business systems in comment and analysis
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment When I'm flying an aircraft in cloud, I don't expect my navigation systems to hang or the GPS to announce its downloading a software update and will reboot in 60 seconds, leaving me to input my flight plan all over again when it's finished. [17 Jul 2008]
Time to green-light sustainable IT
Comment Equipment PCs, servers, printers, cooling systems - all come with an embodied carbon footprint. In fact, it only serves to perpetuate the misguided notion that IT is to be treated at arm's length as an isolated part of the business. [17 Jul 2008]
My 15 minutes with Bill Gates
Comment Before becoming a journalist I had had a real job as a computer graphics programmer, working with some very high-end systems that cost, believe it or not, upwards of $250,000. The Naked CIO: Business misintelligence [11 Jul 2008]
Woolly risk analysis is hastening a housing crash
Comment Such systems could be the difference between a housing market slowdown and a crash. They have only to ensure their risk assessment systems are sophisticated enough to provide real-time feedback on potential defaults. [03 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment O is for Operating systems The problem is that for many companies, telepresence remains eye-wateringly expensive, with systems varying from £50,000 to £150,000 for boardrooms, depending on whether the vendor is Cisco, HP, Polycom, Teliris or Tanberg. [30 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up Brilliant technologist, ruthless businessman, chino-trousered philanthropist, founder of the most influential technology company of all time and purveyor of operating systems we love to hate. In recent years the company's diversification into a... [27 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment And worse - plans to encrypt sensitive data on NHS systems also appear to be missing the deadlines set by strategic health authorities. The Naked CIO: Business misintelligence Or more likely they've already forgotten about all of last year's fuss... [26 Jun 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Serious games
Comment So how will the systems fare? Systems were pitted against everything from disasters, such as flood and network disconnections, to minor setbacks, such as software bugs and changes to the competition schedule. [23 Jun 2008]
Off the peg or tailor made?
Comment While at the other end would be those suppliers - such as traditional ERP vendors - offering contractually bespoke, complex, proprietary systems carefully aligned to the business and, of course, sold and supported with a high price tag. [16 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: Business misintelligence
Comment What's worse, our collective incompetence at making systems and applications work properly has spawned an entire industry of business intelligence software. So with disparate systems this analysis hardly ever drills down to the level that lets... [16 Jun 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment O is for Operating systems High-speed wireless networks are meant to make life easier for business travellers. In fact, the biggest challenge for business travellers is not finding a network connection but the complexity arising from having... [12 Jun 2008]
Heather Jackson
CIO Profile She worked in IT for Burton Group where she was involved in the end-to-end redevelopment of key business systems, for George at ASDA as IT director, for Boots the chemist within IT development, and for Capital One as UK IT director. [11 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Robin Dargue, Group CIO, Royal Mail
Comment Firstly he is group CIO for the Royal Mail Group - which includes General Logistics Systems, Parcelforce, Post Office Ltd and Royal Mail Letters. There is also a big project to replace what Dargue calls the Royal Mail Group's "antiquated" HR... [11 Jun 2008]
Nigel Beighton
CIO Profile After university studying a computing and operational research degree, he joined NCR in the early days of Unix as a systems engineer. From there, he went on to set up his own venture capital consultancy and advisor business with two partners in the... [11 Jun 2008]
Neil Cameron
CIO Profile Following a series of management roles at Dixons, AerLingus and IBM, Cameron joined Marks & Spencer in 1987 and rose up the ladder to become CIO for the retailer's US business where he led a major change programme, replacing all their core systems. [11 Jun 2008]
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