aspirations
RSS aspirationsMicrosoft asks its users to muck in with security testing
News With aspirations to be an antivirus and anti-spyware vendor, Microsoft is opening up its security procedures to the outside world a little more: the Redmond giant is enlisting the help of outside testers for its security patches. [13 Jan 2005]
Winning the Best and Brightest: Increasing the Attraction of Public Service
White Paper The study focuses on the important question of how the goals and aspirations of policy students interact with policy training to shape their career trajectories. This report examines the ways in which public policy training at two elite... [28 Dec 2004]
RFID Creatively Anticipates the Future for Consumer Food and Retail Marketplace
White Paper An international manufacturer of leading brands in foods and consumable products, with the universal purpose to anticipate the aspirations of their customers and respond creatively is looking into RFID technology for unique applications. [23 Dec 2004]
Leader: Hotmail AV deal - the scurrilous rumour angle
Leader In June McAfee, normally silent on such matters, was outspoken in denying any possible deal with Microsoft when it was alleged the Seattle giant had aspirations of ready-made security market share.silicon.com has no evidence - beyond a complex... [20 Dec 2004]
Leader: The challenge facing outsourcing alliances
Leader Rather, look at the companies' aspirations. Outsourcing may have been a trend for some time but outsourcing alliances are so 2004. CSC and AON are teaming up, as are EDS and Siebel, for certain circumstances. [02 Sep 2004]
Analysis: Enterprise portals in action
Comment Enterprise portals could become the de facto [enterprise] operating environment," says Mike Davis, EP analyst at Butler Group, who thinks the popularity of EPs will rocket as they become the ideal access mechanism for Microsoft's web services... [24 Mar 2004]
The worst kept secret in mobile
Comment though one of its key representatives in the sector speaks of “big aspirations”. The companies behind the latest smart phone launch would love us all to believe their teaming up is significant. In many ways it is. [15 Sep 2003]
Spies wanted... apply online
News Tom Hughes, managing director of the site, told Ananova: "Unusual Government departments need quality graduates as much as any other company, which means that more and more people can fulfil their aspirations, no matter how diverse. [27 Mar 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: Collaborate or die
Comment They cannot simply be an internal service provider, especially if they have boardroom aspirations. This month columnist Rene Carayol considers the third - and most often forgotten - quality at the heart of great modern businesses: the ability to... [12 Mar 2003]
The Ovum View: Cable & Wireless
Comment C&W has no aspirations to deliver back-office application hosting or to move towards business process outsourcing (BPO). Ovum research director Katy Ring provides the essential low down on the new higher-ups, the evolving business strategy and more… [27 Feb 2003]
The Director's Cut: CxO - what's your x rated?
Comment However, more important than your title, are your personality, talents and aspirations. They are all over the place, and not just on newly printed business cards. There are conferences, academic papers and writings galore involving them. [27 Nov 2002]
Microsoft and BT form broadband alliance
News Now we want to do all we can to make broadband as attractive as possible to potential customers, residential and business, by giving them the compelling applications that will deliver a superb online experience that meets their needs and... [06 Nov 2002]
'Gates? What do you mean you booked Gates?'
News Even without the resale relationship for CRM, Microsoft is an important Siebel supplier and Siebel is an important proof-point for Microsoft's 'enterprise' aspirations," said Kinikin. By Alorie Gilbert [19 Sep 2002]
Apple the 'one trick pony' of the desktop world
Comment As any jobbing soap star with aspirations of broadening his or her range will tell you, being typecast is a terrible thing. Suddenly the thing that made you successful - the loveable rogue, the ballsy matriarch - becomes a millstone around your neck. [27 Aug 2002]
RIP 3G - time to cut losses for next-generation mobile?
News In a note entitled 'Death bell tolls - 3G RIP', Datamonitor analyst Nick Greenway writes: "Within the next 12 months some licence holders may shelve 3G aspirations, possibly having to treat the cost of licences as a write-down. [16 Aug 2002]
