names in comment and analysis
Name that tune...the rise of Shazam
Comment The company's business started life seven years ago as a simple pay-as-you-go proposition enabling mobile users to identify song names with their phones, a service hyped by Shazam PR girls going around pubs on Friday nights - pub quizzes are an... [12 Jun 2008]
Heather Jackson
CIO Profile Moving into the end user environment, Jackson's career spans some big names in retail and financial services. Heather Jackson joined Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in Feb 2000, where she is responsible for a budget of £1bn and has leadership of an... [11 Jun 2008]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment The Mars alumni reads like a who's who of the UK's top CIOs, with people like former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain just one of the familiar names. A Mars a day may help you work, rest and play - as the old ad for the chocolate bar claimed - but it also... [11 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment Big names have signed deals outside the mainstream. From free downloads to albums you can pay as much as you like for, the internet has put traditional record companies in a spin. But will it all end in tears, asks lawyer Duncan Calow. [22 May 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Tighten content security
Comment Many of the biggest names to have emerged in email security have now been acquired by the big IT infrastructure vendors. With the problem of spam in check rather than cured, focus has shifted to data leaks. [02 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: My Freecycle identity crisis
Comment Online you will use a variety of avatars, user names and other representations which in some way will reflect parts of the offline individual. Recently I had a bed I wanted to get rid of - one that was, I felt, too good to spend the next 1,000... [01 Apr 2008]
LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking
Comment And then you can put in names of companies you're interested in and get the list of folks who claim that they're experienced in that and you can reach out to them. Online business network, LinkedIn has almost 20 million members worldwide and... [28 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Sunday
Comment But of course MWC is not just a showground for newbies with their weird and wonderful wares (and as many instantly forgettable names starting with 'mobi' you can think of) - the event is a must-attend magnet for mobile royalty - from the Arun... [10 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up The data consisted of names, passport details, national insurance numbers, drivers' licence particulars, information on family members, doctors' addresses and NHS numbers. How about this for an advertising slogan for the Ministry of Defence: "The... [25 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.10.07
Round-Up Back in this year's poll are some familiar names that have made the grade again. When a 23-year-old college drop-out with a novelty website is voted the most influential person in technology it can mean only one thing: the second internet bubble is... [19 Oct 2007]
Leader: Who's setting tech's agenda this year?
Leader Looking down the 50 names, in this brief space it is worth highlighting a few key trends and the individuals who often personify them. And for new names altogether email us at editorial@silicon.com. From Paul Coby at 11 and Bill Maguire at 25... [15 Oct 2007]
Leader: How and why?
AS Analysis Looking down the 50 names, in this brief space it is worth highlighting a few key trends and the individuals who often personify them. And for new names altogether email us at editorial@silicon.com. From Paul Coby at 11 and Bill Maguire at 25... [12 Oct 2007]
Surprise omissions and trends
AS Analysis Tony Hallett looks at who's there this year and why mega names such as Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer failed to make the cut. Of course there are some new names, but there are also exclusions that some readers will find baffling. [12 Oct 2007]
The rise and rise of the Asian tech empire
AS Analysis Last year's Agenda Setters project had several East Asian names of note who don't figure this time. This year, there are two Japanese names of note. The shift in the balance of tech power from West to East identified in last year's Agenda Setters... [12 Oct 2007]
Good and bad year for comms
AS Analysis Where are the CEOs from the big telecoms providers or those from household names making phones and other equipment, names such as Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Nokia and Samsung? And two big names remain, in comms terms. [12 Oct 2007]
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