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Brampton Factor: Open source stands up for its rights
Comment The Naked CIO: Tech's weasel words Open source developers need to guard their intellectual property rights if they want to compete with the big boys, says Martin Brampton. Intellectual property rights (IPR) are usually associated with large... [01 Sep 2008]
The Naked CIO: The great recovery disaster
Comment The Naked CIO: Tech's weasel words Many organisations have elaborate disaster-recovery plans. But how many plans are based on fragile theory rather than practical experience, asks the Naked CIO - and how many are stored on the network? [01 Sep 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Science friction
Comment The Naked CIO: Tech's weasel words Conceived in a traffic jam on Interstate 80, written the next day in a coffee shop at Lake Tahoe CA and sent via a free wi-fi service. I can't remember the moment or place when my interest in science fiction was... [28 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Best backgrounds for CIOs?
Comment The Naked CIO: Tech's weasel words People take charge of IT from all kinds of backgrounds and they don't need to have risen through the tech ranks to be successful. But some backgrounds are definitely better than others, says the Naked CIO. [18 Aug 2008]
Are your systems falling down on resiliency?
Comment The Naked CIO: Tech's weasel words Few outside the IT department realise just how much effort goes into making sure systems don't fail. If more board members understood that, we might see a greater business emphasis on robust systems, says Martin... [12 Aug 2008]
Inbox: YouTube surveillance, skills gap, Naked speak
Comment The Naked CIO: Tech's weasel words To improve our credibility we could all start by rooting out the waffle, the weasel words and the technical jargon. The Naked CIO uses a weasel word himself, "Issue". [11 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Why boards get IT spend so wrong
Comment The Naked CIO: Tech's weasel words Sound infrastructure projects often fail to win board backing because of flaky ROI demands. But come up with a hare-brained scheme and boards fall over themselves, says the Naked CIO. [11 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Tech's weasel words
Comment To improve our credibility we could all start by rooting out the waffle, the weasel words and the technical jargon. And a little more honesty wouldn't go amiss either, says the Naked CIO. As a CIO I probably have as many pet peeves as the next person. [04 Aug 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The UK's a broadband leader. Really?
Comment Is this a travesty of political weasel words and fumbling, or a reasonable view of reality? Written from a location that looks like a little bit of heaven, with really high-speed access just outside Agios Nikolaos, Crete. [17 Oct 2005]
'Don't bury your PC' recycling diktat delayed
News The thing they [electronics manufacturers] are successfully managing to weasel out of - because the law is not strong enough on this - is eco-design. The DTI has announced a delay of least six months key elements of an EU IT recycling directive... [29 Mar 2005]
Can 'Can Spam' bill can spam?
News The tricks that spammers use to weasel their emails into inboxes and get unsuspecting users to open them are also being restricted under the so-called Can Spam bill. In a unanimous vote, the US Senate has voted to put its foot down with spam with a... [23 Oct 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Predictions for 2003
Comment OK so 'may' is a weasel word. Will you take him to task come the end of the year? In January, when the frosts come and the snow falls, IT analysts get to reflect on what might happen in the coming year. [13 Jan 2003]
