CIO Jury
Windows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
News Steve Jobs' agenda-setting wasn't the only popular Apple article on silicon.com last month: an article entitled why CIOs are saying no to Macs, which polled the CIO Jury on the Mac vs PC debate also... [09 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up According to silicon.com's CIO Jury: never. That's the sobering conclusion of the jury, which voted 10 to two against when asked whether the UK could create a global software business to... [06 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News That's the sobering conclusion of the silicon.com CIO Jury which voted 10 to two against, when asked whether the UK could create a global software business to rival the technology industry's most... [03 Nov 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News While some CIOs are enthusiastic about the potential savings that can be made, others still warn of the hidden costs that can lie in wait for the unwary.silicon.com's latest CIO Jury came down strongly... [28 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to silicon.com's latest exclusive CIO Jury. This week's... [23 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet A silicon.com CIO Jury found a cautious approach among CIOs, with just one of the IT chiefs polled saying they plan to adopt the operating system in 2010, with 2011 cited as a likely rollout date by a... [20 Oct 2009]
'A full-scale switch to Macs is laughable'
Comment In a recent silicon.com CIO Jury, just one of the IT chiefs surveyed said the recent release of Snow Leopard will make their business more likely to adopt Apple desktops, while other CIOs outlined to... [13 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment After reading a recent CIO Jury on whether universities are preparing youth properly for IT challenges, I began to think about why higher education is not effective. The Naked CIO has... [12 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News According to a silicon.com CIO Jury last month, the answer is not very. Once again, September saw another fresh crop of students head off to university for the first time, on their way to becoming the... [06 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying no to Macs
News It's a situation that looks unlikely to change, despite the launch of a new Mac OS: a recent poll of the silicon.com CIO Jury found none of the IT chiefs surveyed said the release of Snow Leopard will... [02 Oct 2009]
Macs more likely to be used on your network but you didn't pay for them
Comment silicon.com's CIO Jury doesn't expect IT departments to start buying Macs as a result of the launch of Apple's new Snow Leopard operating system. But in this exclusive article, in response to the... [21 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and you want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT... [21 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News IT graduates are leaving UK universities without the business and technical competencies that employers need, according to silicon.com's CIO Jury. The skills shortfall appears to be worsening: while the... [02 Sep 2009]
Apple tablet or no Apple tablet, business is the device's natural home
News Members of the silicon.com CIO Jury certainly think so. According to Alastair Behenna, CIO at recruiter Harvey Nash, the tablet is fit for business use "especially for information 'on... [13 Aug 2009]
Offshoring is bad for IT skills, say UK tech chiefs
News Asked whether offshoring of IT projects and infrastructure is having a negative impact on IT skills in the UK, seven out of 12 silicon.com CIO Jury members said they believe it is. This... [28 Jul 2009]