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Interviews

Technology that drives success: An interview with Trader Media’s CIO, Tim Jones

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As Trader Media Group prepares to publish the very last print edition of Auto Trader magazine, CIO Tim Jones tells Sooraj Shah about the next stage in the company’s ambitious multi-platform digital strategy
16 May 2013

Keeping NI Group fit to print: an interview with the newspaper giant's CISO

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Chief information security officer Amar Singh says newspaper publishers like NI Group face growing threats from cyber space, while BYOD and social media are making data leaks increasingly likely. So how is he tackling these challenges?
15 May 2013

When technology meets art: embracing a digital future at the Southbank Centre

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London’s Southbank Centre is on course to become the world’s most technologically advanced arts complex
14 May 2013

Interview: Paul Woobey, CIO, Office for National Statistics

Woobey discusses big data, how Oracle Exadata has improved budgetary calculations tenfold, and why he won't use the cloud
08 May 2013

FA hopes to score with new technology

Sooraj Shah hears how technology has helped the FA develop some of the best facilities in the world for players, coaches and supporters
30 Apr 2013

Interview: Sarah Leslie, Iglo Foods CIO

Sarah Leslie, CIO of Iglo Foods Group - which operates the Birds Eye brand in the UK - explains why she feels confident in outsourcing her data centres to the cloud in the post-2e2 era
29 Apr 2013

Security education: Training to beat tomorrow's hackers

Computing visits Coventry University to find out how they're training the cyber-security experts of the future to beat hackers at their own game
19 Apr 2013

Where innovation is always on the menu: an interview with Pret a Manger's IT chief

Fast-growing food chain Pret a Manger prides itself on serving high-quality fresh produce with the minimum of fuss. But behind this simple concept lies a technology stack that is constantly evolving
18 Apr 2013

IT keeps Warburtons on a roll: an interview with Martin Ogden

Martin Ogden tells Peter Gothard how IT is helping the bakery to maintain profitability in the face of rising fuel and wheat prices
04 Apr 2013

Banking on co-operation: an interview with Co-op Banking Group's Andy Birds

Peter Gothard meets salesman-turned-applications manager Andy Birds, whose ability to speak the language of both technology and business has helped the Co-operative Banking Group to save £1.5m on service contracts
20 Mar 2013

The evolving world of consumer data: an interview with Clive Humby

One half of the former dunnhumby team tells Computing his views on the consumer data landscape
15 Mar 2013

BlackBerry UK MD 10 claims all's well with BB10 despite price cuts

Rob Orr says firm is determined to differentiate itself 'on the middle ground'
07 Mar 2013

IT delivers growth at Domino’s: an interview with CIO Colin Rees

CIO Colin Rees tells Sooraj Shah how mobile apps, capacity management, cloud computing and analytics are helping Domino’s to knock spots off the competition
05 Mar 2013

Enterprise mobility: from A to Beeb

Stuart Sumner talks to the BBC’s chief technology officer, John Linwood, about enterprise mobility, and how it underpins almost every aspect of the organisation’s operations
20 Feb 2013

Interview with Tim Minahan executive VP of network strategy at Ariba

When Ariba met HANA
11 Feb 2013

Finger on the pulse: an interview with Bupa's Yasmin Jetha

Bupa CIO Yasmin Jetha talks to Peter Gothard about private clouds, Agile development, BYOD and the expanding role of the CIO, and explains why you’ll never find a Bupa USB stick abandoned on a train
06 Feb 2013

Interview with 4G bidder MLL Telecom’s CTO Peter Jennings

Jennings tells Computing what the company would do if it won spectrum at the 4G auction
31 Jan 2013

Forecast for council IT: more cloud

Staffordshire IT chief Sander Kristel discusses his first experience of using the G-Cloud procurement service, and explains why he believes cloud will play an increasingly important role in public-sector ICT
23 Jan 2013

In defence of security software - an interview with Trend Micro's Rik Ferguson

Trend Micro's global vice president of security research, Rik Ferguson, talks to Computing about how anti-virus software has developed and why it shouldn't be classified as 'just' anti-virus
18 Jan 2013

Linus Torvalds interview: 'All my daughter wanted for Christmas was a polymerase chain reaction machine'

In the final part of a three-part interview, Linux creator and Millennium Technology Prize winner Linus Torvalds talks about the new frontiers of technology – and the 'benefits' of his own 'cult of personality'
04 Jan 2013

Linus Torvalds interview: Linux and the future of computing

In the second part of a three-part interview, Linux creator and Millennium Technology Prize winner Linus Torvalds talks about real-world Linux and looks into the future
17 Dec 2012

A force to be reckoned: an interview with the Met's Ailsa Beaton

Ailsa Beaton has been CIO at the Metropolitan Police for 12 years. She tells Computing how the organisation's information systems have changed in that time - and how they may change in the future
13 Dec 2012

Linus Torvalds interview: From VIC-20 to Raspberry Pi

In the first part of a three-part interview, Linux creator and Millennium Technology Prize winner Linus Torvalds talks about how he got Linux off the ground, the 'marketing' of Linux and Raspberry Pi
11 Dec 2012

Throwing brickbats: an interview with LEGO's Henrik Amsinck

LEGO CIO Henrik Amsinck vents his frustrations with SAP’s pricing and licensing policies, and explains why he’s taking a cautious approach to cloud computing
28 Nov 2012