When Peter Jackson was appointed chief data officer (CDO) of Southern Water back in April 2017, he wasn’t only taking…
“WannaCry made the NHS take cyber security seriously,” says Milton Keynes NHS Trust IT chief Craig York
When the WannaCry ransomware attack spread globally last year, it infected 61 NHS organisations, but the cyber attack…
“Back-up is the least sexy bit of IT, but when it goes wrong you’re in a world of pain,” says Matt Harris, head of IT at Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1
It’s easy to get fixated on the excitement of Formula 1 – take the sensational win for Lewis Hamilton in the German G…
“We pick tech companies that match our values rather than pointing to the contract and saying they can’t help,” says UHL CIO John Clarke
Several years ago, University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) brought in some strategic partners to work on its digital …
“Procuring technology for eight years’ time is the biggest challenge,” says ex-HS2 CIO Stephen Potter
When Stephen Potter was recruited as HS2 Ltd’s interim CIO back in October, he had a specific brief to find a permane…
“Amazon Alexa may not save money straight away but it’s about the long-term,” says Aylesbury Council’s Maryvonne Hassell
Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) approached Salesforce, the CRM company whose technology was being used to crea…
UHSFT NHS Trust CIO Adrian Byrne on going paperless, HIMSS Level 7 and IoT
Over the last 15 years or so, Adrian Byrne, CIO of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHSFT) has p…
Travelex’s Dan Phelps on how AWS has helped speed up digital transformation
Daniel Phelps was hired three years ago as a principal architect in the digital arm of the more than 40-year-old bric…
Police ICT Company CEO Ian Bell on getting a better deal for police forces
When the government announced that a new police-led, privatised company called the Police ICT Company would take over…
Northampton University’s Rob Palfreman on interweaving tech into teaching
Faced with an increasingly competitive market, the University of Northampton decided to review where it stood and cre…