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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Have you ever seen a major tech CEO with really bad teeth? Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? Answer: A shared love of getting a bit on the side. No, not that kind of 'bit on the... [06 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment MindTree's acquisition efforts have been driven by strategic options rather than as a means to gain scale, CEO Krishnakumar Natarajan said. Indian outsourcers certainly have the cash - so why aren't they buying up their... [06 Nov 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend?
Comment Action: Ignore every friend request from a work colleague, whether it's from the post boy or the CEO What do you do when the 'One new friend request' on Facebook is from a work colleague? silicon.com's Natasha Lomas... [28 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet Is this another name for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' infamous reality distortion field? Augmented reality? Nice try but no. Augmented reality (AR) means overlaying computerised elements, such as graphics or text, on top of a... [27 Oct 2009]
Photos: New BlackBerry Bold-ly goes for European design
Photo "A little less bold" is how RIM's co-CEO has described the latest incarnation of its Bold smartphone (pictured above). It was a little too bold for some," the co-CEO joked. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 was... [21 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet It looks like the software behemoth is already putting Vista behind it: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has even stated that he doesn't mind if businesses skip the OS as long as they come back for Windows 7. [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News One of the largest causes of energy and IT operational waste in datacentres are servers that are simply not being used said 1E CEO Sumir Karayi, who said the savings from decommissioning non-productive servers "cannot be... [19 Oct 2009]
Sainsbury's tech shopping spree revealed
News The system uses data from its Nectar customer loyalty scheme to determine a customer's tastes and prints off customised vouchers at the checkout, Sainsbury's CEO Justin King revealed in a conference call with investors... [09 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News You may groan but work on Windows 8, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has referred to it, is already underway. Just as the marketing hype around Windows 7 heads toward its peak, a few details are starting to surface about... [08 Oct 2009]
Steve Jobs
AS Profile With Jobs back in the CEO's seat, all eyes will be on him to see where he can take his agenda setting company next. Steve Jobs becomes the only person, in the 10-year history of Agenda Setters, to have made it to the top... [08 Oct 2009]
Mark Zuckerberg
AS Profile As founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg topped the Agenda Setters list in 2007 after the social network really took off, but he plummeted to 47 last year as judges felt his time had passed. This year's return to... [08 Oct 2009]
John Chambers
AS Profile Cisco CEO John Chambers is no stranger to the Agenda Setters list - 2007 saw him ranked in the top five with the judges impressed by his handle on web 2.0 developments. Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as senior VP of... [08 Oct 2009]
Join Us for the Informatica 9 Launch: Transform your business. Transform your world
White Paper Join Sohaib Abbasi, Chairman and CEO, and see for yourself how the latest advancements of the Informatica Platform will revolutionize the way organizations access and deliver relevant, trusted data to the business to... [07 Oct 2009]
Downturn means fewer outsourcing workers saying 'I do'
Comment Girls' parents worry about the salary and career projections of young men employed in the software industry, says Kris Lakshmikanth, CEO of Head Hunters India, a Bangalore-based hiring firm. Economic hard times are... [07 Oct 2009]
Steve Ballmer on Microsoft software 'gotchas'
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted the company could do more to simplify its software licensing. Ballmer was speaking at a Windows 7 event in London yesterday, where a customer questioned the CEO... [06 Oct 2009]
