Articles By Richard Sykes at CIO UK

Platform arrivals

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:25:00 GMT

Dependable platforms are key to the continued growth of cloud-served software, and opportunities abound for vendors able to provide secure integrated platforms

The integration game

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:27:00 GMT

The cloud is the answer, but many customers are unwilling to ask the question

CIO Profile: Play.com's Francesco de Marchis's technology roadmap

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:55:00 GMT

Service oriented architecture (SOA)gives Play.com IT leader Francesco de Marchis the flexibility to create a community of suppliers

CIO Profile: Play.com's Francesco de Marchis plays the global game

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:25:00 GMT

Acquisition by a Japanese online retailer has given Francesco de Marchis the means to aim for the top

The curious incident of Hillingdon and Google

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:02:00 GMT

Cloud-sourced IT services offer massive savings, so why doesn?t the entire public sector shift to Google Apps? Because the current situation suits all parties too well

Live long and prosper

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:34:00 GMT

The likely longevity of a product line or vendor should be�an important consideration in any software purchase. But�it is possible to spot imminent obsolescence

100 and growing

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:00:45 GMT

In parallel with this issue we are re-launching the CIO 100 - available at www.cio.co.uk/cio100 - and it is with great pleasure I can announce that the top five CIOs in the 100. They are: Trevor Didcock of easyJet, Myron Hyrcyk of Severn Trent Water; Jane Moran at Thomson Reuters; Darrell Stein...

CIO Profile: Sander Kristel's clear vision for Staffordshire Council

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:16:00 GMT

Under CIO Sander Kristel, Staffordshire County Council already has a public service network and joined-up authorities. Could he be the Cabinet Office?s model IT leader?

7 key strengths the top 20 of the CIO 100 exhibited

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:09:00 GMT

These are the key strengths that the leading CIOs exhibited and were used as the criteria for the judgement of the CIO 100. The same strengths were used to assess the submissions by CIOs to the CIO 100.

Why transformation matters to me

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:52:44 GMT

The new CIO 100 is judged on the transformation agenda that the leading CIOs in the UK exhibit. Along with the judging panel that analysed the finalists we all felt that transformation was the most important aspect of a CIO's role in any organisation.As I've said elsewhere on the CIO and CIO 100...

The CIO 100 transforms

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:21:53 GMT

The CIO 100 for 2012 has just gone live on this title and like the CIO's in it a major transformation has taken place in the way it operates.The key word is transformation. The editorial team of CIO UK believe that organisations will need to embrace transformation of they are to have a place in...

CIO Profile: P&G's Dave Ubachs on the future of the CIO

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:16:00 GMT

For one of Procter & Gamble's IT heads, if the CIO isn't on the board, they cannot continue to stay relevant

CIO Profile: P&G's Dave Ubachs on supplier management and mergers

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:13:00 GMT

Dave Ubachs deals with the world's biggest suppliers on a global scale. For many, he is their number one customer.

CIO Profile: P&G's Dave Ubachs on providing global solutions

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:10:00 GMT

Ubachs and his CIO peers across the P&G empire got there through a corporate-wide understanding that CIOs needed to be central to the challenges the organisation faces

SMEs must go global for outsourcing

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:17:00 GMT

Offshoring needn?t be the sole preserve of big players: small technology companies can enjoy the benefits of ?brain extension? as both clients and suppliers

Database wars enter a new phase

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:33:00 GMT

The row versus column debate is a moot point in the database world ? old hands and newcomers alike must turn their attention towards building better optimisers

The LaaS frontier

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:06:00 GMT

Wireless working has freed IT folk from infrastructure management to concentrate on securing vital market gains like finding focused expertise at the best prices

An application of quality

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:22:00 GMT

Investing in mobile apps is a great way of interacting with customers and building the brand, but your software must be useful, functional and 100 per cent reliable

Time to be a Chief Wisdom Officer

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:54:00 GMT

Like western medicine, IT tackles the symptoms, not the problem, says Ade McCormack. CIOs must adopt a more holistic approach

Talking testing

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:16:00 GMT

Testing professionals are too concerned with technical design and execution processes, neglecting the strategic frameworks that will win the approval of the board

Procure for all ills

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:58:00 GMT

Buying enterprise software isn't like ordering stationery as canny vendors often make up the price and the rules. Specialised procurement staff can help secure a fair deal

CIO Profile: Gwyn Thomas of the Welsh Assembly is building a united nation

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:25:00 GMT

Wales CIO sees leadership that delivers agreed services across sectors as the route to efficiency and innovation in the Welsh economy

Which top Whitehall CIO will replace Joe Harley?

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:49:15 GMT

We reported on Tuesday that Joe Harley is leaving his post as CIO for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and as Government CIO when he retires in the spring of 2012. DWP, which is already looking for a deputy CIO having lost Bill McCluggage to EMC, said it would start looking for a CIO...

The constantly evolving IT industry can learn a lot from more mature fields

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:53:00 GMT

The constantly evolving IT industry can learn a lot from more mature fields, not least how clients needs can be met in different, but no less appropriate, ways

The constantly evolving IT industry can learn a lot from more mature fields

feedback@cio.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:53:00 GMT

The constantly evolving IT industry can learn a lot from more mature fields, not least how clients needs can be met in different, but no less appropriate, ways