agenda setters in comment and analysis

Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit

Comment As head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology unit Ashley Highfield, one of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters, is responsible for dragging the Beeb into the digital age through initiatives such as the iPlayer. [30 Oct 2007]

Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane

Comment Security expert Bruce Schneier is well-known for his candid views on the security industry - one of the reasons he was named as one of this year's Agenda Setters.silicon.com caught up with Schneier at the RSA Conference Europe 2007 to find out how... [23 Oct 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 19.10.07

Round-Up In 2006, the Agenda Setters panel decided that the second spot should go to a whole generation which was, in their words, "more networked", "more open" and even "more fickle" than those that have come before. [19 Oct 2007]

Dear silicon.com... MS vs open source, wi-fi risks, being green...

Comment Editor's choice silicon.com news editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Agenda Setters 2007 ¦ Skills crisis? What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? [18 Oct 2007]

How to build an IT department

Comment Agenda Setters 2007 Find out who made this year's Agenda Setters list of the top technology movers and shakers. I took the decision to join the e-skills board and much of the stuff that has come out of the e-skills agenda has led to some progress. [17 Oct 2007]

Leader: Who's setting tech's agenda this year?

Leader Click here to view the 2007 Agenda Setters special report, including the full top 50 list, along with exclusive analysis of the results. Trends that past Agenda Setters polls have previously brought to the surface are also present. [15 Oct 2007]

Leader: How and why?

AS Analysis Trends that past Agenda Setters polls have previously brought to the surface are also present. Wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has walked away with this year's top Agenda Setter accolade, according to the aggregated votes from... [12 Oct 2007]

Premal Shah

AS Profile Premal Shah, president of Kiva.org, is another new face on the Agenda Setters list this year. This is a modus operandi that has effectively restructured the microfinance industry, according to the Agenda Setters panel. [12 Oct 2007]

Richard Stallman

AS Profile Richard Stallman reappears on the Agenda Setters list after a brief absence in 2006. The panel decided that this "unusual man", who comes up again and again in the Agenda Setters list, should reappear in the rankings for his huge following and... [12 Oct 2007]

Steve Jobs

AS Profile Apple's long-awaited mobile phone is the main reason its CEO Steve Jobs has leapt back up the Agenda Setters rankings. As one Agenda Setters panellist put it, the whole mobile phone industry "held its breath" when the iPhone came out. [12 Oct 2007]

The rise and rise of the Asian tech empire

AS Analysis The shift in the balance of tech power from West to East identified in last year's Agenda Setters rankings continues in 2007. Others on the Agenda Setters 2007 panel also pointed out it was Infosys that was rumoured to be eyeing a bid for major... [12 Oct 2007]

Open season

AS Analysis Figures from the open source community have commanded regular slots on the Agenda Setters list but virtually disappeared last year. Open source has reaffirmed itself as a key theme in this year's Agenda Setters Top 50, with the return of some... [12 Oct 2007]

Surprise omissions and trends

AS Analysis The Agenda Setters rankings always throw a few curve balls. As ever, those occupying the top 10 places of this year's Agenda Setters list show great power and influence across several high-tech areas. [12 Oct 2007]

Social networking goes mainstream

AS Analysis Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg's meteoric rise from nowhere to Agenda Setters top spot proves that 2007 is the year of social networking. And he's still making the Agenda Setters list on the back of this investment foresight - albeit down 25 places... [12 Oct 2007]

Blog standard

AS Analysis Bloggers are now so influential that for the first time a growing number of them can count themselves among the Agenda Setters. This year one of the new groups of movers and shakers to claim a place for themselves in the Agenda Setters Top 50 has... [12 Oct 2007]

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