Fixing 'collapsing IT infrastructure' at Kew Gardens
Ian McKetty walked into a tricky situation when he became CIO at Kew Gardens, with an under-invested IT estate, unskilled teams and a huge disconnect with the business. Here's how he turned it around
In the mid-17th century Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, founded the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. It has grown from there to its current size, occupying 330 idyllic acres of West London....
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