I was on holiday last week, during which time the sparkling spring edition of CIO Connect magazine hit the desks of the UK’s key IT leaders. In the lead-up to the release of the magazine, I’ve been busy modifying the content to include more forward-looking elements.
The changes are represented in ‘Foresight’, a new introductory section to the magazine that identifies the business and technology issues that will impact the work of CIOs in the next year-or-so. In short, change in business IT is so rapid that there is little point having a discussion about the here and now. CIO priorities are always about helping the business to work smarter and the ‘Foresight’ section will help IT leaders as they attempt to establish a competitive edge.
There are several other subtle changes in the spring edition, too – including more boxes and summary points in the main features. The aim is to give time-precious CIOs as much information as quickly as possible. As ever, the edition includes a series of exclusive features:
- Globalisation at Procter & Gamble – featuring Filippo Passerini, global CIO at Procter & Gamble, and Karen Winney, business services director for UK, Nordic and Ireland at Procter & Gamble
- Innovation and transformation at ITV – featuring Richard Cross, group technology director at ITV
- Equal opportunities in IT – featuring Intel CIO Diane Bryant, Scottish Government CIO Anne Moises and Christine Ashton, IM strategy and technology director at Transport for London
Finally, here are a list of the IT leaders and business experts that appear in the issue. As ever, thanks to all that contributed their time and thoughts:
- Richard Cross, group technology director at ITV
- Jon Inch, CIO at Christie’s
- John Suffolk, Government CIO
- Filippo Passerini, global CIO at Procter & Gamble
- Karen Winney, business services director for UK, Nordic and Ireland at Procter & Gamble
- Diane Bryant, CIO at Intel
- Anne Moises, Scottish Government CIO
- Christine Ashton, IM strategy and technology director at Transport for London
- Tania Howarth, CIO at Birds Eye Iglo Group
- Stephen Entwistle, financial director of McKeowns Solicitors
- John Thorp, chairman of the VAL IT Steering Committee at the IT Governance Institute
- David Woodgate, chief executive of the Institute of Financial Accountants
- Robin Dargue, CIO at Royal Mail
- Karl Deacon, CTO at Capgemini
- Neil McGowan, IT director at JD Williams
- Tim Mann, CIO at Skandia UK
- Olivier Uytterhoeven, director of IT at Starwood Hotels
- Nathan Marke, CTO at 2e2
- Tony Eccleston, partner at Ernst & Young
- Steve Pikett, head of IT at Rothschild
- Paul Mockapetris, domain name system (DNS) inventor and chairman of Nominum
- Martin Roesch, founder and CTO of Sourcefire
- Professor Soumitra Dutta, Roland Berger Professor of business and technology at business school INSEAD
- Rob Spencer, senior research fellow at Pfizer
- Ray Johnston, group IT operations manager at Aspen Insurance UK Ltd
- Euan Semple, social media consultant and former BBC technology chief
- Richard Moross, chief executive and founder of online printing company Moo.com
- Peter Hinssen, programme director for Realising Business Performance Through IT at the London Business School
- Dr Martin Clarke, director of general management programmes at the Cranfield School of Management
- Ian Cohen, former CIO at Associated News and managing director of SimplyGreatConsulting.com
- Ian Buchanan, former CIO at Alliance & Leicester
- Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, former director general of MI5