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Interview: Retail in the iPad age

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John Lewis IT chief Paul Coby tells Stuart Sumner how the tablet phenomenon is impacting customer service and online sales at the retail giant
19 Apr 2012

Opinion: Trust me, I’m a C-level executive

Computing reporter Stuart Sumner
If it’s the CEO or CTO saying it, it must be true, mustn’t it?
04 Apr 2012

Study: 70 per cent of CIOs say they need more support from the board

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BCS survey suggests IT leaders lack tools and boardroom influence to meet the challenges they face
16 Mar 2012

Campaign: How IT can shine in the global spotlight

To launch Computing’s new campaign, ‘UK technology in the year of the Olympics’, Stuart Sumner highlights some of the opportunities and challenges facing IT leaders in 2012
08 Mar 2012

Exploding the myth of the UK ‘skills gap’


02 Mar 2012

The role of the CIO in business


02 Mar 2012

Generation Y needs to grow up


09 Jan 2012

IT chiefs urged to strengthen board ties

Boards lacking in IT expertise increasingly control IT investment, warn analysts
03 Nov 2011

It’s the final countdown...

With just days to go to the UK IT Industry Awards ceremony, we focus on the finalists in the Business Project of the Year category, sponsored by TDX
01 Nov 2011

IBM promotes Virginia Rometty to CEO

IT giant appoints its first female CEO
26 Oct 2011

City of London Corporation hunting for new CIO

Closing date for applications is 9 November
26 Oct 2011

Co-operative Group poaches Boots IT director

Andy Haywood will take over the IT reins at the Co-op at the beginning of 2012
30 Sep 2011

UK IT Industry Awards: Meet the IT leaders vying for the title 'CIO of the Year'

To help set the scene for November’s UK IT Industry Awards, we profile the finalists for the Qedis-sponsored CIO of the Year award
19 Sep 2011

FDM Group urges IT industry to take on more females

In the wake of impressive GCSE results in IT, FDM Group says industry should aim to attract more young women into IT
30 Aug 2011

Computing roundtable: CIOs say the network is key to cloud success

Our expert panel highlighted concerns over network resilience as a barrier to uptake of hosted cloud computing services by enterprise IT departments
25 Aug 2011

Valley of the dulls


24 Aug 2011

Interview: BAE Systems head of strategy and architecture, Malcolm Carrie

Serving the IT needs of a large and expanding ‘federated’ user base that handles highly classified data can sometimes mean going against industry orthodoxies
03 Aug 2011

Adaptability is the key to survival in IT


02 Aug 2011

Essential skills for a CIO


02 Aug 2011

BAA appoints its first CTO

Ex-ITV man Simon Fell is to take the role, reporting to CIO Philip Langsdale
25 Jul 2011

MicroStrategy World 2011: Facebook and eBay team up to crack 'big data' problems

Facebook CIO Tim Campos wants two firms to get their BI teams together to discuss mutual challenges
13 Jul 2011

IT Industry Awards: A small IT team looks back on its big success

Last year’s Small IT Department of the Year is hungry for more recognition
06 Jul 2011

Inside knowledge trumps external advice when it comes to contracts and procurement


27 Jun 2011

Negotiating cloud contracts: deal or no deal?

On 7 June, our IT Leaders Forum highlighted the difficulties of entering into cloud contracts. Derek du Preez explains why negotiations are not always straightforward
21 Jun 2011