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We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment He adds that they also run a leaky cable along the aircraft ceiling to bring the radio signals even closer to the passenger. What's the tech behind that change and just how welcome is it, asks Anthony Plewes. [26 Jun 2008]
Gareth Lewis
CIO Profile In the early 1980s Lewis created a voice messaging system before moving on to various development and management roles at Cable & Wireless, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and Unisys. Gareth Lewis was appointed group CIO at energy company... [11 Jun 2008]
Martin Taylor
CIO Profile He then returned to the FTSE100 in 2003 as group CIO for telco Cable & Wireless to help turn around the business by in-sourcing the IT from IBM, exiting the US, overhauling its UK IT infrastructure and in-sourcing international billing for radical... [11 Jun 2008]
Who sat in judgement...
Comment Briskman's role has recently involved him in cable TV in China, call centre offshoring in India and network rollouts in the UK. Here are the judges. Jo Best is the award-winning news editor of ZDNet Australia and a former senior reporter on silicon... [03 Jun 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment C is for Cable & Wireless Looking at the headline in The Guardian this week and you'd be forgiven for thinking something momentous has happened to Broadband Britain today: 'Fears of digital divide groundless as online access soars in rural areas... [23 May 2008]
LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking
Comment C is for Cable & Wireless C is for Cable & Wireless Online business network, LinkedIn has almost 20 million members worldwide and recently opened its European office in London. During 2007, LinkedIn doubled in size in all of its major regions... [28 Feb 2008]
How fans can grab a slice of the music pie
Comment C is for Cable & Wireless C is for Cable & Wireless It also gives bands unprecedented access to accurate and valuable feedback from the music public.silicon.com spoke to founder David Courtier-Dutton to get the lowdown on Slicethepie and how it is... [18 Feb 2008]
The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group
Comment Go Ahead works closely with its key tech suppliers - ABS, Atos Origin, Cable & Wireless, Cedar, Edenbrook (for Oracle applications) and Orange. Dave Lynch, a no-nonsense northerner hailing from the seaside town of Blackpool, has come a long way... [30 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Christmas wish list
Comment C is for Cable & Wireless Written at The Atlantic Hotel on the island of Jersey and dispatched via a free wi-fi service that actually needed no password - hurrah for common sense Every year of my life seems to have been challenging for one reason... [20 Dec 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Net education
Comment The charges are less than 50 per cent of those in the West, and there are even flat-fee and all-you-can-eat-a-month deals that give unlimited access, cable TV-style. Written at London Heathrow and dispatched from a free wi-fi service at London's... [06 Dec 2007]
Editor's blog: What your identity is worth
Comment Last week acting Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable claimed the data on the discs could be worth up to £1.5bn to criminals on the black market. I always thought the cliche 'like looking for a needle in a haystack' was in need of a 21st century... [05 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.11.07
Round-Up Perhaps acting Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable, who mentioned the rather scary figure in the Commons, should have kept that little tidbit to himself. Life is full of little ironies and it's the teeny tiny ones that truly delight the Round-Up. [30 Nov 2007]
Tech Visions: TV extends its reach
Comment Now the small rectangular Slingbox allows you to place-shift - to watch your TV, cable, or PVR/TiVo system from anywhere with a broadband link. The power of broadcasters to dictate what you watch and when is waning. [24 Oct 2007]
Bruce Schneier
AS Profile Recent topics on the Schneier blog include how to eavesdrop on a fibre optic cable, "idiotic" cryptography reporting and his opinions on why London's security cameras don't reduce crime. Bruce Schneier appears on this year's Agenda Setters List for... [12 Oct 2007]
The McCue Interview: The AA IT director Trevor Didcock
Comment That strategy led to a £50m seven-year infrastructure deal with IBM, an application support contract with Fujitsu Services and a £10m networking contract with Cable & Wireless. Just four years after a private equity buyout and separation from its... [21 Sep 2007]
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