at HM Revenue & Customs
HMRC CIO, Phil Pavitt, gives the key facts around HM Revenue and Customs’ IT change programme in this PowerPoint presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Mar 2012
Government to IT suppliers: Does it hurt yet?
When I was a schoolboy, there was a popular if rather sado-masochistic playground game called Chinese burns. This involved grasping your opponent's wrist with both hands, and twisting their skin in ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
23 Mar 2012
Information management: lessons from the public sector
Freeform Dynamics identifies the lessons organisations can learn from the public sector's approach to information management Continue Reading
By- Martha Bennett, Forrester Research Inc.
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News
22 Mar 2012
Business leaders agenda 2012
This report from KPMG identifies business priorities across a wide range of geographies and industries, and assesses the economic outlook. Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2012
CIO interview: Rob Pringle, global IT director, Gazprom
Rob Pringle, director of global IT at Gazprom Marketing and Trading, reveals the secret of rolling out IT quickly Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
02 Mar 2012
Loving it when an identity plan comes together
To quote a phrase that was mightily popular in the 1980s: I love it when a plan comes together. In this case, it's not even my plan, but it's one I've found myself writing about often over the past ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
02 Mar 2012
The mindset of the chief information officer
This study evaluates the leadership role that chief information officers perform in helping their organisations achieve their commercial goals. Continue Reading
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News
29 Feb 2012
IT departments risk losing responsibility for IT security
IT security professionals can no longer take it for granted that IT security will continue as part of the IT function Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
24 Feb 2012
The man who might be king (well, deputy king)
When Computer Weekly interviewed Cabinet Office permanent secretary Ian Watmore recently, he cited three names as the key people driving change in IT across the public sector. Two were to be ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
20 Feb 2012
G-Cloud is launched, now the dating game begins
In a victory for the government IT reformers, the G-Cloud framework and its associated CloudStore services catalogue are now live. It's an achievement that deserves congratulation - from the public ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
20 Feb 2012
CIO priorities 2012: Ali Jaffri, ICT manager, Gallions Housing
Ali Jaffri, ICT manager at Gallions Housing, talks about the challenges of 2012. Continue Reading
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News
17 Feb 2012
Generation Y is a myth, says Corporate Executive Board research
Generation Y – the computer-literate youngsters who need the latest high-tech gadget to work effectively – is a myth, the latest research reveals Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
08 Feb 2012
CIO interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s IT chief talks about why in-house IT works better than outsourcing and how to double revenue without doubling IT spend. Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
03 Feb 2012
Volkswagen UK CIO leaves to go nuclear
Nick Gaines, formerly CIO at Volkswagen UK, has left the car firm to join Ultra Electronics Nuclear Control Systems. Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2012
Buyer's Guide: CRM
This nine-page Buyer's Guide to customer relationship management (CRM) is essential reading for CIOs and senior IT professionals. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2012
Selfridges IT chief moves on to British Car Auctions
Duncan Gray, formerly the group IT director at luxury retailer Selfridges, has been appointed as the new chief information officer at British Car Auctions (BCA). Continue Reading
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News
25 Jan 2012
UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012
UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed. Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
23 Jan 2012
Gartner identifies trends in CIO spending in 2012
Chief information officers are facing an austere 2012. Spending on IT will rise on average by just 0.5% worldwide, but IT budgets in the UK, Europe and North America are declining. Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
23 Jan 2012
Accenture Technology Vision
Download this report from Accenture to discover the 6 IT technology trends that will impact CIOs in 2012. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2012
Apple aims to improve working conditions for technology workforce
Apple has published a list of all suppliers for the first time and says it will allow independent observers into its facilities around the world to monitor working conditions. Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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Opinion
03 Jan 2012
Five ways to improve your IT project management
Project management and the IT industry go together like jam and toast. But not all project management is good project management. Continue Reading
By- Ian Templeton
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News
14 Dec 2011
IT matters again
This report from Deloitte argues that businesses are again investing in IT to help them compete with rivals despite the downturn. Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2011
Smart Organisations
This report from PA Consulting shows how businesses can enhance their competitive position without excessive expenditure or risk. Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2011
Computer Weekly Technology Industry Survey
This in-depth research from Computer Weekly and Mortimer Spinks, provides a must-read analysis and insight into UK IT salaries. Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2011
Collaboration in the Cloud: everything to everyone, or too good to be true?
IT decision-makers are already looking to the cloud to support new IT delivery models - such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2011
How to embed innovation in the corporate culture
This paper from Kurt Salmon identifies the common inhibitors to innovation and how to overcome them, and sets out some important principles that can help Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2011
The reality behind the hype: Government cloud computing
This article from Gartner offers advice to public sector organisations thinking of deploying cloud computing and assess the progress made by governments in their use of the cloud. Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2011
The future of work: The next-generation workforce
Cisco provides insight into the mindset, expectations and behaviour of the world's next generation of workers and what this will mean for businesses. Continue Reading
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Tip
12 Dec 2011
ERP software migration in four easy steps
An ERP software migration project is not simple to execute. This four-step guide will help you with seamless migration of your ERP software. Continue Reading
By- Vijay Kumar
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News
12 Dec 2011
CIO IT Budget Benchmark 2011–2012
The IT Budget Benchmarking Survey assesses IT spending, staffing, and outsourcing levels from more than 175 organisations. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Dec 2011
UKtech50: Meet the 50 most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has announced the final listing for the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT. Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2011
UKtech50: Meet Mike Lynch, the most influential person in UK IT
Mike Lynch, voted as the most influential person in UK IT, doesn’t like to think about challenges, but about opportunities. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Dec 2011
IT matters again
This report from Deloitte argues that businesses are again investing in IT to help them compete with rivals despite the downturn. Continue Reading
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Report
02 Dec 2011
Capturing the ICT dividend
This report from Oxford Economics and AT&T shows ICT investment and productivity growth are closely linked – and European countries are lagging behind other parts of the world in both areas. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2011
CIO interview: John Finch, global CIO, Experian
John Finch, global CIO of Experian, discusses his plans to simplify supplier management and his approach to people development. Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Blog Post
23 Nov 2011
Who will be the next government CIO?
There's suddenly a big gap at the top of government IT. In less than two weeks, government CIO Joe Harley and his deputy Bill McCluggage have both announced their impending departures from ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
21 Nov 2011
Centrica CIO quits to join HP
David Bickerton, the global chief information officer at Centrica, has resigned from the utilities giant to join Hewlett-Packard. Continue Reading
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News
21 Nov 2011
CIO IT Budget Benchmark 2011–2012
The IT Budget Benchmarking Survey assesses IT spending, staffing, and outsourcing levels from more than 175 organisations. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Nov 2011
UKtech50: Honouring the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has announced the final listing for the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy. Continue Reading
By- Faisal Alani, UK at eBay
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News
16 Nov 2011
Computer Weekly wins digital publishing award
Computer Weekly has won a prestigious publishing industry award for the product development of the year. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Nov 2011
UKtech50 2011: Vote now!
Voting has begun to find out who is the most influential person in the UK IT community. Continue Reading
By- Faisal Alani, UK at eBay
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News
14 Nov 2011
CIO Interview: IT should drive company innovation, says SAP's Oliver Bussmann
Driving innovation has become one of the key roles of the chief information officer, says Oliver Bussmann, CIO at business software maker SAP. Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
14 Nov 2011
Smart Organisations
How can businesses enhance their competitive position without excessive expenditure or taking on excessive risk? Continue Reading
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News
10 Nov 2011
Welcome to the new-look ComputerWeekly.com
Computer Weekly has launched its brand new website - the most important online development in the brand’s 45-year history. Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
31 Oct 2011
UKtech50: We launch the search for the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy. Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
31 Oct 2011
What can a CIO learn from Steve Jobs?
Steve Jobs might have been a product and marketing wonder kid but there are lots of lessons CIOs can learn from his method. Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2011
Cloud ERP to be adopted by hundreds of Maruti Suzuki suppliers
Maruti Suzuki plans to persuade its tier-2 suppliers to adopt cloud ERP. Learn more about the challenges involved and Maruti's cloud ERP adoption targets. Continue Reading
By- Nagesh M Joshi
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News
14 Oct 2011
CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympics
With less than 10 months to go, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell is fully focused on the task of delivering a project that simply cannot miss its deadline. Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
10 Oct 2011
CW500: Martin Taylor, head of infrastructure and service delivery, Mitchells & Butlers
In this CW500 Club video, Martin Taylor talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud. Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Feature
10 Oct 2011
Project management process challenges: Lessons from SBI, M&M, & NCDEX
Project management process is usually riddled with challenges. Use these insights from India’s largest enterprises to effectively manage your projects. Continue Reading
By- Joyoti Mahanta
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News
04 Oct 2011
CW500: Andy Beale, technology director, Guardian News & Media
In this CW500 Club video, Andy Beale talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud. Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
03 Oct 2011
The day Cisco tried to drown me
The London 2012 Olympics is a test not only for the athletes taking part, but also for the IT suppliers whose technologies help to make it all happen. Last week, I was given an opportunity by ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2011
The PASC report on government IT: a cause for cynicism and optimism
Computer Weekly has to declare a conflict of interest when it comes to writing about yet another report from some branch of Parliament that issues scathing criticisms of government IT. Frankly, if ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
25 Jul 2011
Computer Club for Girls (CC4G) encourages 84% of school girls to consider IT career
The E-Skills UK Computer Club for Girls (CC4G) aims to encourage more women into technology-related careers by providing school girls with computing classes related to their interests, such as art ... Continue Reading
By- Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire
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Blog Post
19 Jul 2011
Is there an alternative to female quotas for management boards?
Should companies be made to appoint a certain number of women to their boards in order to break the glass ceiling? Continue Reading
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15 Jun 2011
Government identity banks start to take shape
Here's a story that's going to run and run - and one I predict will start to make national news headlines once its significance sinks in to the consumer press. As part of its plans to create a ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Tip
03 Jun 2011
Design change management procedure in five easy steps
Clear-cut change management procedure is essential for success of any enterprise-wide IT deployment. Follow these simple steps to get it perfectly right. Continue Reading
By- Col. Shankar Gurkha
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News
26 May 2011
CIO interview: NHS IT chief Christine Connelly on the National Programme for IT
As director general for informatics at the Department of Health, Christine Connelly has had one of the least enviable jobs in public sector IT: defending the much- maligned NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). But despite a fiercely critical review in a recent National Audit Office report and at a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting, she told Computer Weekly she stands by the controversial £11.4bn programme. Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
26 Apr 2011
Technology boosts savings at WHSmith
Retailer WHSmith says it has delivered savings thanks to IT improvements and tight cost management. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Apr 2011
Implement job rotation for team motivation, productivity
Indian CXOs are increasingly experimenting with job rotation for team motivation and productivity. Find out why job rotation helps, and how M&M practices it. Continue Reading
By- VS Parthasarthy
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Tip
21 Apr 2011
5 non-monetary rewards for your IT teams
Non-monetary rewards are an effective way to motivate employees. Learn five non-monetary rewards that CIOs can make use of to motivate their teams. Continue Reading
By- Arun Gupta, Cipla
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Blog Post
15 Apr 2011
The start of an era
The article below is the editorial leader column from the last ever printed issue of Computer Weekly magazine. If you like nostalgia, you may want to treasure the magazine you hold in your hands ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Feature
04 Apr 2011
The power of ICT and its multiplier effect
Meet Michael Hedley, National Policy Manager for the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). Continue Reading
By- Merri Mack
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Blog Post
31 Mar 2011
Dear Phil Pavitt, this one is for you
How often do you, as an IT leader, tell people in other parts of the business what you have achieved? For many IT folk, that sort of self-promotion doesn't always come naturally - and often that ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
25 Mar 2011
Announcing the CW500 Club online community
Computer Weekly is pleased to announce the launch of the CW500 Club online community Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
02 Mar 2011
When is the new government IT strategy due?
There's plenty of rumour and speculation doing the rounds over the timing and contents of the imminent government IT strategy, due to be released anytime soon by the Cabinet Office. I've been told ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
24 Jan 2011
Bala retires from CIO role
S R Balasubramanian has retired from the role of CIO at Godfrey Phillips, but continues his professional activities through consultancy Continue Reading
By- Anuradha Ramamirtham, Principal Correspondent
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Tip
13 Jan 2011
Exit clause in SLAs: 7 key pointers
An exit clause is a useful tool to close a deal when any agreed and important terms of a service contract are dishonored. Here are seven points to include in an exit clause. Continue Reading
By- S Shivashankar
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Blog Post
07 Dec 2010
Will John Suffolk be the last government CIO?
Government CIO John Suffolk effectively leaves his post at the end of this month - although I understand that he will still be on the public payroll until the end of March next year - but there ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
28 Sep 2010
Stuxnet "most likely" to have originated from Israel
The cyber security world is alive with gossip about Stuxnet. The virus has been described as one of the most sophisticated yet created, containing an unprecedented four zero-day vulnerabilities in ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
10 Sep 2010
"Up to now the use of IT in the NHS has not been a success story"
Many thanks to Chris Potts for this wonderfully timely and ironic spot from the annals of Department of Health history. Click here to read a document published in 1998 by the Labour government, ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
27 Aug 2010
Don't buy cloud computing hype: Business model will evaporate
Cloud computing will not solve the data center industry's problems. Thanks to compliance issues, cloud computing will never get off the ground for commercially viable companies, and cloud providers will evaporate. Continue Reading
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20 May 2010
Goodbye ID cards - is it time to say hello to identity banks?
As expected, the new government has scrapped the controversial and unwieldy identity cards project created as a flagship of Labour policy. Labour's problem was that it never properly explained why ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
08 Feb 2010
What Larry wants, Larry gets: what next for acquisitive Oracle?
Several years ago, I sat next to then-Oracle UK managing director Ian Smith at an industry event. At the time, the software giant was pursuing an aggressive and increasingly contentious purchase of ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
08 Jan 2008
Social networking for business pros
Social networking sites have created a venue for socialising, but is this venue a good locale for business users to network and generate new business leads? Continue Reading
By- Leigha Cardwell, Contributor
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News
18 Jun 2007
Training budgets proving hard to justify without business metrics
Surveys show most companies are still complacent about green computing. But ActewAGL CIO Carsten Larsen is one of a growing number of CIOs taking up the call to make sustainable ICT a bigger priority. Continue Reading
By- Shamus McGillicuddy, Enterprise Management Associates
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News
26 Oct 2006
IT greats: Top 10 greatest IT people
For every world-famous name with a world famous fortune – think Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell – there are hundreds of other individuals who have moved the IT industry and its technology inexorably forward Continue Reading