researchers in comment and analysis
John Lamb's week: Holway casts his wary business eye
Comment Researchers hired by telecoms consultancy Schema have not had such a relaxing time. Computer services behemoth EDS is taking a rest this week after a hectic round of acquisitions that has included deals with Systematics, Unigraphics and Sabre. [06 Jul 2001]
In The Commentary Box
Comment We carried out holistic research among our customer base and discovered that customers are fed up with researchers phoning them up all the time. This month we ask a select panel of experts what type of companies will rule the IT roost. [04 Jul 2001]
The Director's Cut: A career in modeling?
Comment To me, Best Practice means applying what works across a large number of organisations in your own. With so many universal truths around (the same challenges that face every company) this approach has a role to play, but if you really want to stand... [30 May 2001]
Make up your mind! IT on the Board or not?
Comment Of course, chief executives may honestly believe it when they tell market researchers and fellow board members that IT is mission-critical. The IDC/Microsoft research, which feels so flawed, goes on to suggest that technology investment is a... [23 May 2001]
John Lamb's Week: Innovation, in its various forms
Comment Work will soon begin on a building to replace the old STC premises where, in 1966, researchers first proposed the idea of optical communications. The Essex boffins, who absorb a sizeable chunk of Nortel's European R&D budget, are certainly... [23 Feb 2001]
Analysing the analysts: Should we trust them?
Comment When researchers come out with predictions for most markets they rely on a variety of factors. Will Strauss, president of US-based market researchers Forward Concepts, pushed the boat out furthest. The market for mobile ring tones and related... [20 Feb 2001]
St Valentine's Day, e-dating-style
Comment Meanwhile, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing intelligent agent technology that takes account of your financial and work interests, roams the internet and searches for your perfect partner. [14 Feb 2001]
SMS: The neglected mobile platform
Comment Typically considered the poor relative of voice calls, some mobile operators are now making seven to 10 per cent of their revenue from SMS traffic, according to Danish researchers at Strand Consult. In the UK, ITV (with the aforementioned Popstars... [30 Jan 2001]
Anti-viral teamwork: How a Panda highlighted industry shortcomings
Comment The REVs network serves as yet another conduit for our researchers. In the last few years almost every anti-virus vendor has been guilty of, to a greater or lesser extent, over-dramatising the impact of new malware. [16 Jan 2001]
Silly season and a close online shave
Comment But in a final twist, the FT story ends with this (arguably more newsworthy) point, which comes rather out of the blue: "The researchers warn that changing working hours and an emphasis on cost-cutting are likely to spread form the dot-com... [31 Aug 2000]
New media marketing and old media muscle
Comment Researchers AC Nielsen recently established an internet analysis division, E-ratings.com, to provide companies interested in the online medium with internet audience information. This may sound ironic, but as dot-com companies struggle to capture a... [02 Aug 2000]
Staying sane in the face of information overload
Comment Researchers cited copied mail as the worst offence. Researchers expect to see the time hit four hours by next year. Apparently most of us deal with the information overload by madly filing emails into sub-folders of Outlook sub-folders. [05 Jul 2000]
Uneasy bedfellows: IT directors and academics
Comment The UK's leading computer science researchers are predicting the next 20 years will be all about protecting users from technology. For academic researchers to admit this is no breakthrough. It's not a simple, amusing reversal of fortunes - it's a... [16 Jun 2000]
The Directors' Cut: David Taylor on psychology in the workplace
Comment The vast majority of researchers agree on the top five motivators that apply to us all. Dale Carnegie - 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' The bookshelves are full of books on personal development, advice and guidance. [15 Feb 2000]
Database Nation: Privacy Under Attack
Comment To make up the difference, a number of hospitals have started selling patient records to medical researchers and consumer marketing firms. You wake to the sound of a telephone ringing - but how could that happen? [07 Feb 2000]
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