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Google, Microsoft doomed to fail?
News Google and Microsoft could be among the famous high-tech names to disappear from the corporate landscape within the next 20 years if a cycle of how companies die repeats itself. He said: "There is no one who stands on the roof with binoculars and... [08 Jun 2007]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News The CIO50 list uniquely identifies the most influential and innovative individuals leading tech-driven change at the top of UK Plc. The career biographies in the CIO50 reveal some interesting trends. British Airways CIO Paul Coby has been voted the... [07 Jun 2007]
Financial services CIOs reveal investment priorities
CIO Analysis With the industry still dominated by pressure to keep costs down and with little growth in tech budgets forecast for the next three years, Andy McCue talks to two financial services CIOs about current investment priorities and future trends. [06 Jun 2007]
Vodafone's books looking less red
News Bust through tech jargon with silicon.com's Cheat Sheets. Sarin added: "We expect market conditions to remain challenging for the year ahead in Europe, notwithstanding continued positive operating trends in data revenue and voice usage. [29 May 2007]
'Keeping the lights on' stifles tech innovation
News Two separate reports last week by the London School of Economics/PA Consulting and analyst Gartner hit out at a lack of vision from CIOs, saying the IT department is failing to take a lead and inform the board how to exploit new consumer-led... [30 Apr 2007]
UK digital divide to deepen?
News The digital divide in Blighty could be set to deepen further as offline individuals are left behind their more tech-savvy neighbours. Fisher added there's a danger the digital divide will deepen as there are large numbers of people still struggling... [19 Mar 2007]
CIO Jury: Complexity is the enemy
News Complexity caused by business change and rapid technology developments is still one of the main battlegrounds for CIOs, according to UK tech chiefs. Paul Hopkins, IT director at Newcastle University, said IT will get "impossibly more complex" if... [14 Feb 2007]
Housing charity using tech to boost efficiency
News Scully added the system will allow the charity to not only share client data but also spot trends that help inform the charity's campaigning work. Housing charity Shelter has signed a deal with software services company Civica for a new client... [09 Feb 2007]
Tech acquisitions hit $337bn high
News One of the trends in the 2006 figures is the return of the "super deal" - with seven deals having values in excess of $10bn. The level of European technology merger and acquisitions hit a new high in 2006 - with more than 3,000 deals being done... [08 Feb 2007]
How to avoid being outsourced
News Bust through tech jargon with silicon.com's Cheat Sheets. This means keeping abreast of the latest trends and avoiding career cul-de-sacs by specialising in legacy skills such as Cobol, PL/1 and RPG. IT workers need to become more business-savvy... [08 Feb 2007]
Leader: Consumer tech is changing the enterprise
Leader But it also puts CIOs and IT directors in a position where they can influence company strategy by being able to predict changes in how their customers might use or buy services in the future - that's why enterprises need to sit up and take note of... [11 Jan 2007]
Leader: The big issues of 2006
Leader This piece certainly isn't about attributing blame for any shortcomings but compare the situation to the world of consumer tech, not just gadgets and home entertainment but services people use outside the office. [21 Dec 2006]
RE:Viewing 2006: The year in financial services
News Big names to adopt blade tech in the past 12 months include BNP Paribas and Lloyds TSB. Biometrics were pointed to as the next wave of payment technology with fingerprints and iris scans being used to purchase items in retail locations - though the... [19 Dec 2006]
Lifetime of memories stored on a sugar cube?
News Check out the Editor's Blog for the silicon.com chief's take on the hot tech issues of the moment. That's according to professor Nigel Shadbolt, president of the British Computer Society, who said if current trends continue, by 2025 an entire human... [12 Dec 2006]
ITU 06 diary - BT's bacon sock, mobile medicine and 3G backlash
Comment Earlier this week, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said he believed one of the most significant trends in tech will be the advent of communication between mobiles and sensors worn on the person. Over a breakfast that included what appeared to be a... [07 Dec 2006]
