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The Weekly Round-Up: 20.04.07
Round-Up The Round-Up's not sure what percentage of the 110 executives that leaves but it can't be good. You see, according an Accenture survey of 110 senior media and entertainment executives, the rise of web 2.0 is going to have a profound effect on the... [20 Apr 2007]
Leader: In or out of house?
Leader While the idea of thousands of executives pulling their hair out as their mobile email device of choice for once stops vibrating and flashing is funny to some of us, it shows us all that there is no single answer. [19 Apr 2007]
Brampton Factor: Network convergence is no simple task
Comment The same kind of stress can arise in corporate networks when senior executives demand online access to training material and such like. As businesses rush to roll out converged networks, few are taking the time to consider whether it's really the... [17 Apr 2007]
Minority Report: Should Apple set its music free?
Comment Almost 60 per cent of major label executives believe removing DRM from music would encourage users to buy more digital tracks, according to a recent study by Jupiter Research. The Apple boss wrote an open missive called 'Thoughts on Music' arguing... [11 Apr 2007]
Information overload
Comment Data from a company's logistics, finance or marketing activities can be pulled into a database that can then be fed to executives using a reporting system or dashboard. Businesses are drowning in data - but how much good is it doing them? [30 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 13: Thirsty in Bangalore
Comment After meeting with the executives to talk about branding and how they retain the best staff it's off to Electronics City again to meet with Wipro at its mega-campus. My luck holds and it's a swift journey back into town - to the Embassy Golf Links... [16 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 12: Searching for the next big thing
Comment I'm pretty sure that the first company to bring a helicopter taxi service would earn millions and the grateful thanks of thousands of visiting executives. Mostly the problem is the sheer volume of buses, auto-rickshaws, cars, bicycles and... [15 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 10: Lost in Pune
Comment After a tour and a chat with the executives in charge I'm off again. I'm not sure this is the right place but my driver insists it is. The road leading to the technology park looks like it has been hit by a hurricane. [13 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 5: Margaritas to Mumbai
Comment And while most executives are happy to trumpet the growth of the industry, there is also a recognition that more work needs to be done to make sure that its future is secure too. I'm going to the Nasscom Indian Leadership Forum, the annual get... [08 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 4: Hyderabad's tech park
Comment On the way to my third meeting of the day I pass through the rather posh looking Jubilee Hills neighbourhood where it looks like some of that tech money has gone on expensive grand houses for executives. [07 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 1: Cyberbad on Sunday
Comment The bookshops are crammed with management books, which tells you lots about the types of passengers that pass through here - executives on their way to the IT hubs or exploring the booming Indian market. [04 Mar 2007]
CEO and CIO still don't see eye to eye
Comment Added to this general ambivalence were the high-profile cases of chief executives having their reputations and budgets scorched by IT/BT projects gone awry: perpetual IRS systems overhauls, Citibank's futile effort to create a 'single customer... [01 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.12.06
Round-Up and while most CIOs and IT managers are adopting a hands-off/10-foot barge pole approach to deployment for the foreseeable future, the marketing executives at Microsoft’s Seattle headquarters are giddy with excitement and (probably) staggeringly... [15 Dec 2006]
Leader: Set your workers free
Leader Business executives are aware of the major workplace types of tech - wi-fi, VoIP, ultra-mobile PCs - and they know technology can impact working styles. You're sitting in a meeting room in your office and want to share an email with your colleagues... [05 Dec 2006]
Leader: The cure for info overload?
Leader Business intelligence can be used by executives across an organisation - whether in finance, marketing or HR - but it holds particular strategic value for the IT department. Top UK IT chiefs say businesses are in danger of drowning in the data they... [29 Nov 2006]
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