british energy in comment and analysis
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment Taylor, a liberal arts graduate with a masters in English Literature started his IT career at British Airways before spending a decade at Mars including 18 months in the US. Taylor says: "Just the banging together of a lot of very bright people... [11 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.08.07
Round-Up In related news, British Energy has decided to trial email-free Fridays, according to CIO Ian Campbell, who warned that email could be a blocker for collaboration. As if we didn't already know, email is a double-edged sword of productivity. [17 Aug 2007]
Dear silicon.com... ID cards, Auntie's iPlayer, generation web 2.0, robot wars
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Tony Hallett flags up his picks on the site this week. The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell Five virtual world security worries for business Rail passengers to get free... [16 Aug 2007]
The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell
Comment Just outside the window of Ian Campbell's desk in the open plan office at British Energy's Gloucester headquarters, a mother duck waddles by with her three chicks. British Energy's IT department has also standardised processes through the use of... [13 Aug 2007]
Ian Campbell
CIO Profile Prior to British Energy Campbell held a board-level role at telco Energis (now part of Cable & Wireless) and before that was COO at financial services giant Citigroup. What they say about him: "Energetic and creative. [06 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.02.07
Round-Up Also attending the launch were indie-pop band The Feeling who played a few tunes for the thronging crowd within the British Library. A spokesman for the Green Party said: "Vista requires more expensive and energy-hungry hardware, passing the cost... [02 Feb 2007]
Leader: The CIO Agenda for 2007
Leader Thanks to those who gave their time to take part in this year's CIO Agenda survey, including: Russell Altendorff, IT director, London Business School; Mark Beattie, head of IT, LondonWaste; Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director, Hachette Filipacchi UK... [17 Jan 2007]
Q&A: Acorn co-founder Andy Hopper
Comment Acorn's co-founder, Andy Hopper was appointed Commander of the British Empire for services to the computer industry in the New Year's honours list. Easily, frequently, relentlessly, to make sure that every bit of energy that's used by any part of... [04 Jan 2007]
Profile: CIO from the business
Comment Yet this self-confessed non-techie was CIO of British Gas Residential for Centrica for one year before joining EDS. At British Gas she moved back into a CIO role because "it was a big name company" and she was reporting directly to the British Gas... [18 Oct 2006]
Charles and me: Prince's Trust gives start-ups a chance
Comment British royal heritage doesn't often grace the pages of silicon.com but there is a technology connection through the work of the Prince of Wales and the Prince's Trust, the charity he founded 30 years ago. [19 Jul 2006]
Election '05: Can technology change a campaign result?
Comment Professor Stephen Coleman of the Oxford Internet Institute tells silicon.com: "The use of Mosaic in the British election has been one of most important developments in campaigning. Database technology also does away with the disadvantages of door... [29 Apr 2005]
The Bloor Perspective: Concorde and conferencing, that IPR retreat and Xbox lessons
Comment Last month saw the final flight of Concorde as declining bookings made its operation economical and British Airways finally threw in the towel. The important difference is that travellers now have a choice - they can choose to spend considerable... [10 Nov 2003]
Serialisation: The Great Telecoms Swindle - part 3
Comment When British Telecom was broken apart from the Post Office (to cite but one example), the art of actually delivering the goods was apparently lost. Perhaps the energy in some cases devoted to postponing the inevitable - no matter how slowly it... [22 Jan 2003]
Ebusiness Despatches: Das Boot is on the other foot
Comment I may welcome the resurgence of some older British names but we need to get the failed dot-commers back into play. Old world management and experience needs to be combined with new world leadership, energy and risk-taking. [13 Nov 2001]
Model Management: Can we make a suggestion?
Comment Flatter structures and the end of hierarchy were supposed to liberate organisations so that intellectual energy could burst forth uninhibited and release the potential of all employees. Where did Enron get the idea to trade energy services online... [10 Apr 2001]
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