You are here: silicon.com > Management > IT Director

Leading CIOs make shortlist for top award

The CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards - who's on the list?

Tags: technology, shortlist, business, cio

By Gemma Simpson

Published: 23 July 2007 15:36 GMT

Top execs from companies including the AA, Tesco and Unilever will be battling it out for the title of CIO of the Year at the fifth annual CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards.

The finalists for the CIO of the Year award include the tech chiefs from the AA, Oxfam, Reuters, Tesco and Unilever.

Also up for grabs are the Financial Services and Public Sector Technology Project of the Year awards.

Those in the running for the Public Sector award include Birmingham City Council, the Humberside Police and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust.

The Financial Services shortlisters include Credit Suisse and social lending group Zopa.

The awards also include two new categories this year: Green IT Initiative of the Year and IT Services Project of the Year.

Companies shortlisted for the green award include IBM for its Project Big Green and Fosters EMEA are among those shortlisted for the IT Services Project.

The awards ceremony and dinner will be held on 24 September, 2007. For a full listing of all categories and finalists, please click here.

Add comment

Print story with

Email story

Macs versus PCs - the battle continues

Banks waging global tech talent war

CIOs drive innovation - but lack business brains

BlackBerrys and PDAs bad for work/life balance

CIO Job Report: Movers and shakers

In silicon.com

Commentary

Naked CIO Naked CIO: Social networks are useless for finding a job 'Quantity over quality' approach poisoning professional networks

Peter Cochrane Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics We must move away from short-termism to prevent next economic crisis

Latest News

Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google

Techies and hairdressers united in the moonlight

Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?

Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority

How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale

Jobs

Birmingham Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation/ WCF / WWF / .Net 3.5

I am seeking 4 C# SQL Server Developers for a software house that have just won a 10m contract at IBM for a global rollout. The Development team has ...

Service Transition Team Leader required - Permanent - Midlands (Birmingham or Liverpool or Notts)

Service Transition Team Leader required - Permanent - Midlands (Birmingham or Liverpool or Notts) One of the UK's largest clients, a huge household ...

Senior Sales Executive x 2-Systems Integration Sales

MD, CIO, IT Directors, business focussed solutions. CD Sales Recruitment: Finalists National Sales Awards 2008 "Best Sales Recruitment Agency" JOB ...

Special Report Focus

Agenda Setters 2009
Welcome to the ninth annual Agenda Setters poll – silicon.com's list of the top 50 most influential individuals in the technology and IT industries, from techies and CIOs to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Find out more in our latest special report.