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RSS IT chiefTelegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News Businesses thinking of switching to cloud computing should expect a bumpy probation period, if the experience of The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is anything to go by. The company's CIO Paul Cheesbrough knows all about the challenges of... [04 Nov 2009]
Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News According to Michele Hyron, Atos Origin's chief integrator to the London 2012 Games, the team remain acutely aware of the countdown to the big event. With just over 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2012 London... [27 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News Anything that requires capex is under the microscope from finance directors and chief execs. It's never been easy being green, especially when it comes to electricity-hungry... [22 Oct 2009]
IT tsar confirmed: Cabinet Office names Angela Smith
News According to the list of ministerial responsibilities released this week, Smith's will include responsibility for the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, Information Security and Assurance. [16 Oct 2009]
John Chambers
AS Profile As one Agenda Setters judge put it, the Cisco chief has achieved "the classic impossibility of 're-routing the oil tanker' while rebuilding it in the process". Cisco CEO John Chambers is... [08 Oct 2009]
Steve Ballmer on Microsoft software 'gotchas'
News The Microsoft chief added there are some elements of licence agreements where the company's software auditors should use their discretion, saying: "There may be fine print that sometimes is a gotcha that's deliberate and... [06 Oct 2009]
Closing the gaps in enterprise data security: A model for 360° protection
White Paper This paper examines the primary data threats that currently concern chief security officers (CSOs) and IT security management within enterprises, and recommends best-practice techniques to minimize and... [30 Sep 2009]
Online fraudsters enlist Trojans to run off with your money
News The bank Trojan, dubbed URLzone, has features designed to thwart fraud detection systems that are triggered by unusual transactions, Yuval Ben-Itzhak, chief technology officer at Finjan, said in an interview on Tuesday. [30 Sep 2009]
Chris Hyman
AS Profile Hyman was appointed as chief executive of Serco Group in 2002, after spending eight years with the company in a variety of roles, including finance director for Serco Europe. There is little sign of the economic downturn... [29 Sep 2009]
Chris Anderson
AS Profile 'The Long Tail' is the name of a 2004 article in Wired magazine, written by current editor-in-chief Chris Anderson and subsequently expanded into a book of the same name. What's so Agenda Setting about a four-year-old... [29 Sep 2009]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Further demonstrating his influence earlier this year Schmidt became a member of Barack Obama's US Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and was even linked to a role as the US' first chief technology officer, a... [29 Sep 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News Simon Field, chief technology officer with the ONS, told silicon.com it was inevitable that the public sector would increase its use of open source software, due to its lower cost and greater... [29 Sep 2009]
Businesses fail to appreciate the value of IT
News Sharon Taylor, Itil V3 chief architect said service value management supported by Itil is becoming more important as business-driven technology becomes increasingly common. More than half of tech professionals feel their... [25 Sep 2009]
The PC is past it: Computing power is everywhere, says Intel
News At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, chief executive Paul Otellini left attendees with a simple message: we'll keep innovating on the technology front, and you keep building the next big things. [24 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News David Smith, chief executive of thinktank Global Future and Foresight, claimed the UK is "not good" at educating businesses on new and emerging technologies so companies can prepare themselves for what's coming down the... [23 Sep 2009]
