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The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08

Round-Up Some attendees at the recent Sun Microsystems JavaOne conference in San Francisco were as sick as parrots last week and it had nothing to do with the company's technology roadmap. Regrettably it had nothing to do with UK plc urging spontaneous...

Tags: google sky, amd, apple, work wise

[16 May 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Energy shortages loom

Comment Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ¦ Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities ¦ Recession fears hit IT...

Tags: data centres, green, energy, power

[16 May 2008]

RIM co-CEO: Qwerty is the next big thing

Comment And then as it became easier to manage, as it came down in price, as it became more ergonomic what happened was all these businesspeople, who're also consumers - when they saw it available in the store, for a price that they can have it in their...

Tags: mike lazaridis, touchscreen, blackberry, rim

[16 May 2008]

Job interviews: So you think you've got them sussed?

Comment However good you think you are at job interviews, it doesn't hurt to go over the basics. At least convey a desire to explore this opportunity thoroughly so that you can decide whether it is for you or not - you may well still have doubts at this...

Tags: promotion, interviews, careers

[15 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs

Comment Seen them on wards last year and the "clean me" light is never off so everyone ignores it after the first week. People are still not cleaning their hands so giving them a keyboard with a light on it makes them wash their hands 10 per cent more.

Tags: rim, blackberry, nhs, mobile

[15 May 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: A petabyte before I die...

Comment Yes, 23p I couldn't believe it - nor could I resist. Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must escape the belt-tightening ¦ Cost-cutting...

Tags: storage, innovation, technology costs

[14 May 2008]

The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group

The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group

Comment Construction isn't an industry noted for its heavy reliance on technology but she says her priority is to develop an IT strategy and build a team that will support the company's ambitious growth plans and frequent acquisitions over the next three...

Tags: rok, claire hamon

[13 May 2008]

Will consumers always want free banking?

Comment The Naked CIO: The true cost of IT Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008…   Video: CIO Agenda 2008   Naked CIO: The true cost of IT   Why IT must escape the belt-tightening   Cost...

Tags: oft, free banking

[12 May 2008]

The Naked CIO: Process not bureaucracy

Comment Managers tend to recoil from any discussion about process because they equate it with bureaucracy. My answer was that it's all in how you communicate that change. If it's perceived as negative it's likely to be resisted.

Tags: project management, process

[12 May 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08

Round-Up He added: "We need to continue to do more to make sure that taxpayers' money always goes to those who need it the most. Critics have attacked the system, claiming it could intimidate vulnerable people into not claiming benefits they are entitled to.

Tags: yahoo, microsoft, governement

[09 May 2008]

Cloud computing: Silver lining…

Comment Since so many people are talking about cloud computing, it really wouldn't hurt to know what it is. And if it doesn't now, it soon will do as competition heats up and the various players get their acts together.

Tags: saas, data centres, cloud computing

[09 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…

Comment Outsourcing is more complex than it looks. In these places it has been repackaged as a "commercial" system, providing the standards that software developers need. So open source is alive, well and growing - and the Naked CIO will undoubtedly be...

Tags: password, offshore, outsourcing

[08 May 2008]

Editor's Blog: The race to get the Olympic tech ready

Comment I had a fascinating if rather rushed 46 hours in Beijing recently, getting a sneak preview of the 2008 Olympic venues - and meeting the IT team tasked with getting the technology infrastructure ready for the opening on 8 August.

Tags: infrastructure, server, t5, olympic

[08 May 2008]

The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill

Comment Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008…   Video: CIO Agenda 2008   Naked CIO: The true cost of IT   Why IT must escape the belt-tightening   Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities diams...

Tags: licensing, piracy, software

[07 May 2008]

The Naked CIO: Is open source dead?

Comment Despite grandiose claims for open source software, the truth about it has been evident for some time. But at least as a niche technology, businesses can take it seriously, says the Naked CIO. The Naked CIO: The true cost of IT

Tags: applications, open source

[06 May 2008]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Tighten content security

Comment The vendors' software was installed on email servers themselves - at the heart of the IT department, which was the last place spam with its sometimes viral payloads was welcome. The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty

Tags: filtering, spam, content

[02 May 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08

Round-Up And you'd be well within your rights to request it. So it's very much chocolate teapot time then, thanks to a classic bit of civil service, red-tape poppycock. The way it works is thus: by taking advantage of the "downgrade rights" offered as part...

Tags: iplayer, iphone, blackberry, vista

[02 May 2008]

Tech Futures: The talkification of the web

Comment It's going to change the ways we interact on the web and will create some new rules for telecoms. Now it's the turn of telecoms, argues Howard Greenfield. The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty The Naked CIO: The true cost of IT

Tags: internet, comms, voice

[01 May 2008]

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

Comment And whatever happens with the law, government departments will be carefully and scrupulously made exempt from it. So long as, in the event of things going wrong the appropriate people go to prison, it's fine.

Tags: iphone, blackberry, femtocell, vista

[01 May 2008]

Legal Eye: Google declares trademark open season

Comment The Naked CIO: The true cost of IT The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty It is open season for all previously unauthorised trademark terms. In addition, from next month, it will also allow all keywords that include unauthorised trademark terms, which...

Tags: keywords, google, search engines, trademarks

[30 Apr 2008]

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