matrix in comment and analysis
The Naked CIO: Service level disagreements
Comment I rather like the concept of matrix-driven SLAs or introducing a risk-and-reward element to service level standards. Service level agreements are great at perpetuating mediocrity and blocking excellence. [07 Jul 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment More mature companies may use some kind of risk matrix to quantify this, say, with the probability of risk on one axis, and impact to the organisation on the other. Life would be simple if curing security headaches were just a matter of buying some... [28 Mar 2008]
Mobile workforces - how to keep them productive
Comment There are more lines of communication both inside and outside the organisation involving everything from dispersed cross-functional teams and matrix management to integrated supply chains and service outsourcing. [19 Feb 2007]
ITU 06 diary - Buzzword bingo, too much text and a one-on-one with Negroponte
Comment Which is bad enough, except whichever Matrix sends the texts knows your number whether you've registered or not and you have to call it to get the bombardment stopped. At ITU yesterday the action really kicked off, with some of the biggest CEOs in... [05 Dec 2006]
Special: What kind of CIO are you?
Comment But the different traits of the four types of CIO are so well defined that most people can gain a quick indication as to which category they fall into using the simple matrix (below) that is based on two questions: [18 Sep 2006]
Leader: How Europe learned to stop worrying and love PCs
Leader The Matrix. The Terminator. I Robot. Demon Seed. Westworld. What has Hollywood been telling us for decades? Computers are evil. Give them the slightest chance and they will rise up and squash us like bugs. [20 Jun 2006]
Opinion: What good has technology done?
Comment Yesterday's future is today's present and technology, much like the world of The Matrix, consumes budgets with an insatiable appetite that has quite the opposite effect to that we imagined 20 years ago. [20 Feb 2006]
Analysis: Open source unwrapped
Comment David Skok, a venture capitalist at Matrix Partners, said: "Too many of these companies [now forming] are being funded without a community. But the business model has its limits, said Matrix Partners' Skok. [08 Nov 2005]
Minority Report: Apple takes a risk with the promised iTunes phone
Comment A pair of snazzy Matrix-style sunglasses with an attached Bluetooth earpiece, sure, but no iTunes mobile. After years as a traditional computer hardware and software maker, Apple has made a go of selling music players, digital music - and now... [05 Aug 2005]
Outsourcing success means understanding your business
Comment The PRI is a matrix to help you assess the readiness of individual business processes for outsourcing, explains Karen Williams, director of international marketing communications. A matrix is also produced, with a dot representing each process... [21 Mar 2005]
SME Philes: Fool's gold rush for vendors?
Comment Getting to grips with a complex matrix of channel options addressing a massively diffuse, fragmented marketplace is a big ask of most vendors. Jonathan Steel asks what small businesses really want and, come to think of it, what does the industry... [25 Nov 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.04.04
Round-Up So be warned free-spirited Google people: the suits are coming and they'll multiply, assimilating all before them like the Matrix's Agent Smith - except without all the ludicrous kung fu shenanigans. A tad unconventional but a flotation nonetheless. [30 Apr 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.01.04
Round-Up Other popular searches during 2003 included Paris Hilton (apparently not the hotel, but the socialite queen of DIY smut), Harry Potter, The Matrix, David Beckham and gangster rapper 50 Cent. Well Happy New Year to you all, the Round-Up hopes you... [09 Jan 2004]
Don't blame the technology for 'Big Brother' society
Comment Predicting a Terminator or Matrix-style battle of the revolutionaries fighting the machines, Simon Davies of Privacy International is predicting mass civil disobedience and acts of sabotage to undermine this surveillance culture. [25 Jun 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.03
Comment If you've never seen the Matrix then this story probably doesn't make too much sense to you. Meanwhile, all across cyberspace hackers dream of having their work gain some recognition in the Matrix movies. [23 May 2003]
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