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RSS PC ciosWindows 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]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News But many organisations have found the key is to align green goals with broader cost-cutting initiatives - which are definitely in vogue with CIOs and CFOs. Forrester analyst Chris Mines has come up with a list of... [29 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: The five things you need to be thinking about now
News Budget considerations should also be front of mind for CIOs - according to Gartner figures, moving from XP to Windows 7 could cost between $1,035 to $1,930 per user depending on how the rollout is managed, while costs... [15 Oct 2009]
'A full-scale switch to Macs is laughable'
Comment However, it was the question of price that got most readers talking, with a number echoing CIOs' sentiments that the costs associated with switching from PC to Mac are simply too high.... [13 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying no to Macs
News While CIOs may be content to keep Macs in the departments they've always occupied, end users have other ideas, gradually introducing Apple machines into enterprises by the back door. Adebayo said: "Before recommending... [02 Oct 2009]
Give workers a say in corporate IT
Comment There are some lessons we can learn from progressive CIOs who embraced consumerisation long before it became a prominent phenomenon. This arguably started when the PC used at home typically became more... [09 Sep 2009]
Apple tablet or no Apple tablet, business is the device's natural home
News A straw poll of ten CIOs revealed a unanimous yes vote to the question 'Is there a place in business for tablet PCs? However, while all the CIOs questioned believe that tablets are suitable for business... [13 Aug 2009]
Businesses lift the lid on virtualisation rollouts
News For Neil Spellings, systems engineer for Allen & Overy, one of the main challenges with the deployment has been integrating the system with the differing IT infrastructures of the regional offices, which he likened to working with 15... [24 Jun 2009]
Microsoft axes 5,000 jobs
News When CIOs tighten their belts, what feels the squeeze? Amid slow PC sales, revenue for the quarter came in at $16.63bn for the second quarter ended 31 December, up just two per cent from a year ago and... [22 Jan 2009]
Alien hunting, Windows through the ages and Christmas gifts
Photo December naturally saw silicon.com's thoughts turn to Christmas, with a selection of presents CIOs, including a Wii Fit for the more sedentary IT boss and a laptop bag that can actually charge the laptop inside via... [22 Dec 2008]
Voice biometrics, war tech and the history of computing
News The latest instalment of the silicon.com 60-Second Pitch series saw Douwe Mik, business development director from Agnitio, pitch his company's voice biometrics technology to a tough panel of CIOs. First up was a look at... [08 Oct 2008]
Nigel Underwood, CIO, DHL
Comment Then came the big career defining change, when he joined Mars - where many of today's leading CIOs cut their teeth. Two new CIOs have been appointed for each of these businesses. People like [leading UK... [08 Oct 2008]
Why CIOs aren't on the Chrome straight
News The UK's leading CIOs revealed… Chrome is the latest product in Google's reasonably successful attempt to expand into the business software and services market and it's clear that some CIOs have already... [03 Oct 2008]
CIOs not taking a shine to Chrome
News Peter Pedersen, CTO of clothes retailer figleaves.com said: "[We've had] good results so far - far more friendly on the PC memory than IE. Despite the hype it seems few IT teams are testing Google's recently launched web... [29 Sep 2008]
Intel gives vPro 'one button techies' makeover
News However, according to Pavel Roland, senior research analyst at IDC, despite much talk from CIOs around green issues and the part energy efficiency can play, eco-concerns don't always make an impact on companies' desktop... [22 Sep 2008]
