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India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo Photo credit: Andy McCue Glowing green excerpts dance across a curved bank of 231 screens and are randomly read by computer-synthesised voices. Pictured here is Tata Consultancy Services' campus - the outsourcing company's largest global... [29 Apr 2008]
Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities
Comment One new issue high among CIO priorities this year is green IT and the need to reduce the power consumption and carbon footprint of IT operations, while web 2.0, software as a service and service-oriented architecture also make it onto the list. [18 Apr 2008]
The CIO shopping list
Comment The main prediction by CIOs for the most-hyped technology in 2008 is green IT, followed by web 2.0 and social networking, m-commerce and - look away now Microsoft - Vista yet again. Pressure to justify IT budgets and get better value for money from... [26 Mar 2008]
HSBC vows to increase tech investment
News HSBC chairman Stephen Green said in the company's report: "We will shape our business operations so that we use our scale to deliver better, more efficient services to our customers. HSBC will continue to increase investment in technology despite... [04 Mar 2008]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment Culture secretary Andy Burnham clearly thinks the spread of online piracy dangerously undermines the entertainment industries and dilutes the value of copyright law. But the proposals outlined in the creative industries green paper raise more... [22 Feb 2008]
Recycling kit the way to greener IT?
News Green IT from A to ZClick on the links below to find out more. Businesses are increasingly recycling old office PCs and IT equipment by donating it to schools, charities and the developing world. Eleven of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user... [18 Feb 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News Green IT from A-Z… Outsourcing rarely achieves the attractive cost savings promised at the start of a deal and in many cases actually increases costs and has a negative impact on service. That's the verdict of two-thirds of UK IT chiefs in silicon... [31 Jan 2008]
Recession fears squeeze tech budgets
News A-Zs… ¦ Security from A-Z… ¦ Biometrics from A-Z… ¦ Broadband from A-Z… ¦ Wireless from A-Z… ¦ Green IT from A-Z… Tech budgets are starting to feel the squeeze on the back of the credit crunch crisis and fears of a... [24 Jan 2008]
BT: Job cuts on the way?
News One significant figure who is definitely leaving is Andy Green. In April, Green was tasked with overseeing BT Design and BT Operate. BT's spokesperson denied Green's departure was in any way related to the cuts. [02 Nov 2007]
BT 21CN chief heads for pastures new
News The telco announced that Andy Green will leave to become chief executive of services specialist LogicaCMG on 1 January, 2008. A BT spokesperson said: "Andy's departure is in no way related to 21CN. Andy felt he had completed the tasks put in front... [10 Oct 2007]
Stories of the Month - September 2007
News Meanwhile, silicon.com's community editor Andy McCue interviewed the IT director of the Tesco Group, Colin Cobain, who discussed how tech is supporting the supermarket's ambitious expansion plans. Cobain, who scooped CIO of the Year at the CNET... [28 Sep 2007]
Interview: Tesco CIO Colin Cobain
Comment In this exclusive interview with silicon.com, Tesco group IT director Colin Cobain - just crowned CIO of the year at the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2007 - talks about the supermarket giant's move to standard global systems, green... [25 Sep 2007]
Tesco aims to cut data-centre carbon footprint
News In an exclusive interview with silicon.com, Colin Cobain, group IT director at Tesco, said the IT department is already looking at ways to reduce energy consumption and is in the process of developing a green strategy to help meet these goals. [25 Sep 2007]
Video: Tesco CIO Colin Cobain
Video In this exclusive interview with silicon.com's community editor & chief reporter Andy McCue, Tesco's group IT director Colin Cobain talks about the supermarket giant's move to standard global systems and processes, reveals plans to cut IT energy... [24 Sep 2007]
The McCue Interview: The AA IT director Trevor Didcock
Comment Just four years after a private equity buyout and separation from its then parent company, Centrica, the motoring organisation is putting the finishing touches to a £6.2bn merger with Saga, which has just been given the official green light by... [21 Sep 2007]
