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How to grow tech businesses during a recession
Comment In large organisations spending requires multiple approvals at several different levels of authority. Recessions don't need to be a time of doom and gloom. Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den judge James Caan explains how to... [06 Oct 2009]
Nandan Nilekani
AS Profile As head of the government's unique identification authority he helped conceive the £1.5bn project, which Nilekani says will help ensure universal access to public services by providing a single form of ID. [30 Sep 2009]
Kids today: Don't fear the Millennials at work
Comment Nor could I find children refusing to accept authority. We've been told today's youngsters will create havoc when they enter the workplace. After working in schools, Richard Leyland tells a different story. [24 Aug 2009]
Let's shine a light into the public sector IT money pit
Comment So - shocker - it appears that blindly shovelling money into upgrading and maintaining systems in a Whitehall department or local authority doesn't translate into shiny new services. Government spends loads of cash on IT... [17 Aug 2009]
India's social ills soothed by outsourcing leaders?
Comment Nandan Nilekani, co-founder and until recently co-chairman of the country's number two outsourcing firm Infosys Technologies, has just taken over as chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India. [27 Jul 2009]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile He is passionate about the importance of robust IT infrastructure and while at the helm of Socitm continued its support for the continued rollout of Government Connect, a secure network linking central government and every local... [03 Jun 2009]
Glyn Evans
CIO Profile With 27 years' experience of local authority IT support under his belt, Evans chairs Socitm Futures and is a member of the CIO Council and the Local Government Delivery Council. Glyn Evans has helped save costs and... [01 Jun 2009]
"I am frankly not much excited by technology per se"
Comment He joined Southampton to migrate the council's IT services after it split from Hampshire County Council to become a unitary authority in its own right, following the local government shake-up at the time. [22 Apr 2009]
Legal Eye: Are IBM's patent woes justified?
Comment After much talk and speculation, rival mainframe maker T3 Technologies recently filed a lawsuit against IBM with the European Union's antitrust authority. IBM is in legal hot water relating to its bevy of patents. [11 Feb 2009]
Five ways to recession-proof your IT
Comment Chris Broad, head of information services and technology at the UK Atomic Energy Authority, says: "Diversity costs money so enforce standards and limit choice. Andy McCue offers tips for making IT as cost-effective as... [05 Nov 2008]
London 2012: Will IT be hit by credit crunch?
Comment The London 2012 Olympics Organising Committee (LOCOG) and Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) face a unique and unenviable challenge over the next few years. London has a vision of using technology to deliver a successful... [09 Oct 2008]
JP Rangaswami
AS Profile He is an outspoken advocate of open source and emerging web 2.0 technologies on his Confused of Calcutta blog - as well as an investor in start-ups and a sought-after authority on the international tech industry. [07 Oct 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain
AS Profile As cyber law professor at the University of Oxford, Jonathan Zittrain's expertise and razor-sharp insight has established him as an authority on the future of the internet. He burst into the limelight in 2008 with his... [07 Oct 2008]
Inbox: iPhone ad, red boxes, wi-fi piggybacking, sci-fi thinking
Comment The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad for the iPhone that promised users access to "all parts of the internet" on their Apple device. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought provoking... [04 Sep 2008]
Inbox: Snooping bills, spam mountains, boring IT
Comment By whose authority should such disproportionate measures be taken? The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. Flooding silicon.com's inbox... [21 Aug 2008]
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