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The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08

Round-Up Is it a coincidence that the region also reported the highest level of job satisfaction in the UK? Office workers across the UK were urged to stay at home yesterday. Regrettably it had nothing to do with UK plc urging spontaneous holidays for the...

Tags: google sky, amd, apple, work wise

[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. So even if this job does not work out, it is entirely likely that the interviewer will contact you again in the future about a more appropriate role.

Tags: promotion, interviews, careers

[15 May 2008]

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

Comment If medical staff are still risking the lives of patients by not being clean then there is a simple solution - random testing - first failure = verbal warning, second failure = formal written warning, third failure = final warning, fourth failure...

Tags: rim, blackberry, nhs, mobile

[15 May 2008]

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

Comment Job boom: Indian outsourcing braced for eight million more Then we have silicon.com resident Naked CIO who has been ruffling some feathers again: this time, the issue of open source. And are you suffering from password overload?

Tags: password, offshore, outsourcing

[08 May 2008]

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

Comment Get the police to do the job the Data Protection Registrar isn't bothering to do! Mr Button - you mean get the police to do the job the ICO doesn't have the authority to do. Windows XP was getting a lot of attention this week, with silicon.com...

Tags: iphone, blackberry, femtocell, vista

[01 May 2008]

The Naked CIO: Unequal opportunities

Comment When I look at job applications as they come across my desk there are very few from women. From the outside, IT looks like an occupation for white males. From the inside, we know that to be true. But what can we do about it?

Tags: discrimination, careers, women in it

[28 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 25.04.08

Round-Up According to recruitment expert Lisette Howlett, it could be that job insecurity and the high cost of living contributes to a feeling of dissatisfaction among the capital's workers. A report claims that more than 70 per cent of the capital's...

Tags: open source, zx spectrum, apple, london

[25 Apr 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Instant delays

Comment Our hardware is fast enough and does a good job but the software load is excessive. Written while flying from London to Greece on BA632 and dispatched from a free wi-fi service in Athens. Just over a year ago I undertook the complete renovation of...

Tags: operating systems, software, design

[16 Apr 2008]

The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Project failures suck all the attention away from IT's real contributions. So knowing when to delay or cancel a project is just as important as giving it the green light, says the Naked CIO.

Tags: testing, measuring value, failure, projects

[14 Apr 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Eating your own dog food

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe After that experience I'm sure they would go back to the drawing board and do a much better job. Copy dispatched via a free wi-fi hotel service in Athens. If I could be God for a day there are many things I...

Tags: pilots, design, testing, t5

[14 Apr 2008]

How will your deal weather a downturn?

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe What will happen to outsourcing if budgets are trimmed and belts tightened? A careful look at key aspects of existing contracts would not go amiss, suggests lawyer Margaret Harvey.

Tags: contracts, downturn, suppliers, outsourcing

[10 Apr 2008]

Centralised or decentralised IT?

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Pool software developers and save money, or disperse them to business units and improve efficiency? That's the stark choice CIOs have struggled with for years. But McKinsey's Diogo Rau has an alternative approach.

Tags: centralisation, software, development

[09 Apr 2008]

People are mugs over identity theft

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Identity theft is rife. Perhaps it's time individuals took a leaf out of business's book and adopted a personal information policy that will make life harder for criminals, says Simon Moores.

Tags: social networks, fraud, identity theft, security

[08 Apr 2008]

The Naked CIO: Boardroom stereotypes

Comment Preconceptions about job functions are carried like a ball and chain even into the boardroom. The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe So however much you know about the business you'll find it hard to shake off the techie label, says the Naked CIO.

Tags: careers, boardroom, stereotypes, board

[07 Apr 2008]

The ISO is right to back Microsoft's OOXML

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Cooler heads have wisely prevailed, argues Dale Vile of Freeform Dynamics. News this week that Microsoft's OOXML document format has been adopted as an ISO standard has sparked outcry and frustration in the anti...

Tags: xml, office, microsoft, standards

[04 Apr 2008]

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

Comment We're just finishing my first quarter in the job and look to have had a pretty good result. Ninety days into the job, Manocha spoke to silicon.com about the changes he's made at SAS UK, how consolidation of the software industry could threaten...

Tags: saas, consolidation, uk, sas

[02 Apr 2008]

The McCue Interview: Steven Bandrowczak, CIO, Nortel

Comment It's a big job - the company has a tech budget of around $300m and 900 full-time IT staff supporting 35,000 employees worldwide. Sure, you get access to cutting-edge tech and some of the smartest engineers around but the nature of the business...

Tags: bandrowczak, cio, nortel

[01 Apr 2008]

The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe There's been a shift in attitudes among IT workers, argues the Naked CIO. Gone are the days when loyalty to your employer counted for something. What most readers found provocative in my column on recruitment...

Tags: recruitment, loyalty, skills, offshoring

[31 Mar 2008]

What governance can really mean to business

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Forget the hype, what does governance amount to in practice? New research suggests there are signs it is finally taking centre stage in many progressive businesses, says Martin Atherton.

Tags: risk, data management, compliance, governance

[28 Mar 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Written on JetBlue 0038 flying from JFK to Rochester NY, and dispatched via a free hotel wi-fi service. When I was a child there was no television. Radio was strictly LW, MW and SW.

Tags: television, revenue, radio, broadcast

[26 Mar 2008]

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