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The Naked CIO: The V-word
Comment I use silicon.com and other sites to research emerging technology or news-worthy innovations but then this does not necessarily give me a chance to evaluate what vendors are up to. Why can't suppliers see that harassment might not be the best basis... [09 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: Process not bureaucracy
Comment In these situations and in all others, you must make sure you evaluate the business benefit for implementing a process. They're wrong, says the Naked CIO. Proper process can give organisations an edge. [12 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Animal farm
Comment We spend years and boundless effort trying to create processes that treat everyone as equals and that evaluate proposals in a business context. When this happens I simply explain to them how we measure and evaluate business impact in prioritising... [25 Mar 2008]
Fixed-income electronic trading faces bleak 2008
Comment Major dealers will have already reduced the scale of capital they allocate to fixed-income trading, generally as a result of losses and write-downs on mortgage-backed securities, or at least until they re-evaluate or redefine the future strategies... [30 Jan 2008]
CIOs lack skills for growth
Comment In those cases, senior executives need to evaluate how best to inject the IT skills and competencies that address the age-old disconnect between business needs and IT capabilities, and between business aspiration and IT competence. [04 May 2007]
Learn to love your network again
Comment Paul Broome, CTO at 192.com, says: "Networks change so rapidly I think it's worth auditing them every month to evaluate what's changed. Before securing or managing their networks companies must first learn what their network actually looks like. [26 Mar 2007]
Leader: Biometrics - good or bad?
Leader Yet talk about biometrics being used to evaluate candidates in a job interview or on an ID card and many - even some who support their use in airports - will object. It's always interesting to see where technologies are embraced by the mass market... [07 Feb 2007]
'My ERP supplier has been acquired - now what?'
Comment Before considering a move to a new ERP vendor, there are a couple of things to ask of your current situation and a few actions to take to evaluate the risks against the potential costs of jumping ship. [05 Feb 2007]
Q&A: Wipro chairman and managing director Azim Premji
Comment It's like software, if you have credibility with the customer in software execution, software development, software maintenance, infrastructure maintenance, the same customer will evaluate you in the areas of consultancy that he is looking at the... [07 Nov 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Mobile security - how to get it right
Comment That's not to say IT managers should ignore tools that add layers of protection to mobile data and devices - they should still evaluate them for deployment, as this will help reduce the risk. As mobile working takes off, too few organisations are... [19 Oct 2006]
Opinion: The importance of failure
Comment You see in IT we, the collective we, including boards and others who evaluate the benefit of our trade, are treated to high expectations of success without room for failure. For IT departments to be innovative and creative, they must be allowed to... [01 Feb 2006]
Devil's Advocate: The Microsoft-to-Google defection
Comment The issue is that website builders want to know how the search engines evaluate sites. Secrecy is essential for finding ways to evaluate sites that deliver effective, undistorted results. It is accusing the search engine wizard of hiring a... [23 Aug 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Wireless - who's ready to commit?
Comment We could speculate that organisations have not yet had a chance to properly evaluate the results of their initial activities, but this is generally not the case. Businesses say they're excited about rolling out wireless but few large scale... [03 Sep 2004]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Tune in to the customer
Comment What the customers needed was a road map of how to successfully evaluate and implement enterprise solutions. Not a chance. It just looks a bit older and more mature than before. The best way to take advantage of it, says Quocirca's Stewart Nivison... [25 Jun 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Who wants government run like a business?
Comment Quite apart from the practical difficulties, many services in both the private and government sectors are very difficult to evaluate. But, says Martin Brampton, we'll pay the price in other ways. The government has appointed a new head of e... [01 Jun 2004]
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