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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? Answer: A shared love of getting a bit on the side. No, not that kind of 'bit on the side'. Well, maybe they do, but it's not what the Round-Up had in mind. [06 Nov 2009]
Could hackspaces hold the key to business innovation?
Comment Where to look for the next wave of corporate innovation? It might just come from renegade geeks, says Richard Leyland. There's a new type of tech geek emerging. They have proved their mettle in collaborative 'hackspaces', display a... [14 Oct 2009]
Downturn means fewer outsourcing workers saying 'I do'
Comment Economic hard times are causing Indian outsourcing workers to put off tying the knot, says Saritha Rai. What's Bangalore's hottest outsourcing trend? It's got nothing to with high-value services or cost savings - but rather the marriage... [07 Oct 2009]
Erik Huggers
AS Profile Since becoming director of the BBC's Future Media and Technology division in July 2008 following the departure of Ashley Highfield, former Microsoft-employee Erik Huggers has certainly made his mark. His main achievement so far has been... [29 Sep 2009]
CIOs: How to innovate during a recession
Comment Downturns are no time for businesses to sit still, says Colin Ashurst. Here's a plan for nurturing new ideas in any economic climate. Innovation may not be the obvious top priority in a downturn. But for entrepreneurial CIOs, innovating... [04 Aug 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment The government's Digital Britain scheme focuses squarely on the consumer. Natasha Lomas asks: so what about businesses? During a half-hour question and answer session at the launch of the government's Digital Britain blueprint this week,... [19 Jun 2009]
Richard Williams
CIO Profile Leading a root and branch transformation of the company's IT, Richard Williams has delivered better customer connectivity and a shared services body serving AstraZeneca's operations across the globe. Since becoming AstraZeneca's CIO in... [03 Jun 2009]
"I'm not an out and out technology person"
Comment Audit Commission CIO Jeremy Boss hasn't always been a techie. Before taking up his previous role as head of IT at Imperial Tobacco Group, trained accountant Boss was working in risk management at Coopers and Lybrand. [09 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Social networkers get smart about privacy rights
Comment Social networking fans are getting more aware of their privacy rights online, says Ruth Hoy, and they're using web 2.0 technology to protect them. Since their introduction, social networks have always had to walk a fine line regarding... [05 Mar 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Want to beat the economy?
Comment Compiled on VS019 flying London to San Francisco and dispatched the next day from my hotel in San Bruno via a free LAN provided by my hotel Here we are in an ever-complex world, driven by technology and accelerating change, with those at... [26 Feb 2009]
As crunch bites: Don't neglect the logs
Comment Managing log files may seem like a mundane issue but doing it well tightens data security and boosts compliance efforts, says Quocirca's Fran Howarth. Managing risk, compliance and security are objectives that still need to be achieved... [05 Feb 2009]
Five alternative careers for IT pros
Comment Considering a career change? Book author Janice Weinberg points out some of the paths open to IT workers. Thanks to recession-related layoffs and heightened competition in the job market as companies reduce their technology expenditures,... [03 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment Yesterday the comms minister, Lord Carter, unveiled a draft strategy which the government hopes will ensure the UK keeps pace with tech change and grows its digital economy over the next five years and beyond. [30 Jan 2009]
What does Ballmer worry about? "Google, Google, Google"
Comment Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer arrived at the Consumer Electronics Show with his usual optimism but he also brought a sense of reality: The tech industry is in for some rough times. Ballmer sat down with silicon.com's sister site CNET... [09 Jan 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wave of innovation
Comment Written on a train from Bristol to London and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi service in Woodbridge near my home a day later As a technologist engaged in R&D activities, a part-time academic... [18 Nov 2008]
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