Videos

CW500: HMRC CIO Phil Pavitt, on IT transformation

HM Revenue & Customs spends hundreds of millions of pounds every year on IT, but faces huge challenges to cut costs and be more efficient.
School children learn about IT with IBM at Hursley House

To tie in with National Science and Engineering week, IBM invited school children to spend a few days learning about IT

CW500: Mike Ferguson on big data

Managing and making sense of huge volumes of mostly unstructured information is a growing issue for IT leaders, one that has come to be known as "big data", and many experts point to this as a key trend for 2012.
CW500: Harvey Lewis on the challenges of tackling big data

Managing and making sense of huge volumes of mostly unstructured information is a growing issue for IT leaders, one that has come to be known as "big data", and many experts point to this as a key trend for 2012.
CW500: Hannelie Gilmour on meeting the challenge of big data

Hannelie Gilmour, chief architect at Standard Life, talks to Computer Weekly about how the investment firm is meeting the challenge of big data.
Virtual server backup and disaster recovery top IT priorities

Our exclusive research shows that projects involving virtual server backup and storage, as well as disaster recovery, are top priorities in a recessionary economic climate. View the webcast to see full results.
Interview with Forrester analyst John Rakowski on virtualisation

John Rakowski believes datacentre computing is now a virtualisation-first strategy. He says Hyper-V 3 is a strong alternative to VMware 5.
Video: What CIOs need to know about IT consumerisation

Adrian Drury, practice leader for IT consumerisation at Ovum, discusses device management
Computer Weekly & FT video debates: IT and the customer

In a series of video debates, Computer Weekly and the Financial Times invite a panel of experts to discuss business and IT issues.
CW500: Tom McEwan of PA Consulting on the economic environment for 2012

In this video, Tom McEwan, head of the global technology consultancy group at PA Consulting, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the economic environment for 2012 and how it affects IT leaders.
CW500: Albert Ellis of Harvey Nash talks about career development

Albert Ellis, CEO of recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash, talks about the major recruitment, skills and career development issues for 2012.
CW500: Marc Dowd of Forrester talks about the key technology trends for the year

Marc Dowd, principal of the CIO group at analyst Forrester Research, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the key technology trends for the year.
Computer Weekly & FT video debates - managing the cost of IT

Computer Weekly and the Financial Times invite a panel of experts to discuss how IT spending is changing.
Computer Weekly & FT video debates - Compliance

In this video on IT and regulation, experts discuss the growing burden of legislation and regulation and how it affects IT leaders.
UKtech50: Mike Lynch unveiled as the most influential person in UK IT

Mike Lynch, receives his award as the most influential person in UK IT, and talks about the prospects for the UK IT community.
UKtech50: Mark Bramwell, The pursuit of extraordinary inspiration

In this session, Mark Bramwell will explain the fundamental role that technology plays in the extraordinary improvements in human and animal health pursued by the Wellcome Trust—the world’s largest medical research charity after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. With this in mind, he will share real-life examples as to how providing the IT that underpins these goals acts as a daily source of inspiration and motivation for himself and the Trust’s IT team. Mark sees inspiration as a key ingredient in the process of turning research ideas and investments into tangible results that benefit medical research and human and animal health. This is a feel- good, human story as opposed to a profit-making story.
UKtech50: John Seglias, Stop worrying – and love consumer products!

In a not-too-distant past, the mere suggestion of allowing consumer products into the enterprise would result in CIOs and their staff breaking into a cold sweat. All sorts of barriers for consumer products at work would be erected: information security policies, non-standardised IT support issues, security incompatibilities. John Seglias was one of those CIOs—but he has “seen the light.” In this presentation, Seglias re-emerges as an advocate for consumer devices as the IT department’s allies in the move towards a brighter future where network infrastructures are thrown in the skip, LAN security is forgotten and organisations embrace the “noffice”.
UKtech50: Ian Alderton, Embracing the future

Ian Alderton, CIO for corporate banking at Royal Bank of Scotland, talks about embracing the role of futurologist as a key to organisational success.
UKtech50: Mike Sackman, From installing technology to implementing change

Tired of the IT community at large continually referring to the rest of their organisations as “the business” and then shocked to hear the same language being used in his own department, Mike Sackman decided it was time for change. Technology had become integral to the success of M&B but somehow, most of the IT team saw themselves as outsiders—and some of the people in the department even seemed to like this perspective. Mike’s talk will focus on how he repositioned the team as central to the successful delivery of his firm’s strategy through the execution of a set of simple, but game-changing ideas.
UKtech50: Simon Moorhead - Seeking light – how CIOs can support the search for truth

CIOs have a pivotal role in ensuring that organisations make the most of their information, and enable business leaders and frontline staff to make the best decisions. Illustrated by examples from the Bank of England’s 317-year-old archive and together with its current experiences, Simon Moorhead’s talk will focus on “know what you know”, the value of information over process and the use of tools to support frontline staff in sharing information.
UKtech50: John Harris - Lite-IT innovation cells

In this presentation, John Harris will share his experience around how the concept of small, independent, empowered cells are transforming the pace and capability of IT to innovate at GSK.
UKtech50: India Gary-Martin, From techie to COO: the road less travelled

Managing director of investment banking technology and operations at JPMorgan India Gary-Martin has held top IT roles around the world
UKtech50: Andy Beale, Digital disruption and digital sustainability

Guardian News & Media technology director Andy Beale talks about business model transformation from print to digital and what has been learned.
UKtech50: Simon Meredith, Transforming: A continuing journey of change in business

Computer Weekly hosted an event at the Science Museum in London to coincide with the announcement of the UKtech50 list of the most influential people in UK IT. We invited top IT leaders to share their great ideas for how to innovate with IT, influence the role of technology in their organisation, and inspire their peers. This video is one of a series of the speakers talking to the audience of IT leaders.
UKtech50: Peter Blower, ITʼs the human connection!

As technology became ubiquitous in our lives, coffee chain Starbucks created a “third place” between home and office, where people can connect with each other. With the emergence of digital media channels, Starbucks has been a leader in extending the connection with customers beyond the walls of its stores. Today, the mantra for the business has been to use technology to deepen these relationships and further extend the in-store experience. In this presentation, Peter Blower will explain how Starbucks has used IT to get closer to its customers and solve problems — rather than deploying technology for the sake of it.
UKtech50: Phil Pavitt, How to transform your IT estate without capital investment

CIO Phil Pavitt on how HMRC is making one of the UK’s largest IT estates modern, cost-effective and sustainable, saving £131m per year.
Video: Social Media Awards - Winners and party

The Social Media Awards ended with a big bang as those shortlisted filled the Delfina for the awards ceremony and party. Watch the video to get a feel for what turned out to be a great night, or even try spotting yourself.
UKtech50: Simon Meredith on the state of UK IT

In this UKtech video, judge [insert name and title] gives his views on the state of UK IT and the role of IT leaders in the UK economy.
UKtech50: Tom Wills-Sandford on the role of IT leaders in the UK economy

In this UKtech video, judge Tom Wills-Sandford gives his views on the state of UK IT and the role of IT leaders in the UK economy.
UKtech50: Adam Thilthorpe on the most influential people in UK IT

In this UKtech video, judge Adam Thilthorpe gives his views on the state of UK IT and the role of IT leaders in the UK economy.
UKtech50: Marc Dowd on the state of UK IT

In this UKtech video, judge Marc Dowd gives his views on the state of UK IT and the role of IT leaders in the UK economy.
UKtech50: John Harris on the role of IT leaders in the UK IT economy

In this UKtech50 video, judge John Harris gives his views on the state of UK IT and the role of IT leaders in the UK economy.
UKtech50: The judges decide

Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT.
CW & FT video debates – IT leadership and the CEO

In a series of monthly video debates, Computer Weekly and the Financial Times invite a panel of experts to discuss business and IT issues.
CW and FT video debates – IT and financial services

In a series of monthly video debates, Computer Weekly and the Financial Times invite a panel of experts to discuss business and IT issues.
CW500: BAA CIO Philip Langsdale

Airport operator BAA has undergone a massive IT transformation in its Heathrow operations, with IT cost savings exceeding £100m.
CW500: Peter Ransom, chief information officer, Oxfam

In this CW500 Club video, Peter Ransom talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud.
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.
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.
CW500: Bill McCluggage, deputy government CIO

In this CW500 Club video, deputy government CIO Bill McCluggage talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the "digital by default" agenda and the changes in central government IT strategy.
CW500: Jos Creese, CIO of Hampshire County Council

In this CW500 Club video, Local CIO Council chairman Jos Creese, the CIO of Hampshire County Council, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about how the government’s online plans will be delivered by local authorities and the challenges in making it happen.
Video: London 2012 IT - Computer Weekly meets British Olympian Roger Black

To celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games, Computer Weekly talked to one of the great British Olympians Roger Black - about how excitement is building and the role that technology plays for the athletes preparing for the event.
CW500: Phil Dixon, development director at betting exchange Betfair

In this CW500 Club video, Phil Dixon, development director at betting exchange Betfair, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the challenges posed by advances on the web and discusses the direction that online strategies will take in the next few years.
CW500: Ken Woghiren, BBC Worldwide head of architecture & strategy

In this CW500 Club video, BBC Worldwide head of architecture & strategy Ken Woghiren, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the challenges posed by advances on the web and discusses the direction that online strategies will take in the next few years.
CW500: James Christian, head of innovations at online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter

In this CW500 Club video, James Christian, head of innovations at online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the challenges posed by advances on the web and discusses the direction that online strategies will take in the next few years.
CW500: David Smith, managing director at online retail trade body IMRG

In this CW500 Club video, David Smith, managing director at online retail trade body IMRG, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the challenges posed by advances on the web and discusses the direction that online strategies will take in the next few years.
CW500: Harvey Nichols retail operations director, Martin Schofield

In this CW500 video Schofield talked to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the challenges of moving from the IT department to the boardroom.
CW500: Mitchells & Butlers commercial director Robin Young

In this CW500 video Young talked to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the challenges of moving from the IT department to the boardroom.
Hadoop's run into enterprise cloud

Free enterprise cloud software from Hadoop is causing a lot of buzz in the market, and the economics of the public cloud are leading customers to more mid-sized cloud providers.
CIO revs up highway patrol with massive application modernization

Most CIOs take on application modernization one legacy app at a time. That wasn't the case with the Missouri State Highway Patrol's intrepid CIO.
CW500: Directgov CTO David Matthewman on managing IT for today and future users

In this CW500 Club video, Open University CIO and former Directgov CTO David Matthewman talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the challenges and opportunities of managing IT for today and tomorrow's users.
CW500: Lloyds of London CIS Marcus Alldrick

In this CW500 Club video interview, Lloyd’s of London chief information security officer Marcus Alldrick talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about IT security in the digital age and the biggest challenges faced by IT leaders.
CW500: LSE professor and cyber war expert Peter Sommer

In this CW500 Club video interview, London School of Economics professor and cyber war expert Peter Sommer talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about IT security in the digital age and the biggest challenges faced by IT leaders.
CW500: Antonis Patrikios, senior associate at law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse

In this CW500 Club video interview, Antonis Patrikios, senior associate at law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about IT security in the digital age and the biggest challenges faced by IT leaders.
Infosec 2011: The security advantages and pitfalls of personal mobile devices in the workplace

Allowing employees to use personal mobile devices for work purposes can increase productivity and improve security measures – but it can can security risks
Infosec 2011: Consumerisation of IT is a fact of security life, says Lord Erroll

Organisations must accept change, embrace consumerisation of IT, and ensure security by focusing on the most sensitive data, says Lord Erroll.
Infosec 2011: The economics of security

Paul Simmond, a board member, of the IT security group Jericho Forum, and former CISO of ICI and AstraZeneca, hosted a panel on the economics of security.
CW500: Marcus East, Comic Relief head of future media & technology

In this CW500 Club video, Comic Relief head of future media & technology Marcus East talks to Computer weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about managing such a unique high-availability IT operation.
Security IT technical skills in demand

According to the most recent salary survey conducted by Acumin Consulting Ltd. in partnership with SearchSecurity.co.UK, IT technical skills are in demand when it comes to information security.
Video: RSA to put EMC and partner resources into Cloud Trust Authority

RSA, the security division of EMC, plans to promote secure corporate adoption of the cloud
Video: Virtualisation and cloud can boost security, says Art Coviello

Businesses should be looking to virtualisation and the cloud not only as a means of achieving server consolidation and cutting costs, but also as a way of improving the security of the enterprise
CW500: Ben Booth, Ipsos CIO talks about managing global IT departments

In this CW500 video interview, Ben Booth, CIO at global market research group Ipsos, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about his experiences of managing such a highly diverse, distributed and multi-lingual IT operation.
Video: How compatible are your applications?

In this video ComputerWeekly.com's Cliff Saran, speaks to Greg Lambert, chief technical architect at application compatibility company, ChangeBase.
Video: Technology makeover - CIO spends over £1m on house renovation

Rather than build an indoor swimming pool or make room for tennis courts, Kevin O'Connor, CIO at Paddy Power, has spent £200,000 on a home automation system for his London home as part of a house renovation project costing over £1m.
CW500: Tim Jennings, research fellow at analyst Ovum on key technology trends for 2011

In this video from the CW500 Club’s first meeting of the year, Tim Jennings, research fellow at analyst Ovum, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the key technology trends for 2011.
CW500: Tom McEwan, head of the IT group at PA Consulting on the economic environment

In this video from the CW500 Club’s first meeting of the year, Tom McEwan, head of the IT group at PA Consulting, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the economic environment for 2011 as it effects CIOs.
CW500: Albert Ellis of Harvey Nash on recruitment, skills and career development issues for 2011

In this video from the CW500 Club’s first meeting of the year, Albert Ellis, chief executive of recruitment specialist Harvey Nash, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the major recruitment, skills and career development issues for 2011.
Video: Amazon's action against WikiLeaks 'dangerous for cloud computing'

The Wikileaks controversy and the subsequent action taken by its service provider Amazon has brought calls from customers and service providers alike for...
Video: Revealed: The best and worst IT service providers of 2010

Interview with Lee Ayling, managing director, UK information technology advisory, Equaterra
CW500: Best practice in IT supplier management - interview with Royal Mail’s Antony Hayes

As organisations face ever-increasing demands to drive down costs and increase efficiency, supplier management becomes one of the most important roles of the modern IT department.
GRC tools high on HDFC Bank’s infosec priorities for 2011

HDFC Bank lists governance, risk and compliance as its top information security priority for 2011. Investments in GRC tools on the charts for next year.
IIFL's IT budget to cover BCP in 2011

India Infoline (IIFL) plans to use its IT budget for 2011-12 for business continuity process (BCP) solutions and expansion.
Yes Bank to invest in private cloud, mobility and social media

Umesh Jain, president and CIO, Yes Bank shares that his company’s top three technology initiatives will include―private cloud, M-Wallet, and social media―as part of its IT priorities in 2011.
IT priorities 2011 for Shoppers Stop

In this first installment of SearchCIO India’s IT priorities for Indian businesses 2011 Edition, we bring you Arun Gupta, Customer Care Associate and Group CTO, Shoppers Stop. In the video interview, he details his company's IT priorities for 2011.
CW500: Collaborating with your peers – the retailer’s view

In this video from the CW500 Club, Computer Weekly’s IT leadership networking forum, John Bovill, CIO of Aurora Fashions, the owner of Coast, Oasis & Warehouse retail brands, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about how cross-company collaboration can work even in a competitive field such as retail.
CW500: Collaborating with your peers – the charity sector view

In a recessionary environment, sharing best practices in IT is more important than ever. Collaboration is becoming a new and important source of competitive advantage and increasingly, organisations are moving away from the traditional model of secrecy about their IT operations.
CW500: Collaborating with your peers – the local government view

In this video from the CW500 Club, Computer Weekly’s IT leadership networking forum, Nick Roberts, IT business change manager at Surrey County Council, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about how collaboration is becoming essential in the public sector to deliver efficiency improvements and meet targets for spending cuts.
Video: The Blog Awards Winners - How does it feel to have won?

The IT Blog Awards were held at The Delfina last week, in this video we catch up with some of the winners to find out how it feels to have been voted top blog by the public.
3D video: Highlights of the Blog Awards

This year's Blog Awards was bigger and betetr than ever, we even managed to sneak some 3D video and pictures.
3D Video voxpops: How will social media change in 2011?

At this year's Blog Awards, in association with IBM, we quizzed a couple of the Blogger's elite on how they thought social media would change in 2011.
USB gadgets and gizmos present data-theft risks

In this video, learn how new USB gadgets and gizmos could be used to siphon off your sensitive data.
Video: What is the next big thing in social media?

At this year's Blog Awards, we quizzed the best and brightest of the UK Blogging scene on what they thought would make the biggest impact in social media for 2011.
IT security salary data: Security recruitment growing

Security recruitment is trending upwards, according to recent IT security salary data from Acumin Ltd.
Video: Juniper Research on next-generation mobile broadband

The arrival of next generation broadband will lead to a rapid growth in mobile devices - adding to the difficulty of hardware support for IT departments.
How to design a cloud service-level agreement

Join S. Shivashankar, VP, Head IT Infrastructure & Security Operations of Reliance Communications who will share his valuable advice on effectively designing a service level agreement (SLA) document.
Preparing a legal framework for cloud services

In this video, Louise Handley, a partner at law firm Lee & Priestley, discusses the issues IT managers and service providers need to address when services are put in the cloud.
Video: RSA president Art Coviello on creating an 'air traffic control' system for data protection

In this exclusive interview, RSA president Art Coviello explains how his vision of of an air traffic control system for IT security would work and the role of the security industry in establishing such a system
Video: Martin Kristensson, IT emergency coordinator at the World Food Programme

Martin Kristensson oversees the delivery of IT for the World Food Programme, a United Nations agency. He joined the organisation nearly two decades ago and his current job involves the delivery of technology under very challenging situations, such as the recent floodings in Pakistan and the earthquake in Haiti.
Video: James Gardner, chief technology officer, Department for Work and Pensions

James Gardner, chief technology officer at the DWP, is focusing his team on innovation as a way to reduce costs as further public sector cuts are expected in the Comprehensive Spending Review next month.
Video: Getting the right IT staff is no joke, Marcus East CIO of Comic Relief

Computer Weekly caught up with Marcus East, CIO of Comic Relief, who discussed which personal qualities make an effective computer department.
Video: Reducing IT spend through system procurement and operation

Bill McCluggage, deputy government CIO and director of ICT strategy and policy at the Office of the Government CIO wants to provide a level playing field to enable open source suppliers to compete for business within government.
Video: What is the outlook for IT budgets next year?

Computer Weekly caught up with Terry Woodjets, vice-chair of SNIA; Vish Mulchand, software product marketing manager of 3Par and Anthony Haywood, chief technology...
Video: How the British Library plans to support research in years to come

Our article took an in-depth look at the consultation the British Library is embarking on to discover what research tools it should be using for the future. Its Growing Knowledge exhibition will kick this dialogue off, running for nine months from October 12th.
Video: How does the role of the IT professional need to change?

At the 360°IT infrastructure event at Earl's Court this week, Computer Weekly asked experts about the IT skills gap and how the role of an IT professional might change.
Video: How to lay your own fibre network

There have been many calls for the UK to get fibre to the home and office as a way to catch up with its economic competitors. Some have turned radical, installing their own fibre links…
Video: Vaizey promises to discuss BT connection charges

Broadband minister Ed Vaizey has promised to discuss BT charges that raise costs for other network operators that need to connect to BT equipment.
Video: How Chevron is changing the way it manages IT

Jack Anderson, who is in charge of innovation at Chevron, explains the energy giant's involvement with IVI and what it is getting out of the IT Capability Maturity Framework.
Video: SAP delivers sustainability software on Apple's iPad

Enterprise software maker SAP is committed to a strategy of delivering softare on-premise, on-demand and on-device.
CW500: IT at British Airways – how to do even more with even less

In this CW500 Club video, Coby talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about how he met such a unique set of challenges.
Video: Windows Phone 7 first look

Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft's latest attempt at building a phone operating system, but does it really work?