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Comment Another factor here is the definition of failure. So knowing when to delay or cancel a project is just as important as giving it the green light, says the Naked CIO. Do large projects make or break a CIO?
[14 Apr 2008]
Comment I pride myself on my ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation, yet I'm still sometimes hampered by acronyms for which I have no English definition. Many IT managers constantly complain about not being understood by non-technical...
[17 Mar 2008]
Comment We already see super high definition formats such as SHD and SHD 3D being developed and demonstrated, with some initial roll-out with Blu-ray in new cinema complexes. There are many theories about how one technology or brand wins the global market...
[17 Mar 2008]
Comment It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say that there are quite a few IT-related innovations that would meet that definition which are worthy of greater recognition. A couple of new destinations to add to your holiday list: after you've visited...
[23 Jan 2008]
Comment So my personal definition of a good project is one that will be successful and where you get to educate people along the way. Not all projects are created equal. It didn't take ex-CIO Mike Barrett long to learn it really pays to be discriminating...
[21 Nov 2007]
Round-Up When future generations look in their dictionaries for a definition of 'hubris', there'll simply be a reference to this cautionary episode. There were banners fluttering in the breeze, high above the concourse of the San Francisco conference hall...
[02 Nov 2007]
Comment And everyone can add their interpretation to a definition on a wiki. Web 2.0 is a description that's slapped onto just about everything these days. Rob Bamforth hunts for technological approaches that might truly be worthy of the name.
[18 Oct 2007]
AS Profile Author of The Open Source Definition, a self-described "bill of rights for the computer user", Perens has been instrumental in bringing open-source software to the business world with his highly individual blend of hands-on development and...
[12 Oct 2007]
AS Analysis Freeform Dynamics analyst Jon Collins also noted TelePresence, Cisco's ultra high-definition videoconferencing offering. The striking absence of the heads of some of the biggest organisations in comms continues in 2007.
[12 Oct 2007]
Comment But don't count on us all carrying around the same definition. What is city-wide wi-fi? Probably to each one of us the answer is obvious. I mention this after reading the story "London gets free wi-fi network".
[17 Jul 2007]
Comment He began by saying: "The most robust platform to enjoy TV is the high-definition screen and robustness [that a laptop PC] has. But usually in the name of marketing, though sometimes out of confusion or for cultural reasons, they vary too much.
[23 May 2007]
Comment Unfortunately intelligence is one of those words for which we can assign no description, definition, quantification or indeed any degree of real understanding. Written in a garden at Lower Ufford, Suffolk, surrounded by wildlife on a beautiful...
[22 May 2007]
Round-Up If your definition of 'normal working day' involves sitting next to a chubby colleague on a treadmill. "You're the one for me, fatty," sang Morrissey all the way back in 1992, yet not everybody is quite so welcoming of the bigger-boned members of...
[18 May 2007]
Comment The arrival of High Definition screens, movies and programmes, plus more boxes and controllers? IPTV is gradually taking over my viewing time as conventional TV content seems to be declining in quality and relevance.
[30 Apr 2007]
Comment As uSwitch.com and others point out, what is the definition of the term 'excessive'? It's the day before our office move over the long weekend (more on that in a moment) but it seems moving bits of the digital variety is much bigger news still.
[05 Apr 2007]
Comment Hollywood understood this relationship early on and it still drives the industry towards the joint goals of higher-definition pictures, special effects and surround sound. Add a good video channel and a life-size high-definition display and you...
[26 Mar 2007]
Comment For example there needs to be a single personnel system, single definition of job functions and a process to track people who change jobs. However companies need to put adequate controls in place before sharing information freely.
[07 Mar 2007]
Comment A definition lost on some public servants. I've had some good experiences with e-government, with my local council, in recent months. And they're perhaps even better in my mind when I compare them to more routine interactions with those we pay to...
[17 Nov 2006]
Comment The delay is due to Sony making the Blu-ray drive (next generation high capacity and high definition DVD format) central to the PS3; they are having problems building them in quantity. It does not sport High Definition output like the others but...
[14 Nov 2006]
Leader Conferencing stalwart Polycom also chose yesterday to talk about "the industry's only complete high-definition communications and collaboration solution", UltimateHD. Cisco has developed a patented, clever codec to transmit all the high-definition...
[24 Oct 2006]
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