Football Association
UK hits 3.3 billion text frenzy
News Popular events such as major football tournaments and Big Brother have contributed to the continued growth in the number of text messages sent in the UK - with a new record being broken in May. According to the Mobile... [27 Jun 2006]
Tech boosts England's bid for World Cup glory
News Technology is playing a crucial role in the England football team's World Cup campaign at The Football Association's (FA) base at Baden-Baden in Germany this month. In an exclusive... [15 Jun 2006]
Behind the scenes at England's World Cup HQ
Comment That man is The Football Association (FA) IT support manager Ian Dimmock, who is known around the Baden-Baden team hotel by his nickname 'Charles Platt' - conjured up by those wacky England players... [15 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: 'Gas-guzzling' PCs pose IT power issues
News Rory O'Boyle, head of IT, the Football Association The rising cost of electricity and thus of running IT hardware is becoming an increasingly significant issue for organisations, according to UK IT chiefs. [17 May 2006]
Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Case Study - Adidas
White Paper A completely new software for mobile phones was developed, with which the customer can guide a virtual football crowd while on a phone call. Once the software is downloaded to the phone by sending 1 simple SMS message,... [12 May 2006]
CIO Jury: Employees are biggest security headache
News Rory O'Boyle, IT director, The Football Association Employees still pose a bigger threat to corporate security than hackers, according to UK IT bosses. The threat comes from criminal 'insiders',... [28 Apr 2006]
CIO Jury: Will biometrics replace passwords and PINs?
News Rory O'Boyle, head of IT, The Football Association An overwhelming majority of IT bosses - 11 out of the 12-man silicon.com CIO Jury IT user panel - predicted biometrics will overcome the current... [16 Feb 2006]
CIO Jury: "Love" your top IT staff or lose them
News Some industries and organisations are also more attractive to work for in the first place and Rory O'Boyle, head of IT at the Football Association, said: "Perhaps writing football... [31 Oct 2005]
CIO Jury: ISPs blamed over corporate security threats
News Rory O'Boyle, head of IT, The Football Association Internet service providers (ISPs) are failing to do enough to stem the tide of denial of service attacks, phishing scams and spam email bombarding... [09 Sep 2005]
CIO Jury: Is 'business speak' damaging the IT profession?
News Rory O'Boyle, IT director, The Football Association The increasing focus on business rather than technology is vital for future IT professionals, according to leading CIOs. CIOs were accused this week by... [10 Aug 2005]
CIO Jury: Is trust the key to success?
News Rory O'Boyle, head of IT, The Football Association Trust is still too often underestimated by IT vendors, despite it being a key factor in successful relationships between the buyers and sellers of IT... [14 Apr 2005]
CIO Jury: When is the right time to kill an IT project?
News Rory O'Boyle, Head of IT, The Football Association It is better to kill off a problematic IT project that has fallen off track than to continue "flogging a dead horse" simply to satisfy boardroom... [07 Apr 2005]
CIO Jury: Are IT departments the new "corporate police force"?
News Rory O'Boyle, head of IT, The Football Association IT departments feel increasingly under pressure to be the "corporate police force" responsible for enforcing internal ethical and code of conduct... [10 Mar 2005]
CIO Jury: Unsocial and long hours are a "fact of life"
News Rory O'Boyle, head of IT, The Football Association The UK's IT bosses have hit back at claims that the IT profession suffers from a long hours culture that results in staff working thousands of pounds... [24 Feb 2005]
CIO Jury: Spam drives UK bosses to despair
News Rory O'Boyle, head of IT, The Football Association Frustrated IT bosses claim the never-ending waves of spam hitting inboxes and the lack of any imminent solution to the problem is undermining the... [13 Oct 2004]
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