awards in comment and analysis
The McCue Interview: BT CIO Al-Noor Ramji
Comment We sit in his office the day after he picked up the CIO of the year award at the CNET Networks UK technology awards in London, which sits on the desk behind him. BT is an organisation in transition. The move to reinvent... [28 Oct 2005]
Will's Web Watch: Blogging (Part II)
Comment Like logos, mission statements and awards on walls, the corporate blog has become something of a fashionable 'must have' for companies keen to be seen as dynamic and progressive. In the second instalment of his two-part... [30 Aug 2005]
Leader: Shout about e-government
Leader Recent entries in the public sector category to this year's CNET Awards (run by this publication's owners) showed true innovation and progress in simple areas such as speaking to a local council without being given the... [24 Aug 2005]
The McCue Interview: Dell CIO Randy Mott
Comment The magazine covers and awards adorning the walls of his private meeting room are testament to some of his achievements. "The chamber of unreasonable requests. So declares a printout stuck on the in-tray of one of the... [09 Aug 2005]
Leader: Phone spammers - at least they get 'done'
Leader Often the prizes include cars, holidays or major cash awards but like email spam the offers are either wildly trumped-up or straightforward lies. UK premium rate phone regulator ICSTIS has announced a major crackdown on... [04 Apr 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.03.05
Round-Up Other recipients managed to conform to a number of other awards-bash stereotypes.such as liberal use of the 'f' word when making a speech.that's how crazy these media types are. However, credit where it's due, he did... [04 Mar 2005]
Opinion: E-government failing taxpayers?
Comment Recently I attended the e-government awards in London and listened to our government CIO Ian Watmore describe the overall success of the e-government programme, in the face of what he views as frequently unjustified... [31 Jan 2005]
Leader: US Big Brother plans panned
Leader US immigration plans to biometrically register every visitor to the country have this week been openly panned by Privacy International, which awarded the scheme the top prize at its Big Brother awards. [29 Jul 2004]
Will's Web Watch: 'Don't knock the BBC'... Why not?
Comment It will often report how the BBC websites 'scoop top awards' or 'receive the most clicks'. Owners of other media brands would rightly argue, 'Well give me your funding and I'll win awards'. My favourite... [12 Jul 2004]
Ageism in IT coverage - all in one place
Comment Age Positive awards go to companies and individuals who have overcome ageism in the workplace Ageism is an issue in IT, if only because it's seen as a profession for young people and is having to deal with an ageing... [20 May 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.05.04
Round-Up In the words of one judge: "It can be difficult enough to keep people interested during a long awards ceremony as it is, but now that will be even more difficult given that everybody will probably know who has won. [14 May 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.02.04
Round-Up Instead the Round-Up watched as winners in categories such as Best Hosting Provider, Best Business Broadband ISP and Best Third Party Application marched across the stage to collect their awards. The Round-Up is feeling... [20 Feb 2004]
It's the BBC against the world (wide web)
Comment Yes, but give us that much funding and see how many awards we win. The BBC has never been universally popular - and it's not just the tunnel-vision approach to programming which angers licence-fee payers ('what do you... [26 Aug 2003]
Dot-coms have grown up - get used to it
Comment We're looking for candidates for the first CNET Networks UK Awards, to be held in October. Don't knock dot-coms. Sure, we all know a fair few that fell by the wayside. In many ways it was just the nature of being a... [05 Aug 2003]
Will's Web Watch: Please God! Not another best man doing the 'key joke'
Comment The first time you see a long list of jokes, or the winners of the Darwin awards, you may well chuckle. With viral emails and jokes there is a tendency to see the same ones over and over. The second time they may still... [21 Jul 2003]
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