developing countries in comment and analysis
Toby Redshaw
CIO Profile Redshaw is a board member of World Cataract Foundation, which works to cure blindness in developing countries. Toby Redshaw joined global insurance group Aviva as CIO at the beginning of 2008 following six years at mobile phone giant Motorola. [11 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment Western mobile markets are long in the tooth and growing a mobile business means seeking new customers in developing countries - a strategy that necessarily involves risk. Compare that with the two per cent organic revenue growth of Big Red in... [29 May 2008]
Is SOA testing tough enough?
Comment The survey highlights some interesting differences between countries. Closer analysis shows that across all three countries, less than half of organisations are using testing tools such as static code analysis when deploying a full SOA that exposes... [20 May 2008]
'Green' technology can't save us from ourselves
Comment But then as technology erodes the sense of distance between colleagues, offices, countries, it's foolish to believe businesses are going to see this as an opportunity to stay at home. Indeed, when it comes to climate change, many people seem... [28 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?
Comment DLA Piper is the world's largest global legal services organisation with more than 3,600 lawyers across 64 offices and 25 countries. The obligation to protect all information imposed by the Companies Act does at least ensure common measures such as... [27 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment IBM's X-Force reports that America and Germany were the only two countries consistently among the top three hosting sources for each classification of unwanted internet content monitored throughout 2007. [27 Feb 2008]
The rise of the 'Brics'
Comment The combination of these four countries in a theoretical trading bloc would offer expertise in manufacturing and services, along with valuable natural resources such as oil and gas. The Brics region alone, just these four countries, is more than 40... [18 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.12.07
Round-Up When it's not making vague and hugely inaccurate statements about countries and their interesting, carnivorous fauna, the Round-Up likes nothing better than to marvel at how we humans utterly fail to learn from our collective mistakes. [14 Dec 2007]
The greening of IT: Do it yourself
Comment According to Computer Aid International, a not-for-profit organisation supplying used computers to developing countries, a PC consumes more than 10 times its own weight in fossil fuels during manufacture. [02 Nov 2007]
The Brampton Factor: Chinese whispers
Comment Hackers naturally do their best to cover their tracks and this tends to be easier in the less sophisticated environment of rapidly developing countries. So there is a natural tendency for attacks to seem to come from developing countries, even... [25 Oct 2007]
Trevor Baylis
AS Profile The panel felt his work has been extremely influential in the creation of the $100 laptop for use in developing countries. Baylis is most famous as the inventor of the wind-up radio and for his efforts to get the idea off the ground and over to... [12 Oct 2007]
Nicholas Negroponte
AS Profile And despite the $100 laptop now costing $188, the project represents a major effort to broaden access to technology for people in developing countries around the world. Consolidating his position from last year is the man behind the One Laptop Per... [12 Oct 2007]
Mohamed Ibrahim
AS Profile Originally a BT Cellnet executive, Ibrahim left to set up Celtel International, a mobile carrier serving 15 African countries, supporting one-third of the continent's population. The panel praised Ibrahim's efforts as a fine example of how... [12 Oct 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.07.07
Round-Up The first mass-produced laptops for schools in developing countries will be available in October. Kids these days don't know they're born. While today's young adults embrace mobile technology, social networking and digital music, they're largely... [27 Jul 2007]
Q&A: Ashwin Goyall, Oracle VP of industry strategy for financial services
Comment One of the common variations between the developed and developing markets is that developing countries are much more advanced in technology for core banking. Globally, the unit employs 12,000 staff, offering 300 products and supporting 8,000... [23 Jul 2007]
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