track record in comment and analysis
Leader: CIOs should make more mistakes
Leader Accenture warns that companies are reluctant to invest in technology because IT departments have a woeful track record on delivery, with less than one in three projects ending successfully and the average cost overrun for projects coming in at a... [18 Jul 2005]
Devil's Advocate: ID cards won't stop terrorists
Comment If they expect to be believed, one might have thought members of the government would refer us to their successful track record in the war on drugs. As with the war on drugs, the government has apparently made little progress in stopping terrorist... [12 Jul 2005]
Q&A: Sun CEO Scott McNealy
Comment In McNealy's opinion, much of Sun's problem is merely perception - compounded by flawed Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) which draw attention away from the company's track record of cash generation. [24 Jun 2005]
Election '05: Richard Allan on his political time
Comment Labour's track record on e-government and big IT projects is a "mixed bag" that is starting to improve, according to Allan but he says that while the right noises have been made about pushing open source technologies in the public sector little... [29 Apr 2005]
Radioactive: Ready or not, here comes mobile music
Comment Mobile operators are in a prime position to capture this market: they have an existing billing relationship with at least 10 million customers; they have a device that can support music (although much can be done to improve the device); they have... [14 Apr 2005]
Leader: EDS back in spotlight with £4bn MoD deal
Leader Given EDS' recent track record in UK government the CSC-led Radii consortium must have fancied its chances in the final head-to-head, a view backed by many industry observers. EDS for the record said it won't reveal any of the financials around the... [02 Mar 2005]
IP poised to storm the call centre
Comment Vendors can now prove that IP can almost match reliability levels of traditional telephony but it is only in the past year that they have been able to point to a track record of successful implementations in mission-critical environments. [16 Feb 2005]
IT consulting: Keys to keeping projects on track
Comment Many are government-led initiatives, created in an attempt to improve the public sector's record on buying services and hitting deadlines. When it comes to project management, what separates the wheat from the chaff? [08 Dec 2004]
IM the way to beat Apple in online music?
Comment But it may not be that easy, as the record labels are wary of the song-sharing IM offers. Record labels have quietly expressed dissatisfaction over services that let people trade or even stream songs to each other. [23 Sep 2004]
Why do we love to hate Microsoft?
Comment None of that should detract from Microsoft's track record as one of the great corporate successes of this - or any - era. Charles Cooper looks at where all this ill will came from. The Monday morning missive from a reader got right to the point: [16 Aug 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.08.04
Round-Up However, while the Beatles and the Stones worked to accommodate each other - often staggering releases of new record releases to avoid competing with each other and to better exploit the pocket money of teenage girls - in the online world of... [13 Aug 2004]
PeopleSoft farce: Larry - what were you thinking?
Comment Some were welcome; others were not - but the track record speaks for itself. Is Oracle's hostile bid to buy PeopleSoft smart or just silly? CNET News.com's Charles Cooper looks at the challenges ahead for Ellison and co.not the least of which is... [19 Jul 2004]
The McCue Interview: Royal Mail CIO David Burden
Comment The situation at Royal Mail was also pretty acute at the time as record losses of £1.1bn had been announced. Burden admits there are still "mountains to climb" in turning the business around and fighting the threat of internet and email... [18 Jun 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Ageism is for the also-rans
Comment Both organisations' IT had a "poor track record of delivery", resulting in them wanting a programme management specialist. "We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blessed facility, and we are soon... [26 May 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.05.04
Round-Up For the record: the Round-Up's recommended weapon for de-zombification is a lawnmower - as featured in Peter Jackson's pre-hobbit gore-fest Braindead. However, opponents of RFID technology claim the chips can be used to track people and infringe on... [21 May 2004]
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