company culture in comment and analysis
Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities
Comment Office insights… Flexibility the key for women in IT Workers, wi-fi and coffee shops: The perfect blend Wanted: Women must save IT industry Long-hours tech culture hits morale ... [18 Apr 2008]
Retail leaders will open up in tough times
Comment John Lewis Partnership chairman Charlie Mayfield echoed this counter-culture approach to anticipating tough trading times ahead. Mulcahy, who headed up the retail giant Kingfisher and now chairs analyst company Javelin Group and the British Retail... [13 Mar 2008]
The Naked CIO: Offshore - or off their trolley?
Comment Is it that I relinquish control, or perhaps that my experience in the logistics, culture and effectiveness of offshore teams has been less than ideal? Pressure is building up behind a move to managed services at the Naked CIO's company. [10 Mar 2008]
Bill Gates Q&A: On why 'it's all about software'
Comment Are there specific things that need to change about the company's products or culture? Our bet goes back to the founding of the company - that software is going to be at the centre [of things]. But that all comes off the core of being a company... [08 Jan 2008]
What's swallowing your IT budget?
Comment This stands in contrast to SMEs where the proximity of IT investment decisions and business decisions can help encourage a culture of tech innovation, the research said. The research also found a large majority of respondents in each company size... [18 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout...
Comment Berners-Lee attacks "stupid" male geek culture of engineers I have worked with are normal, well adjusted individuals who have families and / or enjoy a normal social life outside of work. The idea that IT technicians have a culture is silly. [27 Sep 2007]
From CIO to Consultant: Where did all this work come from?
Comment It's easy work as you already know the culture and people involved. Did the company I worked for have any impact on my success or were there other factors? This is obviously fraught with difficulties in that you are going head-to-head with your old... [22 Aug 2007]
The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell
Comment Culture and mindset were the big challenges and Campbell put the entire IT team through a series of briefings by the world-famous Red Arrows pilots on professionalism and standards. Part of the IT culture change at British Energy means staff are... [13 Aug 2007]
Q&A: Ashwin Goyall, Oracle VP of industry strategy for financial services
Comment Taking on so many new people with experience of other cultures, has that changed Oracle's own corporate culture in any way? I came from Siebel, which had a different culture and what I found immensely healthy was the willingness to adapt the... [23 Jul 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Computer says 'no'
Comment And if you're not familiar with said computer says 'no' culture, you should check out this clip from BBC comedy show Little Britain. The failure to understand why the computer had cancelled my order was one thing but coupled with the suggestion... [10 May 2007]
Editor's Blog: Live from InfoSec
Comment He accused the vendor of wording them in such a way as to breed a culture of confusion in which users will typically permit anything. He talked of Symantec, the biggest name in the security world, and suggested such a company "arguably has good... [24 Apr 2007]
India diary, day 11: I heart Bangalore
Comment The two stories illustrate well how the IT industry is putting pressure on India - both on its culture and infrastructure. It was chock full of techies - many wearing their IT company identity lanyards around their necks already. [14 Mar 2007]
Why don't we talk anymore?
Comment According to Relandeau, what each individual struggles with is understanding his or her place within the organisation: "Sometimes there is a 'throw it over the wall' culture, where each person and each department has no real understanding of what... [06 Mar 2007]
From CIO to consultant: So how did I end up here anyway?
Comment After 25 years in the IT industry, the last seven as CTO/CIO/COO for various organisations, managing seven-figure budgets and multi-disciplinary teams, it's a huge culture change when you decide to go it alone. [15 Feb 2007]
Leader: Consumer tech is changing the enterprise
Leader It is changing the traditional working culture of organisations, many of which now offer remote, flexible and homeworking. But it also puts CIOs and IT directors in a position where they can influence company strategy by being able to predict... [11 Jan 2007]
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