Becoming Credit Suisse CIO in May 2008, Karl Landert’s first year in the job have coincided with an unnaturally turbulent period for the industry. CXO’s Huw Thomas spoke to him about managing IT in an age of uncertainty.
Michael Lardschneider, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Munich Re Group – one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies with 5000 customers in 150 countries – chats with CXO about new dangers, his love of IT security and outfoxing the bad guys.
In an exclusive interview, Vint Cerf, internet pioneer and currently Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, explains why infrastructure development is more important than ever in a tight economy.
With its sights set on a cost cutting target of €26 million a year, Whitbread has left no stone unturned in its bid to trim the fat from the organisation – shedding unprofitable brands and outsourcing services. Diana Milne meets CIO Ben Wishart to find out why the hospitality giant needs to shrink before it can grow.
There aren’t many CEOs making multi-million dollar investments in their businesses at a time when most are cutting back. But as Diana Milne discovers when she meets Stena Line CEO Gunnar Blomdahl, the tide hasn’t yet turned for Europe’s biggest ferry operator.