oil in comment and analysis
Leading an Indian giant through a downturn
Comment We need to watch the oil situation. Julian Goldsmith hears Wipro's strategy from chairman Azim Premji. Azim Premji, the man in the driving seat of Indian outsourcing company Wipro for more than 40 years, is still very... [17 Sep 2008]
Switch from oil to silicon
Comment Now's the time they should be swapping their dependency on oil for a focus on silicon, says Rob Bamforth. These companies may simply react to the downturn by applying cuts across all cost centres and might thus be... [31 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Oil prices drive up transport costs whether on planes or roads. Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. Those factors are also coinciding with the growth of the very tech that could... [30 Jun 2008]
Graham Young
CIO Profile Young started out on civil and structural design engineering projects on river and sea works; commercial and industrial construction; petrochemical engineering; oil and gas engineering and offshore engineering before... [11 Jun 2008]
Ian Buchanan
CIO Profile His early career was spent in consultancy and systems development within the oil and drinks industries, working for BP and Diageo. As a member of the Alliance & Leicester's executive committee, Ian Buchanan has... [11 Jun 2008]
Ailsa Beaton
CIO Profile She learned her craft at GE, specialising in the oil industry, but went over to consultancy at PA where she spent 11 years, focusing primarily in public sector and health projects. Ailsa Beaton's career path to becoming... [11 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Energy shortages loom
Comment When your requirements are for megawatts of power provided with high reliability and resilience, I'm afraid it still means burning gas or oil. Written during an intensely boring conference session and dispatched via a... [16 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... green carrots, cloud nine chats, open source ponderings …
Comment Diesel-running cars can just as easily run on vegetable oil. With the Easter weekend now a distant memory and all the chocolate eggs polished off, silicon.com readers have been hitting their keyboards to sound off on the... [27 Mar 2008]
The rise of the 'Brics'
Comment The combination of these four countries in a theoretical trading bloc would offer expertise in manufacturing and services, along with valuable natural resources such as oil and gas. It actually stands for Brazil, Russia,... [18 Dec 2007]
Why must IT go green?
Comment The long term trend for oil, gas, electricity and petrol costs is up, up, up. Retail gas prices increased by 25 per cent in 2006 and volatility in the Middle East from the proposed sanctions on Iran and the conflict on... [03 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... cashless concerns, battle of the OSes, iPhone fans...
Comment With dwindling oil reserves and hence power supplies the future of 'digital' cash looks bleak. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users... [15 Nov 2007]
Mohamed Ibrahim
AS Profile He established base stations in such remote areas that they needed to be powered by oil-burning generators. Sudanese-born Mo Ibrahim has done more than most to bring modern communications to the continent of Africa. [12 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Unfair fallout
Comment The threat of even more pollution from coal and oil - plus a dwindling oil supply - and the widespread untenable nature of renewable energy will see nuclear power as the only feasible alternative unless... [20 Sep 2007]
Editor's Blog: DIY enterprise mobility
Comment The initiatives above, spanning just some of the staff in oil and banking, are only the beginning. Last year silicon.com was at the forefront of reporting on a scheme at oil giant BP to allow staff -... [03 Jul 2007]
John Leggate
CIO Profile John Leggate is responsible for BP's entire digital capability - IT systems, technology and business processes - across the oil and energy giant's 150 global upstream and downstream business units. He then joined BP... [06 Jun 2007]
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