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Dylan Roberts
CIO Profile Roberts, who has been at Leeds Council since 2003, is on the Local Government National CIO Council, is the Yorkshire and Humber regional executive of Socitm and chairs the West Yorkshire CIO group. As head of ICT at Leeds City Council, Dylan... [11 Jun 2008]
Where will the Silicon Dragon swoop next?
Comment One of the things is that the Chinese government is going to have a Nasdaq-type exchange for listings, so that will help propel things quite a lot. But how much further can the country go? Sino-tech expert Rebecca Fannin gives Steve Ranger the... [03 Jun 2008]
What scores in the global tech league?
Comment It seems every government is now playing this game, because the analysts are all publishing detailed charts and research that details the best place to offshore - aiming to guide those managers responsible for setting up offshore delivery centres. [03 Jun 2008]
Tech innovation goes global
Comment A location might also be chosen because it offers a vast number of software engineers - or because its population has access to free wi-fi and cutting-edge government services. Few CIOs can rely on local suppliers for all their technology needs. [03 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: Price of panic
Comment In fact if it's managed properly, IT can be almost entirely strategic - with the exception of the wonderful rules and regulations stifling innovation enforced by Her Majesty's Government. Capricious boardroom decisions based on the flawed thinking... [03 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment And the idea that the government can effectively manage an IT project on this scale with five different suppliers, none of whom will actually be in competition, is farcical. Another familiar topic getting readers hot and bothered this week is ID... [29 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.08
Round-Up The peers have called on the UK government to lift the ban on the use of Segways on public roads and pavements in the UK. Spoilsport Lord Bassam said that while there are currently no plans to lift the Segway ban it is under review and the... [23 May 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment And with many government and financial services increasingly being delivered online it's serious stuff people are being excluded from - not just throwing sheep at friends on Facebook or watching videos of Mentos and exploding Coke bottles on YouTube. [23 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tech skills slump, gov't snooping, Segway safety
Comment When you look at what the government mandates as IT training in schools there is no wonder that we have a shortage of entry-level candidates. Also, the government's latest surveillance plans have had readers up in arms… and finally the recent calls... [22 May 2008]
The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group
Comment But Hamon admits those clear boundaries, strategic accountability, stewardship and delivery responsibility are not as easy for some of the larger government departments. I think there is still a lot of bureaucracy still in government. [13 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08
Round-Up Call it a miserable old cynic but The Round-Up's guessing the government won't lose too much sleep over unclaimed benefits. Now the horse has long since bolted, the government decides to shut the stable door and secure its data. [09 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…
Comment And whatever happens with the law, government departments will be carefully and scrupulously made exempt from it. Windows XP was getting a lot of attention this week, with silicon.com readers undecided whether the OS should live on or not… And data... [01 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to take the politicians out of technology?
Comment Recently I had a chance to hear the perspective of some senior government technology chiefs on this. As an aside, I'm pretty sure neither the abacus nor the wheel was invented by the government. Government IT chiefs have long been waiting for some... [30 Apr 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Just how distributed is your business?
Comment While one German regional government body had a DBI of two, another one from the UK scored 30. Demand on corporate networks for distributed services these days goes well beyond the usual IT tasks. But actually measuring how distributed a business... [24 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK citizens for ID cards, starting next year. The ringleaders need to learn that our fingerprints are not government property. [11 Apr 2008]
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