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Computer Weekly – 9 July 2013: The most influential women in UK IT

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we unveil our list of the 25 most influential women in UK IT – the role models for a more diverse IT workforce that will be the foundation of the UK's high-tech economy. We also talk to the winner – Tech City CEO Joanna Shields. We hear from oil giant BP about how it moved to a hybrid cloud infrastructure, combining public and private cloud platforms. And we examine the changing nature of the outsourcing market and what it means for IT managers. Read the issue now.

The 25 most influential women in UK IT - 2013

Computer Weekly’s search for the most influential women in UK IT in 2013 is over – read about the top 25 in our annual recognition of the role models for women in IT.

Interview: Joanna Shields, Tech City CEO - the most influential woman in UK IT 2013

We talk to former Facebook Europe chief and now CEO of Tech City, Joanna Shields – voted the most influential woman in UK IT.

How BP rigged its IT for the future with a hybrid cloud infrastructure

For a multinational company with 87,000 employees and a distributed IT infrastructure, moving to the cloud posed a challenge. But BP took a cautious and calculated approach to bridge its cloud gap, using a mix of private cloud, public cloud and in-house IT infrastructure.

How to make sense of your outsourcing options

With the advent of cloud, commoditisation and third-party innovation, the options for outsourcing your IT services can prove bewilderingly complex. We look at how to devise a strategy.

Buyer’s guide to HR management systems – part two: Using software to support your firm’s creative stock

Organisations may already have the blueprint for their next big thing without knowing it. We examine how human capital management systems can unlock the company’s most valuable assets.

Forget the fancy graphics

If there is one thing big data specialist Chris Osborne has learned after five years of working with big data, it is that the public don’t like graphs. A lot of people have problems just setting the thermostat at home, so expecting them to make sense of pie chart is a step too far, he told CIOs at Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club.

Reclaiming the role of the CIO

Joe McDonagh, associate professor of organisation development and IT at the School of Business, Trinity College, Dublin, sums up the real value a CIO can bring to large organisations.

This week's issue is sponsored by Gartner.

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Feb 8, 2021

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Jul 9, 2013

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