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RSS despatchesBoardroom Despatches: Leadership
Comment What makes a good leader? Are we doing our best to foster them? Isn't the starting point identifying who our role models should be? Rene Carayol names the three men UK Plc should be learning from above all others. [27 Aug 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: My webinar message
Comment Who'd have thought a PC and phone could take the place of a full-on conference presentation? But Rene Carayol's introduction to the 'webinar' holds further lessons for those in charge of IT. I recently did a webcast. [09 Jul 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: Tell me something good about Oracle/PeopleSoft/JD Edwards
Comment Are the proposed mergers in the applications software business all negative in nature? They may have hogged the headlines over the past week but Rene Carayol argues customers need a lot more than vendors trying to take each other out. [11 Jun 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: The unlikely story of India’s greenfield success
Comment When you think of the big names in IT, at some of the biggest companies, a few names normally spring to mind. I’m thinking Gates, Ellison, McNealy, Siebel. They have a number of attributes and an aggressive approach, not to mention egos to match... [21 May 2003]
Boardroom despatches: UK Plc - let's play risk
Comment Rene Carayol has been noticing a distinct climate of conservatism in boardrooms up and down the UK. But are we really wrong to be reining in our ambitions right now? I've written before about the attitude to risk in UK business. [09 Apr 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: Collaborate or die
Comment This month columnist Rene Carayol considers the third - and most often forgotten - quality at the heart of great modern businesses: the ability to collaborate. But it isn't just about suppliers and other external partners. [12 Mar 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: E-learning - will its day ever come?
Comment In the first of his new series for silicon.com, Rene Carayol explains how businesses should now be viewing e-learning. Has its time finally come? Opening Scotland's largest ever e-learning conference on Monday got me thinking about the success of... [12 Feb 2003]
Xmas e-tail advances
Comment Ebusiness Despatches: Confusing CRM with great customer service http://www.silicon.com/a52568 Ebusiness Despatches: Customer service is about people NOT technology http://www.silicon.com/a50257 We expect to hear from even more readers next year... [06 Jan 2003]
Ebusiness Despatches: 2002 - the year the four horsemen of the apocalypse arrived
Comment Ebusiness Despatches: Das Boot is on the other foot http://www.silicon.com/a49105 Previous Ebusiness Despatches: And all that's left to say is that this is my final Ebusiness Despatches column. From January 2003 onwards join me for Boardroom... [11 Dec 2002]
Ebusiness Despatches: Where content and distribution meet, there's only one winner
Comment We were promised a brave new world of innovative content and digital distribution. It was to be a world where film, music, magazines, digital TV and online would meet satellite and fat pipes. The results would be spectacular and a platform for lots... [12 Nov 2002]
Ebusiness Despatches: IT agility
Comment The last five years of internet-everything were supposed to speed up the way we do business. But it turns out IT departments can't keep up with the demands of the higher-ups. Rene Carayol says it's time for that to change. [09 Oct 2002]
Ebusiness Despatches: Don't put customers first
Comment Look at any industry you care to mention and it's suffering from a common symptom, over capacity. From aviation to automotive to high-tech demand is thin on the ground and supply is piling up in the corner. [11 Sep 2002]
Ebusiness Despatches: Now VCs must hold their nerve
Comment Many start-ups are struggling to get second and third round funding. Entrepreneurs and even big companies are taking the right steps says Rene Carayol, our columnist at the front line, but he demands more from the VC community. [10 Jul 2002]
Ebusiness Despatches: Why I hate IT scaremongering
Comment Rene Carayol, our columnist at the frontline reports back from three conferences - a tale of ebusiness past, present and future? Many of you will by now know one of my biggest hates is IT vendors using shock tactics, scaring users into buying... [19 Jun 2002]
Ebusiness Despatches: The death of the tech CEO
Comment How many IT directors can really justify their technology spending? And how many tech CEOs have been peddling snake oil? Rene Carayol calls for action. A recent Economist cover story was called 'Fallen idols: The overthrow of celebrity CEOs'. [15 May 2002]
