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Peter Cochrane's Blog: We need multiple biometrics
Comment But I believe all single parameter security systems are doomed to fail. Written on the A1M and dispatched to silicon.com via a free LAN connection provided by my hotel outside Newcastle upon Tyne Have you noticed how easy it is to recognise a... [12 Mar 2007]
Plugging and preventing data leaks
Comment He says: "Technology is only part of the process and projects will succeed or fail because of the soft side. However companies need to put adequate controls in place before sharing information freely. [07 Mar 2007]
How to resolve outsourcing feuds
Comment An outsourcing partnership based upon the agreement of unrealistic delivery terms for a price which leaves little profit for the supplier, is a relationship that is almost destined to fail. You're wedded to an outsourcing agreement - but now things... [12 Feb 2007]
Leader: Why we need 'Fair Wi-fi'
Leader It's also unfair for hotels to pitch themselves as business travel destinations and yet fail utterly to understand one of the most important requirements of their customers. Since silicon.com raised the issue of rip-off wi-fi charges in hotels, we... [30 Jan 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A piglet, a sausage and a grinder
Comment Written in my hotel in Seattle, polished on AA7158 flying Seattle to San Jose and dispatched to silicon.com via a free LAN service provided by my San Jose hotel. All my life I have found visual images, real and imaginary, absolutely vital to my... [13 Dec 2006]
Leader: E-tailers can get it right this Xmas
Leader And while many live up to those responsibilities, those who do not and who fail to give customers the confidence to trust the online channel shouldn't be in business. What are the chances this will be the Christmas when the e-tailers finally get it... [27 Nov 2006]
Brampton Factor: Don't get your hopes up for BT's 21CN
Comment It may well fail to deliver, as BT repeats past mistakes. What can we expect from BT's next-generation network? New IP services for cheap? Not so fast, says Martin Brampton. The BT programme to roll out a national IP network is moving towards... [17 Oct 2006]
Editor's Blog: So, er, what's the big idea?
Comment How about this: ride the SOA wave over the next 10 years or watch your business or organisation fail. You sometimes see people's eyes glaze over after the mention of SOA or web services. Some reach for the revolver if the words service-oriented... [29 Sep 2006]
The Consultant CIO: Gordon Lovell-Read, CIO, Siemens
Comment You have to have the balls and guts to go out and do that knowing if you fail you are dead but if it works you are on the road. The consultant CIO has extensive general management experience, usually in one sector, across a range of functions... [22 Sep 2006]
Brampton Factor: NHS IT - can this project be saved?
Comment But when they fail to deliver value to the public sector it brings disrepute on the IT business and unfairly transfers money from the ordinary taxpayer to a generally privileged sector of society. Excessively centralised systems are brittle and... [19 Sep 2006]
Editor's Blog: HPgate?
Comment More seriously, much as this is a Big Deal for the media, most obviously the reporters and publications in question, many out there will fail to see this as earth-shattering: there was a leak at board level - do whatever it takes to plug it, some... [13 Sep 2006]
Unwired: Fewer desks than people?
Comment So why did hotdesking fail? In his debut column on how emerging technologies affect the workplace, Richard Leyland from Unwired Ventures explains why taking away workers' desks can make good sense. Hotdesking is a very ugly term indeed. [12 Sep 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Talk to the user
Comment Quocirca research shows end users are still rarely involved in any sort of strategic IT decision making, and many big IT projects in the public sector fail to deliver the benefits sought. Because the people creating the technology fail to speak to... [25 Aug 2006]
Brampton Factor: Man and machine
Comment This highlights two widely held beliefs that fail to stand up to scrutiny. And we miss opportunities if we fail to take advantage of what machines can do. People love automating things and there are some obvious benefits to be gained. [15 Aug 2006]
Leader: Why Google needs to relax
Leader The problem Google has created for itself here is that it will inevitably fail in its attempts, so why bother and risk the moans and groans of the public? The latest cracks to appear in Google's once ultra-cool public image are to do with a very po... [14 Aug 2006]
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