business class in comment and analysis
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Quality by design
Comment I recently heard from someone who had visited a software house that boasts world-class delivery of outsourced services. The Naked CIO: Business misintelligence We all know it when we see it and we can get irritated when it's absent. [09 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment If you look at the cost of business class travel and hotels these days, these are some considerable savings made by not having to travel," says Modruson. Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. [30 Jun 2008]
Darryl West
CIO Profile West's agenda as CIO is to create a world class IT function that differentiates Lloyds TSB in the UK market. Prior to joining Lloyds TSB, West held various IT and business management positions in the financial services sector. [11 Jun 2008]
Neil Cameron
CIO Profile Some of this will be achieved through outsourcing and Unilever recently signed a $675m services deal with HP for the next seven years - something Cameron says will provide "world class technology at substantially lower costs". [11 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: The skills drain needs fixing
Comment This decision will increase the fears of UK IT workers who - as demonstrated by the reaction to previous articles on employment skills and loyalty - clearly already feel that outsourcing and offshoring have turned them into second-class citizens. [27 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A petabyte before I die...
Comment But no, this was a first-class, fully functional item of the kind I paid £25 for only a few years ago. Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must... [14 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up After all, there are small businesses and middle-class citizens to tax heavily. According to the written answer, the minister added: "HMRC has a strict policy forbidding staff to access customer records, unless they have a legitimate business need. [02 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Boardroom stereotypes
Comment We must all make sure - whether we're on the board or not - that our function is not viewed as second class in our organisations. Equally, when I engage in conversation about strategy and the CFO firmly states that I don't understand the business... [07 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…
Comment In the US they have a law on disclosure which boils down to - if it is encrypted you do not have to disclose what is therefore just the loss of a laptop, however, if it is not you must disclose and place yourself in the firing line for class... [21 Feb 2008]
Why you should be outsourcing your data centres
Comment This means that being a global leader in the world of investment banking, asset management and insurance is challenging enough, without having to create a world-class technology organisation and own all the assets, too. [04 Feb 2008]
Losing control in the SaaS lane
Comment This has worked very well for us, not just in terms of low hassle and low-risk computing but also because we have access to enterprise class functionality that we would not otherwise enjoy as a business of our size. [16 Jan 2008]
Editor's Blog: Tech improves... but we don't?
Comment Many people expect - to generalise massively - a mix of economy, business and first class, to use the generic terms, when they get to an airline's counters. Forget that Virgin doesn't even employ that division, having its Premium Economy and Upper... [28 Jun 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment What's more, travelling First Class on GNER I get the wi-fi access free of charge, on a ticket which still costs less than a flight (£56 single, £120 return). In standard class GNER's wi-fi would cost me £9.95 for access during my entire journey... [04 Jun 2007]
Is Skype secure enough for businesses?
Comment Lawrence Orans, a research director at Gartner who wrote a research note on Skype security, says: "While Skype's 3.0 release clearly offers some enterprise-class features, an underlying issue still remains: Skype uses a proprietary signalling... [02 Apr 2007]
From CIO to consultant: The first month
Comment Taxi to the airport, quick check-in, breakfast in the lounge, business class seats to New York, car to the 5 star hotel? I got just as much value from the conference, had equally nice food and got there in exactly the same amount of time as the... [20 Mar 2007]
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