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Editor's Blog: The naked truth about DSL
Comment But I wonder how much pent-up - perhaps even unconscious - demand there is for naked DSL. It's an increasingly attractive option around the world - Australian ISPs began offering it late last year for example, as do companies in the US and Europe. [03 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Blogging cowboys ride the Wild Web
Comment That growing demand for, and willing supply of, online feedback, commentary and citizen journalism means - on the face of our survey evidence - there will be an increasing number of users who'll say they'll publish and be damned. [05 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: Price of panic
Comment Then, against all reason and based on the flawed thinking of those in marketing and finance with no grasp of what it takes to manage enterprise IT projects, the decision is made to scale down plans but demand the same results. [03 Jun 2008]
Minority Report: What's in store for the iPhone?
Comment It recently slashed the price of the lower storage-capacity iPhone by £100 to shovel units out of the channel and had trouble meeting demand soon after. This leads us on to an interesting report in The Times recently, which quoted sources claiming... [23 May 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment The content industry must adapt to consumer-driven demand for digital products. As Coldplay frontman Chris Martin was quoted as saying "being on a major label at the moment is like living in your grandparents' house". [22 May 2008]
Job interviews: So you think you've got them sussed?
Comment You're not alone…   Health warning to overweight IT managers   Demand for tech workers hits six-year high But on the whole, the aim is not to trip you up. So, having talked to my colleagues, here are our thoughts on some of... [15 May 2008]
Cloud computing: Silver lining…
Comment They might be called on to smooth out demand peaks or to run peak-prone applications. An SLA is all very well but hard questions still need to be asked of your provider, including the potentially awkward one of: "What APIs do you provide to enable... [09 May 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Just how distributed is your business?
Comment Demand on corporate networks for distributed services these days goes well beyond the usual IT tasks. But to get an objective measure of how distributed a business is can be tricky and requires looking at branch networks, remote-mobile enablement... [24 Apr 2008]
Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket
Comment That growth is partly because smart operating systems are filtering down from desktop computers and laptops into handheld middle-tier devices, as users demand that desktop and internet applications bridge the divide between computer and phone. [23 Apr 2008]
Centralised or decentralised IT?
Comment We call it the IT demand-supply model. A number of companies have addressed the problem by separating the demand and supply elements of applications development. By demand, we mean people who work with business unit and functional managers to... [09 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.03.08
Round-Up While Apple had to assure some crazed developers that their inability to get hold of the SDK over the weekend was actually because of high server demand, dozens of companies have already made commitments about developing for the platform. [14 Mar 2008]
Get mobile addicts out of the BlackBerry jam
Comment One can only imagine the flood of pent-up message-reply demand after the service outage was fixed. Many an executive has assessed IT departmental efficiency based on whether or not they are receiving emails on their BlackBerry. [21 Feb 2008]
Can the government offshore with confidence?
Comment More importantly, on the demand side, departments and agencies will be left with little choice but to consider offshore with a need to deliver more for less due to reducing or limited budgets. Those who make the decisions on a contract-by-contract... [14 Feb 2008]
How to prepare for the interview
Comment You're not alone…   Health warning to overweight IT managers   Demand for tech workers hits six-year high   How the staffing crisis is deepening   How techie salaries are faring   Is the... [08 Feb 2008]
Fixed-income electronic trading faces bleak 2008
Comment Corporate bond markets will consolidate only when issuers see the benefit of multiple listing or investors demonstrate an overriding demand. That demand does not exist as yet. Electronic trading via trading platforms has been unable to stimulate... [30 Jan 2008]
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