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Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…

Comment Make "Data Security Director" a position with statutory authority, responsibility and power - requiring a little book learning and certification - to take executive action to make the organisation take security seriously.

Tags: iphone, blackberry, femtocell, vista

[01 May 2008]

Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?

Comment Find out what silicon.com Agenda Setter - and BBC director of future media and technology - Ashley Highfield is up to next. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly opened Heathrow Terminal 5 last...

Tags: project, t5, ba

[16 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08

Round-Up HP UK's managing director Stephen Gill has claimed that many large organisations are currently devoting around 70 to 75 per cent of their IT budget to managing their existing infrastructure, leaving little room for the innovation that can bring...

Tags: windows, yahoo, gordon brown, microsoft

[11 Apr 2008]

SAS UK boss talks SaaS, innovation and his first 90 days in the job...

Comment Ian Manocha took over as managing director of SAS in the UK three months ago and has been busy putting his stamp on the company. Manocha joined SAS to run the Manchester sales office in 1996 before becoming UK sales director and then MD of SAS...

Tags: saas, consolidation, uk, sas

[02 Apr 2008]

You won't get promoted looking like that

Comment He had just won a substantial contract with a household name company and had to start being the managing director. He felt he now looked like the managing director and not the van driver. Tessa Hood is managing director of Changing Gear, a UK...

Tags: image, skills, careers, personal brand

[20 Mar 2008]

BlackBerry exec on women in tech, iPhones, Facebook - and finding the off switch

Comment Charmaine Eggberry is vice president and managing director of EMEA at RIM - a position that gives her responsibility for the company's growth targets in the region, expansion into new European markets, strategic partnerships and sales and...

Tags: women, rim, blackberry, population

[18 Mar 2008]

Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up

Comment Michael Small, director of security management strategy at Computer Associates, says: "Malice, misuse and mistake. Storage is so cheap that it is almost disposable yet the cost of data breaches is rising significantly.

Tags: threat, data theft, social engineering, security

[10 Mar 2008]

Editor's Blog: Ever tried to sack a CIO?

Comment After all, the sales director can be judged on whether that team has sold enough widgets, and the finance director on whether the figures add up. His reasoning: because the IT department is considered so obscure and so arcane by most business execs...

Tags: cio, recruitment, sack, ceo

[06 Mar 2008]

Tiscali CEO: Bandwidth is key to fat pipe nation

Comment From there she moved on to become CEO of LineOne - and led the sale of the business to Tiscali in 2001 where she remained as managing director until her appointment as CEO. it's a commercial argument.

Tags: bandwidth, broadband, tiscali, talking

[21 Feb 2008]

It's time Indian IT took the lead

Comment Leo Puri, managing director of merchant bank Warburg Pincus, took a firm line. India's booming tech industry seems acutely aware of the problems it faces - conservatism, social exclusion, lack of diversity.

Tags: india, software, innovation, outsourcing

[20 Feb 2008]

Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks

Comment James Robertson, director of Smalltalk applications at Cincom, actively publishes his groups' technical updates by blog, podcast, screencast and video. Laurie Heltsley, P&G Director of Strategic Projects, is responsible for various media-related...

Tags: social networking, new media, ipods, tv

[19 Feb 2008]

The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group

Comment Each of the business units operates autonomously and as group technology director, Lynch's role was to develop an IT strategy during a period of acquisition-based growth from a £500m turnover company to a £2.4bn company.

Tags: go ahead group, dave lynch, cios, wi fi

[30 Jan 2008]

From CIO to consultant: One year on

Comment It's already 12 months since former IT director Mike Barrett decided to take a chance and start his own business. So he thinks it's the right time to resolve what to do differently in 2008. Christmas may already seem a distant memory but at least...

Tags: consultancy, projects, careers, management

[14 Jan 2008]

Locking down financial security

Comment Customers are being used against them," says JR Reagan, managing director for global risk compliance and security at global IT consulting firm BearingPoint. One might reasonably expect the finance services sector to be well in credit when it comes...

Tags: security, phishing, authentication, banking

[24 Dec 2007]

Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century

Comment Imagine tracking everything from food spoilage and stolen auto parts to social nets that alert you when a friend is in the same town, mall, movie theatre or restaurant," suggested senior analyst Richard Doherty, director of Envisioneering, when I...

Tags: mobile, spectrum, wireless, next generation

[17 Dec 2007]

Just why is Domino's alone in delivering online?

Comment According to the chain's marketing director, some of his stores are now doing up to 30 per cent of delivered sales through online orders. Online business is growing so rapidly the chain is likely to review its property portfolio to see whether it...

Tags: sales, domino's, online, street

[10 Dec 2007]

Why must IT go green?

Comment The electricity company EDF has warned it is no longer able to increase supply to data centres and requires formal notification of any plans to expand or create new centres," says David Elwen, a director of IT consultancy DMW Group.

Tags: green, management, data centres, efficiency

[03 Dec 2007]

Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier

Comment The increasing use of media will place additional demands on IT infrastructures," says Neville Chamberlain, managing director of BPI Improve, a UK-based media operations consultancy. Experts argue new media will spell the demise of the IT...

Tags: new media, convergence, video, internet

[29 Nov 2007]

The McCue Interview: eSure head of <strong>IT</strong> Mark Foulsham

The McCue Interview: eSure head of IT Mark Foulsham

Comment My role was IT director for about seven organisations, including South East Water. Given the image problems associated with both areas, working in IT in the insurance industry a few years ago would probably have ranked high on the 'careers to avoid...

Tags: mccue interview, mark foulsham, esure, style

[27 Nov 2007]

Editor's Blog: Goodbye silicon.com - and thanks

Comment I'm not going far - I'm becoming editorial director for the business titles at CNET Networks UK, the publisher of silicon.com among other titles - but it feels like it's been quite a ride. I'm just finishing up my time as editor and site director...

Tags: cnet networks, awards, staff, cio

[08 Nov 2007]

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