Articles By Richard Plant at CIO UK

The integration game

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

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

The curious incident of Hillingdon and Google

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — 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

Barclays launches mobile money payment

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:31:00 GMT

Any account can be credited by Barclays customers over a smartphone

20 companies to watch in 2012

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:38:00 GMT

Four fist-fulls of technology innovators tipped to top the headlines in the next twelve months

Isle of Man government to save �540,000 a year in private cloud

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:36:00 GMT

Savings could scale in UK, says CTO

Tate galleries to get �1m+ website revamp

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:08:00 GMT

New website will replace decade-old system

Don't miss the train

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:36 GMT

It's no secret that the state of the UK education system is in a bit of a state, especially when it comes to preparing school leavers for the skills necessary for employment in an IT discipline. Businesses have for a long time complained that the teaching of technology in the UK is out of step...

CIO Profile: Trinity Mirror's Tony Pusey on pioneering retail systems

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:24:00 GMT

Before joining Trinity Mirror, CIO Tony Pusey worked in retail with maverics like Phlip Green

CIO Profile: Trinity Mirror's Tony Pusey on the tech for the modern newspaper

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:18:00 GMT

Trinity Mirror CIO Tony Pusey outlines the big technology partners he has chosen to keep the company agile and moving with the shifting demands of the media market

CIO Profile: Tony Pusey of Trinity Mirror on the switch from paper to pixels

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:04:00 GMT

Few industries have been altered by technology quite as much as publishing, and media-savvy CIOs are leading the reinvention

Oxford Aviation Academy: planes training and simulators

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:23:00 GMT

Although a good deal of commercial flight students training is in a real aircraft thousands of feet up in the air, computerised learning also has an essential part to play. Oxford Aviation Academy is going through the process of revamping its infrastructure to cope with a global demand for new...

M&B chains get hosted infrastructure

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:58:00 GMT

Pub and restaurant chain signs up Fujitsu for pay-per-use service

Comet head of IS Kevin O'Brien leaves for consultancy

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:52:00 GMT

Retail IT boss goes to independent IT consultant

SMEs must go global for outsourcing

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — 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

5 innovation killers and how to avoid them

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:00:03 GMT

Taking advantage oftechnology to drive and accelerate innovation is a key aspect of every CIO's role. As we continue to bump along through the ongoing economic turbulence, innovation --your company's ability to create and deliver new forms of customer value -- is increasingly important to...

12 essential habits of new IT hires

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:07:57 GMT

Many CIOs will be thinking about reducing their headcount, rather than recruiting new staff, but if you are in the enviable position of having a vacancy to fill, it's critical to make the best of the opportunity and select a star player. As department heads, you will already have a good nose for...

No more public v private sector mindset

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:42:40 GMT

It's no secret that public sector IT is under a huge amount of pressure at the moment to create opportunities for cutting costs. Some of the deliverables that some public sector IT departments are expected to achieve amount to nothing more than a complete reinvention of their purpose and...

File sharing: some facts

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:53:00 GMT

The data in this slide show was provided by the One.com File Sharing Survey in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and the UK in November-December 2011. Sharing grows Fact one: More files were shared in Western Europe in 2011 than in 2010 Slow on the phone Fact two: There is...

Education Secretary Michael Gove schools ICT plan gets industry backing

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:41:00 GMT

Industry organisations have welcomed Education Secretary Michael Gove's announcement today of fundamental overhaul in the way ICT is taught in schools

No more public v private sector mindset

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:05:33 GMT

CIO Profile: Newham Council's Geoff Connell on the borough's 2012 transformation

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:57:00 GMT

The veteran IT boss of one of the most disadvantaged boroughs in London is positive that its fortunes are on an uptick

Asos IT director Dan West's approach to supporting online fashion

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:39:00 GMT

ASOS is an incredibly fast growing brand and as its IT director Dan West explains, his IT strategy has to develop at the same pace. That calls for some pretty progressive thinking but at the same time demands systems that are robust enought to be at the core of the business. For the full profile...

The LaaS frontier

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — 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

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — 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

CIO Profile: May Gurney's Ian Cox on contract management

richard_plant@cio.co.uk (Richard Plant) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:44:00 GMT

Ian Cox's experience in facialities management has helped him engage non-IT executives at May Gurney in the technology projects that have helped the company's growth