Articles By Bryan Cruickshank at CIO UK

Listen and learn, listen and lead

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:27:58 GMT

It's nice to know you are not alone sometimes. The CIO of a major NHS hospital recently told me one of his leadership peers described his and every leadership role as being lonely. In my own experience, there is always that nagging doubt that I'm falling behind the times, or increasingly, that...

The real strength of consumerisation is that it simplifies working lives

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:57:37 GMT

Keep it simple, stupid - KISS - was a mantra hammered into me in my early days as a news and sports reporter. It's one that has served me well.Simplification can be a double-edged sword. Listen to the arguments of UKIP's politicians and fear grips you that people may actually believe their...

Adapt or die

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:53:53 GMT

A 20-year-old entering the workforce or becoming a customer of your organisation is unlikely to have heard of Y2K. Yet I suspect for almost all of us, it was a significant chapter in our working lives.At seven, as my daughter is now, century date change issues in enterprise computing systems are...

The Cooperative Group CIO Andy Haywood interview key quotes

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:48:00 GMT

Andy Haywood's diversity challenge as the Co-op Group CIO

Steve Connor, Carillion CIO, the key quotes

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:37:00 GMT

Carillion is a relatively new name for a company that has been part of the construction and support services industry in some shape or form for over a century.

The CIO portfolio will be as diverse as society

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:00:38 GMT

It is widely accepted that although difficult at times, the diversity in UK society has been beneficial to this country. Based on CIO round table events and a slew of recent interviews, it looks as if the enterprise application landscape is about to go through a diversity transformation akin to...

Jaguar Land Rover CIO Jeremy Vincent interview, the key quotes

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:13:00 GMT

The big cat bites back

Write once, exploit anywhere

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:05:28 GMT

Is Java safe for enterprises or for individual users? A question that has been the topic of the month since the most recent widely publicised zero-day vulnerabilities and associated exploits in Oracle's Java distribution. Not a question though, that has a straightforward answer.Java was...

Andy Haywood's diversity challenge as the Co-op Group CIO

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:39:00 GMT

From food and finance to farming and funerals, the Co-operative Group touches all parts of our lives. Andy Haywood�??s IT strategy is to bring all these strands together as one

CIO Jeremy Vincent hunts down an exciting future at Jaguar Land Rover

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:45:00 GMT

A difficult past isn�??t stopping Jaguar Land Rover and its CIO Jeremy Vincent from hunting down an exciting future

Visa Europe's CIO Steve Chambers plays his next card

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:53:00 GMT

Its new payment processing platform is live, but the pace of change at an increasingly technology-led Visa Europe shows no sign of letting up, says its CIO Steve Chambers

LV= CIO Richard Warner the key quotes

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:46:00 GMT

Insurance firm's CIO shares his title with his IT department

How IT will drive the people agenda

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:12:00 GMT

CIOs are no stranger to the HR department. In the past three years alone, some 70 per cent of HR functions say they have increased their use of mobile or web platforms and nearly half say they now use cloud services within their core operations.

2013, its life Jim but not as we know it�?�.

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:17:00 GMT

So another year draws to a close and a new one begins. I know I say this every year but where did 2012 go?

Assessing the security of the devices entering the CIO's domain

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:35:16 GMT

There appears to be room for a "big three" at the top of the smartphone tree at the moment.The operating systems that appear to have solidified their dominance, at least in the consumer marketplace are Apple's iOS and Google's Android, leaving Microsoft and Research in Motion slugging it out for...

Eating the data elephant

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:11:00 GMT

The problem facing CIOs is not how to gather data, but how to turn existing data into meaningful business decisions

MDM grows up, slowly

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:22:00 GMT

Data management software of one form or another has been around for a quarter of a century, yet typically slow corporate take-up means it�??s still considered niche

The art of effective collaboration

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:01:00 GMT

Collaboration has to start with people and culture. This is not to say that tools and technologies aren�??t important, but you have to start by creating the kind of environment that encourages people to work together.

Redefining BYOD

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:38:47 GMT

More companies are seeing the benefits of allowing their employees to bring personally owned devices into the workplace and onto the corporate network. The familiarity of having your own smartphone for work means that you can work faster and, perhaps cynically from the employer's perspective,...

Data quality checked

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:34:00 GMT

The data quality software industry largely consists of name-and-address checkers, leaving a gap in the market for developers willing to tackle more complex information

In praise of local knowledge

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:04:00 GMT

CIOs from regional Britain are showing our national majors the way to invest in UK talent, encouraging startups and entrepreneurs and boosting the economy

The Buck stops where?

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:33:16 GMT

Should software vendors be liable for vulnerabilities in the products they sell? Are they already liable to some degree, or would new legislation be required in order to make it so? These are interesting questions, sure to provoke strong opinions on both sides of the fence.In almost every case,...

E.ON signs �?�50m ERP management deal with Capgemini

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:28:00 GMT

Operations transitioned from internal units to the service provider

Goldman Sachs to move to modular datacentre strategy

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:17:00 GMT

Long-term partnership deal signed with IO

The State of MDM

feedback@cio.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:45:00 GMT

One definitive set of data in a company is still an uncommon occurance, says Andy Hayler, but the signs are that the situation is improving