Stories by: Mark Chillingworth

I haven't seen a film out of Hollywood that made me think about society for a very long time, but Scott Kirsner's article What can CIOs learn from Hollywood's history? did make me think about our society and its attitudes to careers and change management, in particular whether it is better to be a tradesman or a generalist.

Tania Howarth built the Birds Eye Iglo IT infrastructure from scratch after it sailed away from parent Unilever. She recalls the journey.

Survey shows the importance of personal branding for CIOs.

Mykolas Rambus advocates Project Portfolio Management as clear view of the department.

Data loads will shape the truck loads of the tomorrow.

The Eurostar connects Britain to Europe, but the beating heart of rail travel in Great Britain has always been the Midlands. For decades Crewe was synonymous with locomotive construction, and major rail companies to this day base their head offices in the Midlands.

At times the news pages of mainstream and business media give the impression that all NHS projects, especially those involving process change and technology, are failures. But there is a counterbalance to these tales of disaster - success stories.

Organizations must embrace Web 2.0 technologies to remain competitive, but also be aware of potential threats and compliance issues. Alan Calder, chief executive of risk management consultants IT Governance has completed a report on the benefits and risks associated with Web 2.0 and told CIO they found serious issues at the board level.

Retail sector CIOs will need to invest in online shopping services throughout the current slow down to meet the demands of consumers both now and in the future, experts have signalled. Recent retail figures show that although consumer spending has gone down, online shopping continues to remain healthy.

Strategic CIOs touch every point of the organization, even some areas that are not considered to be their immediate territory. Over the last decade law firms have changed from fusty redbrick elite clubs to thrusting commercial organizations that compete for business in a market where customers are now fully aware that they can shop around. For Graeme Low, head of IT at Cambridge based law firm Mills & Reeve, his role involves enabling a company to continue its recent record of rapid growth, provide systems that entice staff to join the company and improve communications to customers. He tells CIO how he and his team have achieved this.